Poster also tends to refer to Ukraine as 'The Ukraine':
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
I'm also a native English speaker (albeit with a strong accent) and some ?Dutch guy is telling me how to speak it. Good grief...
This is what is on his profile: "And please don't even think of approaching me to get your stuff posted or upvoted, if you want something posted do it yourself, if you want stuff to be upvoted post interesting stuff!
"If you comment and I'm not responding to you it may well be that you are filtered out from my view, besides I don't owe you a response."
Passive aggressive doesn't cover it.
What next? Are you going to complain I don't spell Turkey "Türkiye"?
And I know you're Scottish, or at least living in Scotland. And you can stop ninja editing your comments.
Awa an bile yer heid min.
Two can play at this nonsense. You don't live far from Brussels do you, ya rocket? What is headquartered there? (Clue: I'm not referring to the European Union.)
Guess what? I support Ukrainian and Irish independence, just like I support Scottish, Catalan, Tibetan and the independence of currently stateless nations. I think the break up of the USSR was a good thing but that many of its successor governments are corrupt.
I guess you didn't spot that at your desk in Brussels.
That said most Soviet successor states (including Russia) are run by robber barons.
Then you're going to have to explain what your goal was by posting this particular, clearly false link.
Ukraine is a country and people, the rest of use would appreciate you updating how you refer to them.
Timothy Miller is a good source to learn about Ukraine - the people, country, culture, and history.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18233844
"Yet the English-speaking media can't quite agree on how one of the two co-hosts should be described. It is "the Ukraine" in the UK's Daily Mirror, external, and simply "Ukraine" in the Times of India, external. Why the confusion?"
It goes on to say that the Ukrainian government doesn't like it. But since neither Ukrainian nor Russian use definite articles, it makes no odds and is not offensive.
I still say "the Czech Republic" or "the Basque Country". I know people who used to talk about "the Argentine". Apparently a Dutch person (if he is Dutch) seems to think I can't speak English.
walterlw•45m ago