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RicROC

(1,249 posts) Fri Feb 25, 2022, 04:57 AM Feb 2022

My Ukrainian PhD Linguist friend told me, Kyiv has 2 syllables, not as Keeev.
Key-yev is how the Russians pronounce it.
Ukrainians say Ka-yiv.

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Amin Mohidin on MSNBC is the only personality who pronounces Kyiv with 2 syllables. [View all] RicROC Feb 2022 OP

Ayman Mohyeldin is an Egyptian-born journalist. elleng Feb 2022 #1

Oh, okay that explains it PatSeg Feb 2022 #27

How did we get to this atrocity of Keeeev? Baitball Blogger Feb 2022 #2

Because that's how you say it obamanut2012 Feb 2022 #4

Everything I've read says it's a two syllable word. Baitball Blogger Feb 2022 #6

:) Good point. Maybe you could start a thread for that. Hortensis Feb 2022 #19

It is two syllables. Linguists and Ukranian linguists say it is two syllables Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2022 #20

I was going to mention what linguists will make of Hortensis Feb 2022 #21

Me too. Least I can do. Hortensis Feb 2022 #25

Does she say "it is one syllable" or do you HEAR it as one syllable Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2022 #8

Because Russification & bc many do not have a finely tuned ear for languages Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2022 #15

My Ukrainian coworker says "Keev" obamanut2012 Feb 2022 #3

Mika says Key-ev bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #5

I heard Lawrence pronounce it that way too padah513 Feb 2022 #9

I always thought Keev was an incorrect pronunciation SouthernDem4ever Feb 2022 #7

+1 Deminpenn Feb 2022 #24

Don't forget Louisville (Lowville) and New Orleans (Norleans). rgbecker Feb 2022 #28

other mispronunciations. RicROC Feb 2022 #30

Key-ev is Russian, not Ukranian pronunciation. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2022 #12

Watching CNN interview a former Ukranian president in Kyiv... W_HAMILTON Feb 2022 #13

Good. I feel weird saying Chicken Keev. milestogo Feb 2022 #26

Your PhD friend is correct, as naturally he would be. MineralMan Feb 2022 #29

We used 2 syllables when we spelled it "Kiev" 3 decades ago. Ilsa Feb 2022 #31

K sounds like the ch in a eord Deminpenn Feb 2022 #34

Wikipedia explains. moondust Feb 2022 #33