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Originally Posted by frostbitevinnie  FYI, it is not "The Ukraine" it is simply Ukraine. |
Another of my fiancée's pet peeves:
In German, it's "der Rhein". In English, everyone says "the Rhein River". When someone says "der Rhein", you KNOW they are talking about a river, so it's not necessary to say it: It's just "the Rhine", not "the Rhine river".
It's "the Colombia", "the Delaware", "the Snake", "the Colorado". Leave away the "River" - you're just wasting valuable oxygen!