Regarding "Ukraine" vs "the Ukraine"

self | 23/12/14 | self

[JSDude1]

The United States of America vs. United States of America vs. United States vs USA vs US vs America?

Your thoughts??

I personally don’t really care that much in one abbreviation or different way of saying our nation’s name or not.

[Organic Panic]

My only complaint is the default Russian pronunciation of Kiev the world seems to use. It is pronounced KEEV with a slight dip on the second E.

[Jimmy Valentine]

The “E” is pronounced “yeh” which is why you get that pronounciation.

[x]

Some of the vocabulary is different (some Ukrainian words are more like Polish than Russian). There are a few extra letters and a little more complicated grammar. The pronunciation also differs. More here.

Belorussian, though, isn't all that different from Russian. The spelling differs, but a lot of the differences are in cases where Russian isn't spelled like it sounds, and the Belorussian is.

[Organic Panic]

In russian yes. In Ukrainian not so much.

[Vroomfondel]

Here's another one for you to worry about, from Twitter:

Oksana G ‏@oksana200473 24m @SvobodaRadio В Украине, В, а не На

Oksana G is upset that SvobodaRadio has said "on Ukraine" instead of "in Ukraine".

[Katya]

Not surprising.. as the Soviets were in charge. One reason my grandparents left... my grandmother was of polish origin, but her family had also been in Kiev for generations.