▲ 914 ▼ Ukraine designates PepsiCo, Mars as 'international war sponsors' (kyivindependent.com) submitted 3 years ago by downpunxx@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 146 comments fedilink hide all child comments Ukraine's National Corruption Prevention Agency added major food corporations PepsiCo and Mars to the "international sponsors of war" list on Sept. 1.
[–] Streetdog@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 years ago (6 children) Except when you're from the Netherlands. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] espentan@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago That makes sense, again, grammatically. The low/lower/nether land. permalink fedilink source parent [–] uranos@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) The Holland. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Spliffman1@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [+] Linux_Cultist@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) In Dutch it's just called Nederland. "The" is added when referring to it in English since it makes more grammatical sense in English. The Low-Lying Lands. Ukraine is its full proper name, from the original name of Україна, which can be romanized to Ukraine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rikudou@lemmings.world 5 points 3 years ago To "Ukraina", not Ukraine, but that's just a minor correction. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] espentan@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago That makes sense, again, grammatically. The low/lower/nether land. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] uranos@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) The Holland. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Spliffman1@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [+] Linux_Cultist@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Spliffman1@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Linux_Cultist@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) In Dutch it's just called Nederland. "The" is added when referring to it in English since it makes more grammatical sense in English. The Low-Lying Lands. Ukraine is its full proper name, from the original name of Україна, which can be romanized to Ukraine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] rikudou@lemmings.world 5 points 3 years ago To "Ukraina", not Ukraine, but that's just a minor correction. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 5 points 3 years ago To "Ukraina", not Ukraine, but that's just a minor correction. permalink fedilink source parent