Posted on 02/23/2014 1:19:23 AM PST by Don W
The United States of America vs. United States of America vs. United States vs USA vs US vs America?
Your thoughts??
I personally don’t really care that much in one abbreviation or different way of saying our nation’s name or not.
My only complaint is the default Russian pronunciation of Kiev the world seems to use. It is pronounced KEEV with a slight dip on the second E.
The “E” is pronounced “yeh” which is why you get that pronounciation.
Belorussian, though, isn't all that different from Russian. The spelling differs, but a lot of the differences are in cases where Russian isn't spelled like it sounds, and the Belorussian is.
In russian yes. In Ukrainian not so much.
Oksana G @oksana200473 24m @SvobodaRadio В Украине, В, а не НаOksana G is upset that SvobodaRadio has said "on Ukraine" instead of "in Ukraine".
Not surprising.. as the Soviets were in charge. One reason my grandparents left... my grandmother was of polish origin, but her family had also been in Kiev for generations.
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