Are they not called "the Orkney Islands" any more? Are the Faeroes not caled that either? Hebrides, inner and outer? (And what's the singular of Hebrides?)
See, I am learning stuff too.
I caught her on a park bench, making out with a *chaos* demon! Have you ever seen a chaos demon? They're all slime and antlers.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
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Nutty - Feb 06, 2003 10:30:04 am PST #1806 of 9843
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Betsy HP - Feb 06, 2003 10:51:41 am PST #1807 of 9843
If I only had a brain...
Don't ask me, I'm still adjusting to it not being "The Congo" and "The Ukraine" any more.
meara - Feb 06, 2003 11:39:39 am PST #1808 of 9843
Er...if it's not the Ukraine, what is it???
Farm boys are clueless about social taboos
The things this explains about "Smallville"...
amych - Feb 06, 2003 11:42:20 am PST #1809 of 9843
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
if it's not the Ukraine, what is it???
Ukraine.
Nutty - Feb 06, 2003 11:42:22 am PST #1810 of 9843
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I think "The Ukraine" now wants to be known as "Ukraine". Something about seeming more respectable. I think the Sudan is trying to do teh same thing, except that they're too busy fighting a civil war to correct everybody in the world press.
Same again, Byelorussia is now formally called Belarus. Even though they're basically translations of the same concept, "White Russia".
Betsy HP - Feb 06, 2003 11:46:04 am PST #1811 of 9843
If I only had a brain...
The claim I heard was that "The Ukraine" makes it sound like a colony rather than a free and independent nation. Same for "The Congo".
Penny B. - Feb 06, 2003 12:30:45 pm PST #1812 of 9843
Nobody
Hmmmm. Same kind of controversy over "Yukon" versus "the Yukon."
Noumenon - Feb 06, 2003 12:34:38 pm PST #1813 of 9843
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
"The Ukraine" makes it sound like a colony rather than a free and independent nation
Of course, the fact that the word "Ukraine" means "borderland" means the definite article is the least of their problems.
billytea - Feb 06, 2003 1:01:31 pm PST #1814 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Of course, the fact that the word "Ukraine" means "borderland" means the definite article is the least of their problems.
I've often thought that there should be a single word in Russian (and, for that matter, Ukrainian) that means "Oh crap, here they come again".
bon bon - Feb 06, 2003 1:49:14 pm PST #1815 of 9843
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I've often thought that there should be a single word in Russian (and, for that matter, Ukrainian) that means "Oh crap, here they come again".
"Poland."