Dec. 15, 2017
9:24 a.m.
On 12/15/2017 05:25 AM, John Hawkinson wrote:
This issue is a little more difficult because the historical Kiev spelling is tied up in the Russia/Ukraine conflict.
Yes, quite true. If Germany were fighting a war in the Czech republic, we might see similar patriotic requests to change Europe/Prague to Europe/Praha, since the English spelling "Prague" came via the German "Prag" rather than directly from the Czech "Praha" or from the old Slavic "Práh". In that case too, I would follow the lead of what English-language writers typically do. If they typically write "Prague", then Prague it is.