Is it Беларусь or Белорусь?
And didn't it used to be Белоруссия?
What is the offical title of the country in Russian, and what do most people call it.
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Is it Беларусь or Белорусь?
And didn't it used to be Белоруссия?
What is the offical title of the country in Russian, and what do most people call it.
I did a Google on it and found
1,230,000 hits for Беларусь
24,900 hits for Белорусь
So 5 to 1 says it's Беларусь.
God....what CANT google do!
По-русски должно быть Белоруссия. По-белорусски - Беларусь. Просто при Ельцине начали коверкать русский язык, до сих пор сказывается - Киргизия сейчас Кыргызстан, Башкирия - Башкортостан, Татария - Татарстан... :evil: хорошо хоть Англия не стала Инглэндом а Китай - Чжун-го.
If your numbers are correct it is 50 to 1 and not 5 to 1.Quote:
Originally Posted by kwatts59
Oops. Your right. It is 50 to 1.
I flunked math. :(
Not this topic again! :D I read through two really big topics discussing similar problems. It is indeed interesting but rather tiresome. Check this:
Belorussia - http://forum.lingvo.ru/actualthread.asp ... =7422&pg=1
Ukraine - http://forum.lingvo.ru/actualthread.asp ... =3774&pg=1