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[VShell]

On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Pavel Samsonov wrote:
> Before the collapse of the Soviet Union (BTW, it was THE Soviet Union), it
> was normal both in Russian and Ukrainian to say "na Ukraine". With the

Actually, in Ukrainian, it was normal to say "na Ukrayini".

> advent of independence, this colonial and humiliating expression was changed
> by Kiev's linguists to "v Ukraine"  both in Russian and English for the
> official use.

Actually, Kyiv's linguists changed it to "v Ukrayini" (v/u
cherhuyut'sya za pravyla mylozvuchosti).

Shche raz zauvazhuyu, yak lehko ce ochevydno rusijs'kocentrychynm znavcyam
umalyaty pochuvannya ukrayinciv vidnosno obraz proty nykh (ukrayinciv).

-- Stepan Bobyk

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