Re:Waiting for the Russians in Ukraine
by irthomasthomas on Saturday February 19, 2022 @02:50PM
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Oh I know about the campaign, my point is that you cannot force people in other countries to change their language. We spell Kyiv Kiev.
"You may know it as Myanmar, but it will always be Burma to me" -Seinfeld
Re:Waiting for the Russians in Ukraine
by simonblack on Saturday February 19, 2022 @10:33PM
(#30402971)
"It might be rice wine to you, but it's saki to me*"
- Laugh-In, 1968
* 'sock it to me'
You are a bit late, because Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine already doing this.[0,1,2]
On Twitter 'MFA_Ukraine' and 'CorrectUA' already posted successful cases.[3]
[0] https://mfa.gov.ua/news/67521-correctua-mzs-ukrajini-zvertaj...
[1] https://poland.mfa.gov.ua/pl/news/67529-correctua-mzs-ukraji...
[2] https://kenya.mfa.gov.ua/news/6885-whats-in-a-name-the-switc...
[3] https://twitter.com/search?f=live&q=%23KyivNotKiev+from%3AMF...