Belarus Will Remain Belorussia for Moscow Journalists and Scholars

[Wulfhere]

Zat is impossible! Not even ze Germans figured zat one out!

There are two different "th" sounds in English of course, voiced and unvoiced.

[W. R.]

WR, I was in Belarus last summer it's a beautiful country. I went to Minsk, Gomel and Brest. Minsk and Brest were two most impressive cities in Belarus.

I feel that I must thank you for the kind words.

What is so impressive about Brest? I'm interested because I work in that city.

Regarding how Russia spell Belarus is certainly up to debate. However most of the time various languages have different way of saying names of various countries. For instance in the Bulgarian language Bulgaria is spelled Balgarija (or Balgariya) but in Serbian it's spelled Bugarska. I don't really see a big difference between Belarus and Belorussia. Both names mean essentially the same thing.

Yes, I agree.

I don't mind if the Eastern neighbours spell "Belorussia". I'm just a bit wondering how they don't feel lazy to pronounce five syllables instead of just three ("Be-lo-ru-ssi-ya" instead of "Be-la-rus")? It is none of my business, though.

[poiuytrewq0987]

What is so impressive about Brest? I'm interested because I work in that city.

The city had a lot of interesting things to see such as the church (can't remember the name of it but it was big), and Mir Castle. Brest was a pretty clean city, it had a nice cozy feeling to it. The environment was really nice, I liked the trees, the landscape in general.