Thread: Is it 'Ukraine' or 'The Ukraine'?
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Old 10-11-2013, 07:37 AM  
Grapesoda
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Originally Posted by Mutt View Post
When I was young people would say 'The people down the street are from the Ukraine' - is it more common now to 'they are from Ukraine'?

what about Czech Republic - is it The Czech Republic or just Czech Republic? I even hear people saying 'He's from Czech' which sounds funny, it would be like saying 'He's from American'
before the civil war it was 'those united stated' after the civil war it became 'the united states'
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