Pronunciation of Donetsk

[Joel S. Berson]

And if it was founded by a Welshman, wouldn't it have been Huwsovka?

Joel

At 5/31/2014 06:58 PM, imwitty wrote:

>Ha! It was "Yuzovka", without the "H", until April 22, 1924, when -- by the
>request of the "district council" -- it was renamed in the honor of ...
>Comrade Stalin -- it was not about steel... (;'-)))
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>"Yu" is pronounced as "you."
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>On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 8:33 PM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > OTOH, maybe we would find it easier to pronounce <Hughesovka> (Ukranian
> > <Hughesivka>), the original 1869 name of the city founded by Welshman John
> > Hughes. Later called <Stalino>, no doubt because it produced steel.
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