Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets
Sweden raised the issue of changing the spelling of the word "Kyiv" to support Ukraine
This initiative was made by the Swedish parliamentarian Markus Wiechel. In his opinion, Ukraine must be supported symbolically. In his address to the country's Foreign Minister Tobias Billström, he proposed replacing the "Russian" spelling of the toponym Kiev (Kiev) with Kyiv ("Kyiv") or Kujiv ("Kiev")
Well, the Swedes are patient. No, to somehow rename Poltava. :)
In fact, everything is simple. The main thing is to understand what is being said. Kyiv is the mother of Russian cities (and Novgorod is the father). And Kuyiv is a Nazi hangout.
Do not forget that the Latin alphabet is very poor in letters. In the same English, the letter Y (y) has two reading options: as a consonant at the beginning of a word before a vowel (pronounced like our letter "Y", roughly speaking), and as a vowel according to the rules of the letter I (i) (most often gives sounds "ay / and").
But as the sound "Y" no one will read it abroad, although in transliteration it is used to replace our Y. They will read Kiev anyway, maybe even Kaiiv, but not Kiev. Well, they don’t have the sound “Y” from the word at all and they don’t know how to pronounce it.
In this regard, the Moldovans also spoiled themselves by introducing the Romanian spelling rules. Now the whole world knows Chisinau as Chisinau, and the French, in general, as Shizino.
P.S. I’ll play a little, but this button accordion is very relevant.
A couple of Germans are sitting in a tavern, next to a couple of Ukrainians. The Germans look at them with interest, then they decided to roll up.
— Guys, are you from Russia?
- No, - they say, - we are from Ukraine.
- And what's that?
- This is the country. We have our own coat of arms, anthem, flag ...
- This is understandable, - say the Germans. Where is such a country?
Do you know Sevastopol? Ukrainians ask.
“I know,” says one, “My grandfather fought there. But this is Russia.
— No, this is Ukraine. We have our own emblem, anthem, flag. Okay, how else to explain to you… Do you know Donbass?
- We know. But this is Russia!
— No, this is Ukraine. We have our own anthem, coat of arms, flag...
The Germans see that nothing is working out. We thought:
- Well, okay. What is your language? Russian?
- No, ours, Ukrainian.
“And what do you think, hand?”
- Hand.
- And the leg?
- Leg.
- Hmm ... And the ass?
- Asshole.
- And it was you who, because of one asshole, came up with a coat of arms, an anthem and a flag????