From cf67c5123d35962d0ea414568a3499867de03620 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Fri, 3 May 2019 17:26:17 -0700 Subject: [PROPOSED] Remove Kiev pronunciation commentary MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit * europe: Remove irrelevant and controversial commentary on how to pronounce the name of Ukraine’s capital. (Thanks to Leon V.) --- europe | 8 -------- 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/europe b/europe index b735a48..5ccb867 100644 --- a/europe +++ b/europe @@ -3869,14 +3869,6 @@ Link Europe/Istanbul Asia/Istanbul # Istanbul is in both continents. # controversial, and some day "Kyiv" may become substantially more popular in # English; in the meantime, stick with the traditional English "Kiev" as that # means less disruption for our users. -# -# Anyway, none of the common English-language spellings (Kiev, Kyiv, Kieff, -# Kijeff, Kijev, Kiyef, Kiyeff) do justice to the common pronunciation in -# Ukrainian, namely [ˈkɪjiu̯] (IPA). This pronunciation has nothing like an -# English "v" or "f", and instead trails off with what an English-speaker -# would call a demure "oo" sound, and it would would be better anglicized as -# "Kuiyu". Here's a sound file, if you would like to do as the Kuiyuvians do: -# https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uk-Київ.ogg # Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL] # This represents most of Ukraine. See above for the spelling of "Kiev". -- 2.21.0