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No, the US is not particularly offensive. 'The Ukraine' specifically is offensive, because it is how Russia calls Ukraine, (kinda like implying it's The Ukraine
by Secretmapper 5y ago
No, the US is not particularly offensive. 'The Ukraine' specifically is offensive, because it is how Russia calls Ukraine, (kinda like implying it's The Ukraine of Russia)
- type0 5y agoor just as a territory e.g the Balkans
- cartesius13 5y ago>>...it is how Russia calls Ukraine But the russian language doesn't have definite articles, right? So is that how Russia calls Ukraine in international announcements and such? Do they even translate their messages to English themselves? I thought it was all in Russian and we translated If it's not that, what would be the equivalent of the definite article in russian? Maybe it's some other grammatical element that implies the same thing or something similar? This is actually kind of interesting from a linguistic perspective. I never knew definite article could such meanings in english
- thaumasiotes 5y ago> 'The Ukraine' specifically is offensive, because it is how Russia calls Ukraine But that's not even something it's possible to say in Russian. They couldn't say "the Ukraine" if they wanted to.