Ukraine/The Ukraine

[Stanislav Chernyshov]

Ukrainians, by the way, have a joke on this issue. When Russians say: 
"Why would you care, after all, whether we say v or na Ukraine", they 
reply: "Do you see any difference between лежать на земле versus лежать 
в земле?"

Stanislav

William Derbyshire писал 2014-06-22 23:31:
> Enough, already! My screen is full of letters no longer or only
> distantly related to the original
> topic. I have never read a more disgusting exchange of emails on
> SEELANGS with insults
> flying left and right. The use of na vs. v preceding Ukraine has a
> very logical historic and
> linguistic explanation. One letter would have sufficed to explain the 
> issue.
> Bill Derbyshire
>
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