(Kiev is now Kyiv)

[Josh Wilson]

Actually, that is how he pronounces it - with the udarenie moved one over in
that characteristically American manner... teehee.  

I should mention that he speaks no Russian and picked up the joke when I
gave him a Hard Rock Café Moskba tee-shirt for Christmas.  

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:SEELANGS at listserv.cuny.edu] On Behalf Of Kim Braithwaite
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 10:07 PM
To: SEELANGS at listserv.cuny.edu
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] (Kiev is now Kyiv)

As a linguist myself, I am not offended by "Moskba" (tee hee). In fact, I'm 
in favor of going all the way: MOCK-bah. No, not musk-VAH but MOCK-bah. 
After all, that's the way they spell it: MOCKBA (tee hee).

How soon before we switch to Praha, Bucuresti, and even Athenai (not to 
mention Hellas, alas).

Mr Kim Braithwaite, Translator

            "Good is better than evil, because it's nicer" - Mammy Yokum (Al

Capp)



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Josh Wilson" <jwilson at ALINGA.COM>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] (Kiev is now Kyiv)


My father always pronounces it "Moskba" thinking he's being funny.  I wonder
what that says linguistically?

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:SEELANGS at listserv.cuny.edu] On Behalf Of Emily Saunders
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 9:01 PM
To: SEELANGS at listserv.cuny.edu
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] (Kiev is now Kyiv)

Perhaps the Putin administration should be pressuring us to change to
Moskva...

Emily Saunders

On Oct 22, 2006, at 9:50 AM, Alina Israeli wrote:

>> And one of us, 20-odd years ago, missed the 3 am train to
>> Munich/München
>
> Germans' revenge is to call MIlano Mailand. Why no one protests?
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