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by forgotmypw 3025 days ago
>the Ukraine

Referring to Ukraine as "the Ukraine" has been inappropriate since the end of 1991. Just this detail paints the author as being out of touch.
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will4274 3025 days ago
> out of touch

Or maybe just not perfect? Google trends show that "the Ukraine" is about 1/3 as popular as "Ukraine" in common usage. It's more like calling the FSB the KGB - wrong, for sure, but was correct for decades, so not at all surprising that people still say it. http://www.businessinsider.com/why-ukraine-isnt-the-ukraine-...

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forgotmypw 3025 days ago
Can you please link the Google Trends? I am curious how to do one of these searches that compares using it with "the" and without.
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will4274 3025 days ago
There is a screenshot in the Business Insider article I linked
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duncan_bayne 3025 days ago
Yeah, the correct term is "Russian Federation" these days.

:(

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