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Re:Finland Buying a Million Landmines by ohihcocyc on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @08:26AM (#50179755)
There is no “The” in Ukraine.
Re:Finland Buying a Million Landmines by SanjayMehta on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @08:35AM (#50179867)
Disagree.

It may be politically incorrect to call "The Borderlands" "The Ukraine," but it's grammatically correct.

Re:Finland Buying a Million Landmines by Yizahi on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @11:21AM (#50182536)
Oh look, a paid propagandist in the wild on HN. You lot don't survive here for too long. Go learn English language rules and then come back (or better don't).
Re:Finland Buying a Million Landmines by SanjayMehta on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @11:19PM (#50190759)
Only on western propaganda outlets does one get accused of being paid to tell the truth.

Go learn some real history. Hint: a book, not Wikipedia.

Re:Finland Buying a Million Landmines by tim333 on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @08:59AM (#50180185)
Depends in which language. Apparently in Russian it comes out like the borderlands but in Ukrainian it is one word meaning land or our land. In English it depends a bit if you consider it a country or some rebellious Russian border areas.
Re:Finland Buying a Million Landmines by ohihcocyc on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @09:06AM (#50180287)
They’re aware of what they were saying. You don’t make a response about political correctness unless you’re trying to make a political statement.
Re:Finland Buying a Million Landmines by SanjayMehta on Thursday October 22, 2026 @11:41PM (#50204243)
Their language chauvinism is a sign of insecurity and indeed caused their current predicament: The Ukraine is the only country in the world which has banned a language: Russian.
Re:Finland Buying a Million Landmines by ohihcocyc on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @08:52AM (#50180069)
It may be grammatically correct to say “You’re an ignorant twat with a whore for a mother.” But that doesn't make it an accceptable thing to say.
Re:Finland Buying a Million Landmines by Yizahi on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @11:24AM (#50182601)
After reading its older comments, it seems your phrase is rather too polite :) . What a crazy account, like every comment is either a lie or a an insult.
Re:Finland Buying a Million Landmines by SanjayMehta on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @11:04AM (#50182267)
Projection much?