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submitted 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) by FuckyWucky@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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.

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[-] Red_Sunshine_Over_Florida@hexbear.net 65 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

I still call it Kiev because all the TV people switching words on a dime freaked me out. It's real 1984 shit when the entire media class just decides for geopolitical reasons the geographic name for a place everyone was used to using isn't usable anymore.

[-] Mindfury@hexbear.net 37 points 20 hours ago

they can do this one instantly, but scores of media outlets either took forever or haven't even got Turkiye down yet

I still think a funny bit is just pretending to not accept the Cyrillic alphabet and calling it "Knib"

[-] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 12 points 20 hours ago

Tbh turkiye kinda weirds me out. I have never heard anyone complaon about it before.

[-] anarcho_blinkenist@hexbear.net 43 points 21 hours ago

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