If there are 5 people saying “the Ukraine”, I am one of them. If there is 1 person saying “the Ukraine”, that person is me. If there is no one saying " the Ukraine", I am no longer alive. If the entire world says “the Ukraine”, I will support the entire world. 'Till my last breath, I will say “the Ukraine”.

  • GiorgioBoymoder [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 days ago

    “the ukraine” was never the default for me (east coast yankkkee in my 30s). it feels kind of old timey to me. i agree that the media has made up the whole “the ukraine is the ruzzian way to pronounce it!” bit, but before that “the ukraine” was old person coded 10000-com

    I’ve called it Ukraine for decades (I’m not even an east coast yank!), because I wasn’t born in 1975 and place names change sometimes.

    Czechoslovakia is another one that dates people’s geography knowledge imo.