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EYESORE 9001

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8. I'm fairly certain

Reply to Orrex (Original post)

Mon Jan 31, 2022, 11:45 AM

Jan 2022

that my mouth doesn’t have enough moving parts to pronounce it correctly.

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When did we start pronouncing "Kiev" as "Keev?" [View all] Orrex Jan 2022 OP

People mispronounce our own towns too padfun Jan 2022 #1

I admit that I've never heard Boise pronounced other than Boy-Z Orrex Jan 2022 #2

My grandparents were both from near there unblock Jan 2022 #3

I can get behind that Orrex Jan 2022 #5

Agreed. The emphasis was on the 'e' sound, not the 'y' unblock Jan 2022 #6

"God created war so that Americans would learn geography" - Mark Twain sop Jan 2022 #4

I think Twain was wrong. Americans probably still can't locate Pear Harbor. kairos12 Jan 2022 #24

Does it have a Partridge in it? Orrex Jan 2022 #29

Ding, ding. We have a winner! kairos12 Jan 2022 #30

Well, it's not pronounced "Keev" frazzled Jan 2022 #7

When she says it... Harker Jan 2022 #19

I'm fairly certain EYESORE 9001 Jan 2022 #8

We? Harker Jan 2022 #9

It's the difference between the Russian pronunciation and the Ukrainian Fiendish Thingy Jan 2022 #10

Language evolves, sure, but seldom in the course of a few weeks, barring catastrophe. Orrex Jan 2022 #15

this is what I was thinking it must be Kali Jan 2022 #21

When we started listening to the people who live there. 2naSalit Jan 2022 #11

Possibly, but see my earlier point about family members who were born there Orrex Jan 2022 #13

Part of this is because... 2naSalit Jan 2022 #12

But the pronunciation shifted very recently Orrex Jan 2022 #14

Probably advised to... 2naSalit Jan 2022 #16

But do you now say "Keev" or "Kyev?" Orrex Jan 2022 #17

I rarely even speak the word! 2naSalit Jan 2022 #18

Interesting. Orrex Jan 2022 #20

Snort! 2naSalit Jan 2022 #23

I first heard it during the first impeachment hearings for the orange asshole Kali Jan 2022 #22

Same (from Ambassador Yovanovitch). n/t demmiblue Jan 2022 #27

Ukrainian Pronunciation Deep State Witch Jan 2022 #25

The same "evolution" is true of Copenhagen. Totally Tunsie Jan 2022 #26

Interesting Orrex Jan 2022 #28

About fifty years ago Saigon was on the news multiple times every night. lpbk2713 Jan 2022 #31

there's a Warby Parker commerical where the gal says JEW-LER-REE Skittles Jan 2022 #32

There are so many language annoyances. 3catwoman3 Jan 2022 #33

I noticed it around the time Crimea was invaded by the Russians. I found applegrove Feb 2022 #34

Growing up, I always heard it referred to as "The Ukraine," even in Geography class Orrex Feb 2022 #35

Yes. I think I got it from my grandmother too. I think. applegrove Feb 2022 #36

Well, THAT explains that! Totally Tunsie Feb 2022 #37

I'm down with that. Orrex Feb 2022 #38