So do you say Chicken Keev or Chicken Kee-Yev?

[milestogo]

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Liev Schreiber on Colbert and how to pronounce his first name.

I forget now how is the right way.

[NCLefty]

17. I saw that and also forget. It's lost to history! :p

[elleng]

2. Don't recall,

and sure don't know how I'd say it if I went there (even tho my ancestors may have lived/fled there!)

(kē′ĕf, -ĕv) or Ky·yiv (kē′ēo͝o)

[dweller]

3. accent on the 1st syllable

Key iv (iv as in is with soft fading v)
🤔

oh, and chicken as in fricken 😜

✌🏼

[guillaumeb]

4. I say no chicken for me, thank you.

How about a nice tofurkey roast instead?

[milestogo]

5. No chicken for me either

but I never knew I was saying it wrong until today.

[guillaumeb]

6. And mispronouncing Ukraine as well.

It is a 4 syllable word.

[OliverQ]

12. You're not.

Kiev is the Russian word for the city. Kyiv, pronounced almost like Keev, is the Ukrainian form. Obviously Ukrainians prefer the way they pronounce it over the Russian pronunciation.

[dameatball]

7. I have always said Kee' - ev. Was I wree"-ong?

[Dennis Donovan]

8. Keef...

[H2O Man]

13. +1

[MurrayDelph]

9. I say Chicken Cordon Bleu

It's very much like Chicken Kiev, but instead of seasoned butter, the center is melted ham and Swiss.

[Control-Z]

10. Key ev. eom

[OliverQ]

11. There has been some discussion of this on social media.

Kiev (Key-ev) is the Russian pronunciation. The Ukrainian pronunciation of their spelling Kyiv is a little hard for English speakers to say. Taylor and Kent are using a close approximation of Keev.

Ukrainians don't like the Russian pronunciation for obvious reasons, but that's the one most Westerners are familiar with.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

14. Very clever & funny!

[Polybius]

15. Never heard of Chicken Kiev

Had to look it up. Looks yummy.

[Talitha]

16. Like Dad (RIP) used to say,

Call me anything you want.

Just don't call me late for supper.