Speaker 1: We have a voicemail number and that number is two one nine two. David P.
A number of you calling in writing in about this very question. This is from the eggman
who asks it so eloquently. Speaker 4: Hey, do I have a pretty basic question?
Is the city of Kiev the one that used to be called Kiev?
Speaker 1: Yes, Solow. Yes, Shalom to the eggman. It is. So here's many of you wrote
to me because yesterday, during our coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, I was
talking about Keith and in the comments, as well as an email voicemail. Many of you said,
Sir, what the hell are you talking about? Isn't it Kiev? Here's the back story the spout.
It all stems from the spelling in English, the anglicized spelling. For a very long time,
the capital city of Ukraine was spelled KITV. And when you look at that, that very clearly
would make most English speakers say, Oh, it's Kiev, that makes sense. It spelled Kyiv
and it's pronounced Kiev. Couple of years ago, a number of media outlets, including
NPR, decided we are going to change the spelling and the pronunciation to be more in line with.
In Ukraine, the spelling was changed to K Y I V, and when you see K YV, most English
speakers would see that they would say, Oh, that looks like Kiev, right? OK, so that's
what happened. The idea was, we've kind of anglicized it away from what it actually is
in Ukraine. Let's try to match up with that more so now it's it's a new spelling k y IV.
And it's a new pronunciation Kiev. Spell it however you want it. Say it, however you want
it. And Russia has started executing a slow invasion of Ukraine, as we covered earlier
in the program. So appreciate the eggman calling in about that and appreciate the opportunity
to clarify. On today's bonus show, we are going to talk about the history, and the history
is quite extensive of why Russian President Vladimir Putin is obsessed with Ukraine. We
will also talk about. Why it's Ukraine and not the Ukraine, OK? Saying the Ukraine would
be like saying, Well, anyway, I'm not even going to get ahead of myself. OK, let's we're
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