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Ukraine designates PepsiCo, Mars as 'international war sponsors' (kyivindependent.com)
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Ukraine's National Corruption Prevention Agency added major food corporations PepsiCo and Mars to the "international sponsors of war" list on Sept. 1.

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[–] lud@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What about:

  • the England
  • the Germany
  • the France
  • the Sweden
  • the Russia
  • the Poland

Normal country names don't begin with "the"

"The United States of America" makes grammatical sense. "The Ukraine" or any of the above doesn't .

[–] Streetdog@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Except when you're from the Netherlands.

[–] espentan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That makes sense, again, grammatically. The low/lower/nether land.

[–] uranos@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The Holland.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 year ago

I was being facetious