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To: Cronos; metmom

Cronos, thanks for the geography lesson. i cringe when i hear many Americans call Ukraine “the Ukraine”


618 posted on 06/11/2012 9:30:25 PM PDT by one Lord one faith one baptism
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To: one Lord one faith one baptism

it’s technically correct, as in polish you are not “in Ukraine” but “on Ukraine”, since this is ukrainian lands. U Kraina means on the lands (border lands)


633 posted on 06/12/2012 12:16:33 AM PDT by Cronos (**Marriage is about commitment, cohabitation is about convenience.**)
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