I just assume that it is a change made to be more accurate to the

local pronounciation.

When I was a kid, Peking was the capital of China and Bombay was a big city in India.

Now we call them Beijing and Mumbai. I just think effort has been made over time to take names that exist in other languages/alphabets and do a better job when we convert them to the roman alphabet and when we pronounce them.

You can call that political correctness if you want, but I think it's just progress. If you are going to do something, do it right, or as right as you can given the differences in alphabets.

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Posted: 02/27/2022 at 1:40PM

Welcome to Kyiv -- bigbadbird 02/27/2022 09:09AM

How do you say “Putin Go F… Yourself!” in Ukrainian, phonetically? We nee -- Hoakie82 02/27/2022 8:13PM

It's always been Kiev (key-ev), why the change. ** -- MikeVT85 02/27/2022 11:22AM

I just assume that it is a change made to be more accurate to the -- SteveInBaltimore 02/27/2022 1:40PM

Keev = Ukranian pronunciation; Kee-ev = Russian ** -- CapeAnnHokie 02/27/2022 12:19PM

Kee-eve = Ukrainian pronunciation, Kee-yev = Russian -- Gadfly 02/27/2022 1:33PM

Thanks for clarification! I was close-ish, right? -- CapeAnnHokie 02/27/2022 1:54PM

Thanks. Grandparents and their siblings mostly all emigrated to U.S. and -- Gadfly 02/27/2022 2:39PM

It’s always been pronounced as Київ ** -- VT BronzeBacker 02/27/2022 12:13PM

Slavic languages are a little different. Take Polish, for example. Once... -- VToncologyNurse 02/27/2022 12:12PM

So why would western media not use “Kiev” -- HwoodHokie 02/27/2022 12:30PM

Political correctness. We are talking media, right? And I think the.... -- VToncologyNurse 02/27/2022 12:48PM

More like a correction of an incorrect translation -- MAHokie69 02/27/2022 11:28AM

I just assume that it is a change made to be more accurate to the

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