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RobinA

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28. So Which Is Correct?

Tue Feb 22, 2022, 01:03 PM

Feb 2022

I never heard of Keev until this current situation. I have always heard Kee-ehev and have always used that, thinking it was correct. I didn’t even realize what Keev was until about the third time I heard it.

Jeesh, I’m barely recovered from learning to say Omicron instead of Omnicron.

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Stop calling it "The Ukraine" [View all] ColinC Feb 2022 OP

Yes, thank you. themaguffin Feb 2022 #1

Lol, that is the least of my worries!!! Nt USALiberal Feb 2022 #2

Language. multigraincracker Feb 2022 #3

It's more than that in this case. Ocelot II Feb 2022 #7

In that case, we will send those folks to multigraincracker Feb 2022 #8

Super Interesting.. TY! Cha Feb 2022 #42

I think it's common with countries which start with "U" Ms. Toad Feb 2022 #49

Yep, 'The Ukraine' is a Russian talking point. TheBlackAdder Feb 2022 #4

It's a legacy name that stuck and change is hard when long entrenched. /nt bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #5

You are not boss of me SoonerPride Feb 2022 #6

+1000 USALiberal Feb 2022 #9

So, you choose to amplify Soviet propaganda? W_HAMILTON Feb 2022 #44

Imo, "the" is typically used as a prefix to a region. Oneironaut Feb 2022 #10

That is exactly why Putin calls it "the Ukraine." He considers it a REGION of Russia. lagomorph777 Feb 2022 #11

"The Ukraine" is what it was called when it was a region in the USSR. Ocelot II Feb 2022 #14

I am kind of sick of the everyone and the media... TheRealNorth Feb 2022 #26

Ukraine is like Yugoslavia must be the new talking point now that Russia has invaded. mathematic Feb 2022 #27

And of course, no one says they're going to "The Netherlands." DFW Feb 2022 #37

Ukraine or the Ukraine... PoliticAverse Feb 2022 #12

Why does The Bronx? Polybius Feb 2022 #48

It's "The Bronx" unless being used as an adjective... PoliticAverse Feb 2022 #50

But why is it ever "The" Bronx? Polybius Feb 2022 #51

Because it was the Bronx river... which got shortened to just "The Bronx".. PoliticAverse Feb 2022 #52

Peiping, Peking, Beijing. Sneederbunk Feb 2022 #13

Thank you. And good luck. BlackSkimmer Feb 2022 #15

Been "Ukraine" since 1991 when Ukraine left the Soviet Union SharonClark Feb 2022 #16

But despite that long period of time, some here seem unwilling, or unable, to make the switch. BlackSkimmer Feb 2022 #18

"The Ukraine" is the Russian version of "Democrat Party"... Wounded Bear Feb 2022 #17

I gotta ask: Who the hell says "The" Ukraine? msfiddlestix Feb 2022 #19

Plenty of people here. I see it everyday, hence the OP. BlackSkimmer Feb 2022 #36

Apparently I've managed to miss these occurrences... msfiddlestix Feb 2022 #39

I dropped the "The" from "Ukraine" some time ago. Paladin Feb 2022 #20

So Which Is Correct? RobinA Feb 2022 #28

Supposedly: "Kee-ehev" is how Russians say it, "Keev" is the Ukrainian pronunciation. Paladin Feb 2022 #32

Oh thanks, that makes sense. When I was in college I took a class Raine Feb 2022 #43

I think "Keev" is the majority pronunciation these days. Tommy Carcetti Feb 2022 #35

Ukrainian would beg to differ I've read..... msfiddlestix Feb 2022 #40

Using the definite article sarisataka Feb 2022 #21

And a Ukraine I chatted with some years ago cachukis Feb 2022 #22

Seems we have a few defenders of deadnaming here.... Coventina Feb 2022 #23

Or people simply don't mind if they appear ignorant. BlackSkimmer Feb 2022 #31

Have another cup of coffee. Firestorm49 Feb 2022 #24

Coffee gives me indigestion ColinC Feb 2022 #30

I thought everyone had already gotten that memo. I'm not hearing it too often. NightWatcher Feb 2022 #25

Thank you Stinky The Clown Feb 2022 #29

Interestingly, Ukrainian and Russian The Revolution Feb 2022 #33

Quite correct! FINALLY! DFW Feb 2022 #38

Could blame Seinfeld The Revolution Feb 2022 #34

I read that on DU a long tme Cha Feb 2022 #41

It's a pre-independence thing. Patton French Feb 2022 #45

It always amazes me to see posts like this. A democratic country is on the verge Vinca Feb 2022 #46

Given everything you said, the least we can do is call them by the correct name. ColinC Feb 2022 #53

If that's all we can do, it's pretty damn pathetic. My point is to fret about what's important. Vinca Feb 2022 #54

The least we can do is just a start ColinC Feb 2022 #55

Why would you think anyone who refers to "the Ukraine" does not respect the country. Vinca Feb 2022 #56

Calling somebody by the wrong name is disrespectful ColinC Feb 2022 #57

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I should say the same thing to you ColinC Feb 2022 #59

tRump called it The Ukraine yesterday while praising Putin's "sheer genius" Hortensis Feb 2022 #47