[WikiEN-l] Okay, so what do I *do* about Tessaiga?

Ken Arromdee arromdee at rahul.net
Sun Jul 20 03:54:37 UTC 2008


On Sat, 19 Jul 2008, David Gerard wrote:
> That's why the article on the capital of Ukraine is at [[Kiev]] rather
> than [[Kyuv]]. The Ukraine government even states "Kyuv" is its
> official name in English, but people who speak English keep
> overwhelmingly using "Kiev."

That example doesn't support your idea.  From our article:

"Kiev is also based on the old Ukrainian language spelling of the city name
and was used by Ukrainians and their ancestors from the time of Kievan Rus
until only about the last century."

An obsolete spelling is not a mistake.




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