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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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[–] Hexboare@hexbear.net 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

We're not going to succeed in making English the dumbest lingua franca by making the sounds match the letters.

20 vowel sounds for five vowel letters is language perfection