[tz] Spelling of Ukrainian cities #KyivNotKiev

Paul Eggert eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Thu May 9 05:01:24 UTC 2019


Vitaliy Stavropolskiy wrote:
> Maybe it's time to change the spelling of Ukrainian cities
> <https://mfa.gov.ua/en/page/open/id/5418>?

No, let's be more patient. Although one can find many sources that say "Kyiv", 
in English "Kiev" is still by far more popular, and even if the popularity were 
even we wouldn't switch until "Kyiv" became the clear winner. Transitions like 
these take many years, as a rule.


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