[mova] in one's own language

Victor Shevchenko vic.shevchenko at gmail.com
Sat Nov 4 01:13:15 EST 2006


I guess with the adoption of the Ukrainian spelling of Kyiv by the US Gov.,
NATO and the UN the issue has been resolved ...
http://www.kyivpost.com/nation/25373/

On 18/10/06, Natalia Pylypiuk <natalia.pylypiuk at ualberta.ca> wrote:
>
> Шановний пане Пономаренко!
>
> Дозвольте звернути увагу на те, що
> Ваші повідомлення
> на адресу mova-at-brama, датовані  1 квітня,
> 15 травня, 24 травня 2005р. і 5 березня 2006 р,
> як і репліки на тему ''Kyiv / Kiev'', які
> Ви надіслали
> 16 і 18 жовтня 2006р) -- усі написані
> англійською мовою.
>
> З повагою,
>
> Наталія Пилип'юк
>
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>
> On Oct 18, 2006, at 5:02 PM, Mykola Ponomarenko wrote:
>
> > And I say
> >
> > That French would consider as insult to discuss French word
> > pronunciation in English spelling!
> >
> > So do I consider you нікчемими докторами без
> > роду to discuss Ukrainian in English.
> >
> > Меншовартісні байстрюки!
> > Розмовляйте своєю мовою,
> > а не випендрюйтесь умом на чужій.
> >
> > Микола Пономаренко
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 10/18/06, Natalia Pylypiuk < natalia.pylypiuk at ualberta.ca>
> > wrote:Dear members of the Mova-at-Brama list:
> >
> > The following decision of the Board on Geographic Names
> > and then of the State department might be of interest,
> > considering recent discussions:
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Orest.Deychak at mail.house.gov
> > > Sent: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 10:11 AM
> > > Subject: State Dep't Notice; FT; EDM; KP
> > >
> > >       U.S. Department of State
> > >
> > > New Spelling of Ukrainian Capital
> > >
> > >  On October 3, 2006, the Board on Geographic Names (BGN)
> > > unanimously voted to change the BGN standard transliteration of the
> > > name of the Ukrainian capital to "Kyiv." This decision affects the
> > > whole USG. Although "Kiev" remains the BGN conventional name for
> > > this city, all State Department offices and operations are
> > > requested to immediately begin using the new spelling "Kyiv" in all
> > > written communication. The American diplomatic post there will
> > > henceforth be called Embassy Kyiv.
> >
> >
> > I thank  Roman Senkus (CIUS, Toronto) for forwarding this message.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > N. Pylypiuk
> >
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