Quote Originally Posted by adoc
Quote Originally Posted by laxxy
I hope you did't mean to say that "behaviour" is THE correct spelling, did you?
It is in some countries, you should get out more.
In some it is fine, in some it is not. Like "na".
And, even though in this particular case the Russian language authorities seem to agree that "v" is the correct usage, Russia has no more of a monopoly on the Russian language than England has on English.
Quote Originally Posted by laxxy
I personally use "na" in speech and in places like this one, since that's what I got accustomed to. I'd probably use "v" in more serious writing.

And out of what I've seen on the Internet so far, it seems that a lot of the "na" afficionados have a political basis for it as well, it's just that they often try to pretend that it is not there.
Maybe they do have a political basis to follow the grammar they are used to or maybe they don't, you tell me. I haven't browsed the internet to find that out, I am talking about myself. And hey, laxxy, suspecting that you're from Ukraine and all, I'm whispering into your ear: "I don't really care". I must however acknowledge that the idea of manipulating the language for the sake of political ends is not particularly new and is best described in the Animal Farm. Squealer rules.
I personally have no problems with people following whatever grammar they prefer -- but oh so often they suddenly start having issues with people writing "v". And that I do have a problem with.
and you don't need classic literature to observe the language being politically manipulated -- it should be sufficient to turn on the Russian TV.