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[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 72 points 10 months ago (17 children)

Heads up to anyone that might not know, but you shouldn't say "the Congo", because referring to it that was is a remnant of colonialism. Instead, just say Congo. E.g. "there's a war in Congo".

I realise that I'm being peak buzzkill politically correct leftie here, but I only learned this relatively recently, and I want to help out others like me. It still sounds weird to me to say "Congo" rather than "the Congo", but that's part of why it feels important to make the effort to change

[–] Bldck@beehaw.org 14 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Similar for The Ukraine which means “the frontier” in Russian and evokes the history of Muscovite imperialism over their frontier states

[–] CheesyFox@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The word "Ukraine" itself doesn't mean anything in russian nor ukrainian, it's just a name for a state

[–] Bldck@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The Ukrainian embassy says that The Ukraine is both grammatically and politically incorrect. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[–] CheesyFox@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 10 months ago

but of course. I never said otherwise. it's your words about it meaning "frontier" in russian is what i was debating, please read my comment again.

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