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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
Which one though?
Is this why it’s referred to as Ukraine now and not “the Ukraine”?
Yep, same idea.
Similar for
The Ukrainewhich means “the frontier” in Russian and evokes the history of Muscovite imperialism over their frontier statesThe word “Ukraine” itself doesn’t mean anything in russian nor ukrainian, it’s just a name for a state
The Ukrainian embassy says that
The Ukraineis both grammatically and politically incorrect. 🤷🏻♀️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.
There’s no such thing as “The” in both Russian and Ukrainian, but what I’ve seen happen is pro-russian people intentionally saying “on (the) Ukraine” (as if “on the edge”) instead of “in Ukraine” to piss people off.
Huh. TIL Slavic languages don’t have a definite article.
So it’s this grammatical mess of Germanic definite articles attached to a Slavic word and the outcome is politically fraught
I can’t speak to all Slavic languages but in mine it’s concatenated to the subject rather than being its own word
For those wondering, Xinjiang, the province controlled by China where the Uyghurs are is named similarly. It literally means “new frontier” in Mandarin.
Many Uyghurs prefer the name East Turkestan. (But ofc thats heavily repressed by the CCP).
The official name of the country is “Republic of the Congo.” It is fine to shorten that to “The Congo.”
No. The war is going on in the DRC. Democratic republic of the congo.
The republic of Congo is on the other side of the Congo and Ubangi river.
(Yes there are two Congos).
“Seriously” tho… Any new theories on this? I saw a theory that it was more likely Roy Cohn… I dunno.
I’d really rather not search for ‘Bill Clinton oral sex’ on my computer.
WTF is going on that I missed?
Trump blew Arnold Palmer who at times went by Bubba like Bill Clinton. The search you should make is “Trump Arnold Palmer”
Don’t sully Arnie’s name like that.
“This is a guy that was all man. This man was strong and tough, and I refuse to say it, but when he took showers with the other pros, they came out of there, they said, ‘Oh my God, that’s unbelievable.’” - Donald Trump, October 20 2024.
I’ve used this analogy before.
Trying to follow all of Trump’s stupid, insane, and/or disgusting statements is like trying to read s physics text while listening to a calculus lecture and watching Avengers Endgame while riding a roller coaster in the rain.
Epstein and brother Epstein had an email exchange talking about how Donnie gave Bubba a blowjob and Putin has the tape. Trump has a nickname of Donnie and Clinton has the nickname Bubba.
I manned up and searched the details.
Now I need a full body wash with lye and a new computer.
Epstein Files indicate that Donald Trump blew him.
Today I learned the meaning of the word ‘flabbergasted.’
That’s the sound it made.
Yeah, that’s a wild combination of words
Let me put it this way.
If that had been a joke in “Idiocracy” it would be the line everyone has memorized.
Also, to be frank, I thought Bill Clinton would have had higher standards.
Bill should take one for the team; and admit that it happened. When some cretin asks if he is gay; he needs to look them dead in the eye and shrug saying “hey, I like blowjobs!”
Latest revelation is that “Bubba” might refer to a horse. Which is even wilder honestly
Only slightly wilder. Maybe 4%.
Ehh how often isn’t there a war in Congo?
It’s not war “in” Congo. It’s war, colonialism, etc. against Congo.
OK. This is the 5th time I see Watchmen this week.
I have so many books to read, but I guess I’ll read Watchmen again
If you haven’t seen it, watch the follow-up series with Jean Smart.
…is Bill Murray around?..
Theres a war in Kongo
Isnt it like that, that theres basically always war in Kongo (thanks to warlords, resources and the UN being to much of a pussy to prosecute war criminals)?
Here its actually the Rwandan government (Which is supported by much of the world and the UN) funding militias that are arguably commiting genocide in East Congo.
Ah than like that. My knowledge about the kongonis in fact quite limited.
