"the" before country name

[Gillian Kyles]

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>Poster:       Doug Harris <cats22 at FRONTIERNET.NET>
>Subject:      Re: "the" before country name
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>I could be behind the times, but last time I was aware, the British
>still said "the Palestine".
>dh
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  This Brit was born in Palestine and I have never heard it referred
to with a "the". However, at the age of 5 we moved to The Sudan!
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