I heard the word ukraine used to mean like wastelands or swamplands or something like that. And all the Russians would call it that as an insult when it wasn’t an independent nation yet. So when they did become one, the kept the name but dropped the the. So, Ukraine is a prideful name for a strong country. The Ukraine is an insult.
So because you’re right, I’m not allowed to be right at all? I never said my reason was the sole reason. I brought up a single point, and your article backed me up.
In fact, the ‘the’ should be removed as it is an intentional way of delegitimizing Ukraine as a separate country. Regional phrasing thing apparently.
I heard the word ukraine used to mean like wastelands or swamplands or something like that. And all the Russians would call it that as an insult when it wasn’t an independent nation yet. So when they did become one, the kept the name but dropped the the. So, Ukraine is a prideful name for a strong country. The Ukraine is an insult.
Not wastelands or swamplands but borderlands
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"Historically, the name Ukraine is thought to have derived from a Russian word that roughly means “borderlands” or “on the border,”
From your article my dude
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So because you’re right, I’m not allowed to be right at all? I never said my reason was the sole reason. I brought up a single point, and your article backed me up.
You may be more right, but I’m not wrong