[will4274]

> 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-...

[forgotmypw]

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.

[will4274]

There is a screenshot in the Business Insider article I linked