FuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-21 month agoRussian language is as much a part of Ukraine as Ukranian is. You won't see many in the media calling it Kyiv before Ukraine turned nationalist under Poroshenkohexbear.netimagemessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1136arrow-down1imageRussian language is as much a part of Ukraine as Ukranian is. You won't see many in the media calling it Kyiv before Ukraine turned nationalist under Poroshenkohexbear.netFuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square98fedilinkfile-text
https://www.reuters.com/article/world/ukraine-passes-language-law-irritating-president-elect-and-russia-idUSKCN1S110Y/ Literally the whole media switched spelling around this time. iRaq and iRan are silly but the “Kyiv” stuff is different.
minus-squareNocturne Dragonite@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoPeople out here still pronounce karaoke as “carry-okey” Just trying to figure out where that “ee” sound is coming from.
minus-squareHexboare [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoEnglish speakers are naturally suspicious of the letter a - is it the a as in “snake”, “apple”, “father”, “ball” or “many”.
minus-squareNocturne Dragonite@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoBut like…e??? It sounds like some cracker tried to pronounce the word and didn’t bother saying it right so they just called it that
minus-squaredoublepepperoni [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoSauna is not pronounced sawna
minus-squarecame_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoI pronounce it “care-uh-oak” as Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ intended.
People out here still pronounce karaoke as “carry-okey”
Just trying to figure out where that “ee” sound is coming from.
English speakers are naturally suspicious of the letter a - is it the a as in “snake”, “apple”, “father”, “ball” or “many”.
But like…e??? It sounds like some cracker tried to pronounce the word and didn’t bother saying it right so they just called it that
Sauna is not pronounced sawna
okay. SHAW-nah
I pronounce it
“care-uh-oak” as Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ intended.