• SharkAttak
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    326 days ago

    Not everyone has English as native tongue. Other languages use that article-first in similar cases, and such an error doesnt ‘diminish’ anything.

    • @5too@lemmy.world
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      125 days ago

      Ukrainians have generally expressed a preference for the nation to be called Ukraine, rather than the Ukraine.

    • @catloaf@lemm.ee
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      126 days ago

      Other languages should update as well. Ukraine has not been “the borderlands” of another nation for decades.