I feel like I'm intentionally being dumbed down every time I hear "Keev." It just grates on my ears.

In the west we like to stupidify Russian pronunciation. Just the other day I learned that Vladimir was properly pronounced Vlad-Yee-meer. Not Vlad-uh-meer.

I feel like I'm intentionally being dumbed down every time I hear "Keev." It just grates on my ears.

In the west we like to stupidify Russian pronunciation. Just the other day I learned that Vladimir was properly pronounced Vlad-YI-meer. Not Vlad-uh-meer.

I feel like I'm intentionally being dumbed down every time I hear "Keev." It just grates on my ears.