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Anecdotal, but I have been told this long before this war: "There's no 'The' before Ukraine, and also there's no 't' at the end of 'borsch'" Why assume this is
by throwusawayus 5y ago
Anecdotal, but I have been told this long before this war: "There's no 'The' before Ukraine, and also there's no 't' at the end of 'borsch'"
Why assume this is Western virtue signaling? The article explains the implications pretty well.
- georgewsinger 5y agoInteresting, and duly noted. > Why assume this is Western virtue signaling? In my case: because my wife (who is Ukrainian) told me so. I also have other Russian speaking friends (who live in the West though) who have expressed similar opinions. With that said: I'm open to changing my mind. And I get that words/phrases change in meaning over time, and gain new significance. Still curious what Ukrainians think: was this is a thing for you all, before this awful war?
- yladiz 5y agoI'm not Ukrainian, but I have Ukrainian friends that have told me both that I shouldn't say/spell "the Ukraine" and should spell their capital city "Kyiv" years ago, well before this current war (although after Crimea was taken), so I think that, at least for some Ukrainians, it was a thing before the current war.