Ukraine/The Ukraine

[Elena Gapova]

In this case, "the article" is about group status - much in the same way as
one word in the name of "Washington Redskins"  has been for years (there
was an hour-long show on NPR on the issue just yesterday).

Elena Gapova


On 20 June 2014 15:32, Sukholutskaya, Mara E. <msukholu at ecok.edu> wrote:

>  Me too
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> I have to agree with Jules...
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> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 2:32 PM, Jules Levin <ameliede at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
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> On 20.06.2014 11:25, Chernetsky, Vitaly A wrote:
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> 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,
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>
> 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
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>  Vitaly Chernetsky
> President, American Association for Ukrainian Studies
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