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Pelosi did an amateur blunder when she introduced Zelensky...she called him the president of THE Ukraine

Posted by Jingle Bells, Zeitgeist Kvells, posting allll day (aka zeitgeist) Dec 21 '22, 23:20

the russians always referred to THE ukraine because it was just an area.

Like we refer to the prairies, the south. We wouldn't say the governor of The Alabama

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So many people say "the Ukraine" as I think it just flows better when you're speaking and it's not meant as an insult. It doesn't sound right to say - Krusty Dec 22, 04:51 10
- Do these same people say "I am going to the Canada" or "I am going to the Mexico" because that's how "the Ukraine" sounds to me. - Walt_Disney Dec 22, 05:33 3
  - Nobody ever said "the Canada," so no. -- nm* - mara xmas, ya filthy animals Dec 22, 05:58
  - They do not but I will argue that the Ukraine sounds much more normal than the Canada. I don't know why, I'm not a linguist. -- nm* - Krusty Dec 22, 05:45
  - Give us 20 years and we will make it happen cap’n. - Will Hunting Dec 22, 05:42
- Say just ‘Ukraine’ for a couple months and you’ll get used to it. Semi-related fun fact: Switzerland has a definite article in German and French. - mafic Dec 22, 04:57 5
  - But you don't use it in speech. (in french , dunno german) -- nm - loosilu Dec 22, 05:20 3
    - You would say "La Suisse est un pays". But "Je vais en Suisse" -- nm - Guigue Dec 22, 06:10
    - You do in German. I guess it’s not the official name in French. -- nm - mafic Dec 22, 06:03
    - (or maybe I've been doing it wrong!) -- nm - loosilu Dec 22, 05:21
  - I'm pretty good at just saying Ukraine but I catch myself throwing a "the" in there every once and a while. -- nm - Krusty Dec 22, 05:04
Good lord, they’re not some kind of Ohio State University. -- nm - mafic Dec 22, 04:46
The one, the only, the one that’s tops in our hearts, The Ukraine! -- nm - Qale Dec 21, 23:35
I have made this mistake as recently as this week. - Beryllium Dec 21, 23:21 2
- There was an actor Efram Zimbalist Jr, his daughter became an actor too, I always want to say Stephanie Zimbalist *Jr* as her name -- nm - Jingle Bells, Zeitgeist Kvells, posting allll day Dec 21, 23:26 1
  - Stephanie Zimbalist was the star of one of my favourite TV shows. - Beryllium Dec 21, 23:32

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Pelosi did an amateur blunder when she introduced Zelensky...she called him the president of THE Ukraine

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