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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

My 127% prediction can still be realized. The 400k+ votes from ~~the~~ Ukraine still need to come in. That has some delay as not all registered voters have been identified...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Why do people keep calling it "the Ukraine"? Serious question.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Because in English it used to be called that before its independence in 1991. It's now considered wrong and demeaning though.

A similar issue exists in other languages, so it's also likely that the error repeatedly gets carried over when translated to English.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Ah, TIL. It sounds really weird to me, like saying "the Germany" or "the France".

My language doesn't use articles like "a" or "the" so similar issues don't exist here at all.

[–] xmunk 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A more accurate comparison is "The Palatinate", "The Pale", "The Highlands" or "The Yucatan" - it's still wrong but it's not unheard of for regions defined by a predominant geographic feature.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Ukraine is not a predominant geographic feature? Like, I know what the name means, but for English speaking people the word doesn't mean anything?

[–] Jakeroxs 1 points 7 months ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Ukraine Check out the "English definite article" section

[–] xmunk 0 points 7 months ago

Interestingly enough one of my examples shares that distinction and is just arbitrary. "The Pale" is drawn from the same root as pallisade and basically means fence post... it's basically "What the English claim" and it's a completely arbitrary region.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

It sounds really weird to me too!!!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

force of habit

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I think lack of sleep could be at play here too 😴