Ukraine/The Ukraine

[Svetlana Grenier]

I have to agree with Jules...


On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 2:32 PM, Jules Levin <ameliede at earthlink.net> wrote:

> On 20.06.2014 11:25, Chernetsky, Vitaly A wrote:
>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> This thread is becoming increasingly a space for venting one's right to
>> bigoted speech. Nobody is *FORCING* any one here to use one
>> word/grammatical form and not the other; in the US at least, we have the
>> First Amendment. However, the insistence on using vocabulary that the
>> person(s) designated by this vocabulary find objectionable is hardly
>> something to be proud of. I am saddened to see a number of colleagues
>> digging in their heels in this stance.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>>
> What is really really sad is the idea that the use of an article can be
> classified as "bigoted".  We live in insane times.
> Jules Levin
>
>
>
>  Vitaly Chernetsky
>> President, American Association for Ukrainian Studies
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------
>> Vitaly Chernetsky
>> Associate Professor
>> Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
>> University of Kansas
>> 2140 Wescoe Hall, 1445 Jayhawk Blvd.
>> Lawrence, KS 66045-7594
>> (785) 864-2359
>> vchernetsky at ku.edu
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>> SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Jules Levin [
>> ameliede at EARTHLINK.NET]
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>> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2014 1:03 PM
>> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
>> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Ukraine/The Ukraine
>>
>> Everyone arguing from personal address among individuals is missing the
>> point.  Old guys like me are still coherent enough to switch to
>> African-American when speaking to my A-A neighbor, but my neighbor is
>> rational enough not to tell me to use only A-A even when speaking to my
>> own family members in the privacy of my home.
>> The fact is that a mature country self-confident in its identity does
>> not concern itself with the grammatical details of how its neighbor
>> speaks its name.    Countries that worry about such things are behaving
>> like hypersensitive teenagers.  I realize that now the correct
>> response--Oh grow up!--would be considered child abuse, but...
>> Jules (chalk it up to Alzheimers) Levin
>>
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