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mvd

(65,173 posts) Tue Mar 8, 2022, 10:51 PM Mar 2022

Should I be saying Zelensky or Zelenskyy?

Or are both acceptable for the Ukrainian leader? Still seeing both names used.

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Should I be saying Zelensky or Zelenskyy? (Original Post) mvd Mar 2022 OP

Neither. It's Zelenskyy. dchill Mar 2022 #1

I corrected the spelling mvd Mar 2022 #2

E not A and a double Y. RockRaven Mar 2022 #3

... El Supremo Mar 2022 #4

Good one mvd Mar 2022 #5

dchill

(38,474 posts)

1. Neither. It's Zelenskyy.

Reply to mvd (Original post)

Tue Mar 8, 2022, 10:52 PM

Mar 2022

mvd

(65,173 posts)

2. I corrected the spelling

Reply to dchill (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 8, 2022, 10:55 PM

Mar 2022

I’ll get this right yet - lol.

RockRaven

(14,959 posts)

3. E not A and a double Y.

Reply to mvd (Original post)

Tue Mar 8, 2022, 10:55 PM

Mar 2022

Of course, Ukrainian is a different alphabet/characters anyway, so one could protest that that isn't right either.

But Wikipedia and the major US news outlets are using "Zelenskyy"

El Supremo

(20,365 posts)

4. ...

Reply to mvd (Original post)

Tue Mar 8, 2022, 10:58 PM

Mar 2022

mvd

(65,173 posts)

5. Good one

Reply to El Supremo (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 9, 2022, 05:10 PM

Mar 2022

Thanks all. I’ll use Zelenskyy.

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