Last week, I noticed that the AP Stylebook posted on social media that they use Chernobyl versus Chornobyl, though they acknowledge they will note the Chornobyl spelling as needed, which touched off quite a debate in the comments.
I am not an AP Stylebook user—as a book editor, the Chicago Manual of Style is my master—but I followed this discussion with considerable interest because this is exactly the kind of information that editors flag all the time in manuscripts.
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