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Croatian war vets tear down Serbian Cyrillic signs
Associated Press ^ | Sep 2, 2013 9:12 AM EDT

Posted on 09/02/2013 6:48:31 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Wielding hammers, Croatian war veterans have torn down signs written in the Serbian Cyrillic alphabet that were put up on official buildings to boost minority rights in the new EU nation. …

Vukovar has a sizable Serb minority and having official signs in both the Croatian Latin alphabet and Serbian Cyrillic are in line with the country’s law on minority rights. …

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To: vladimir998
Something tells me that this actually is political correctness at work. After all, Croatian is an official language of the EU whereas Serbian is not.
21 posted on 09/02/2013 7:42:33 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: dfwgator
Unfortunately, there's a history between the two

The only good thing about the EU is that it makes open conflict between member states much less likely.

22 posted on 09/02/2013 7:43:21 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Dick Cinnamon

“Were it not for Serbian the Croatians wouldn’t have an applicable language.”

S-U-R-E. The Croatians would just be walking around making hand signals ‘cause they wouldn’t have an “applicable language”.


23 posted on 09/02/2013 7:43:42 AM PDT by vladimir998
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To: Dick Cinnamon
Do you know the difference between Serbian and Croatian?

It is a minor difference, but enough to get quite a few Croatians upset.

24 posted on 09/02/2013 7:46:29 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Olog-hai

Is Serbia in the EU? I don’t think it is. Thus, if it isn’t, it’s language wouldn’t have to be an EU language in any case.

The European Union has 24 official and working languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish and Swedish.

Notice, many minority languages - used within nations with other official languages - did not make the list: Rhaetio-Romansche, Basque, Welsh, Scotland’s Gaelic, Lapp, Livonian, Csango, Roma, Finnish, etc.


25 posted on 09/02/2013 7:50:15 AM PDT by vladimir998
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To: vladimir998
AFAICS, it’s all Shtokavian. Only difference is the alphabet used. Лайк райтинг Инглиш ин Сириллик, y’know?
26 posted on 09/02/2013 8:02:55 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

I have no idea why you’re addressing that post to me. Serbian and Croatian are essentially the same language except for alphabet and some vocabulary. I have known that for decades.


27 posted on 09/02/2013 8:06:37 AM PDT by vladimir998
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Notice, many minority languages - used within nations with other official languages - did not make the list: Rhaetio-Romansche, Basque, Welsh, Scotland’s Gaelic, Lapp, Livonian, Csango, Roma, Finnish, etc.

No Ebonics? That's retarded.

28 posted on 09/02/2013 8:08:37 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: vladimir998

No matter whom it’s addressed to, everyone can read it. Nothing personal meant by it.


29 posted on 09/02/2013 8:10:15 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

“Like writing English in Cyrillic”, y’know?

Heh, heh, nice transliteration. But the spoken language is “Serbo-Croatian” & it is written in two alphabets.

Now...the real gulf is between Orthodox Serbs who tend to be pro-Russian, and Catholic Croatians & Slovenians who are more Western oriented.


30 posted on 09/02/2013 8:30:36 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: Olog-hai

I think we should allow the Croats to make this decision for themselves. I believe the same thing goes for Serbs in Serbia. It’s called self-determination.


31 posted on 09/02/2013 8:38:19 AM PDT by 3Fingas (Sons and Daughters for Freedom and Restoration of the Republic)
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To: dfwgator

I have been listening to the Hardcore History podcasts. They are great, but what strikes me is all the massive killing. First by the Romans to galvanize the west, then the killing spree as the empire fell, then by the Franks to try to hammer it back together, and then the free for all when the Carolingians went down. Not to mention the 1st and 2nd World Wars. I have a feeling this period of history is winding down and we are about to really descend into chaos. I just hope the West unites because a foe has galvanized us and its not West on West war again.


32 posted on 09/02/2013 8:39:34 AM PDT by MattinNJ (It's over Johnny. The America you knew is gone. Denial serves no purpose.)
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To: Olog-hai

cako se...


33 posted on 09/02/2013 8:46:38 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks ("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
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To: vladimir998

The “original” Croatian was so primitive it lacked the sophostication to produce and any meaningful literary works and they eventually adopted Serbian as their primary language.

At least they were smart enough to ditch their ebonics grade dialect for something more acceptable.


34 posted on 09/02/2013 10:57:19 AM PDT by Dick Cinnamon
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To: Dick Cinnamon
All slavic languages were "primitive". There aren't exactly that many "meaningful literary works" in Serbian either until the 14th century. I'm not bothering to count Temnićki natpis nor Humska ploča since they are Old Serbian rather than Serbian and Old Serbian is just a shaping up of Old Church Slavonic. Quite frankly, except for hagiography and other religious works, and some historical pieces, the Serbs didn't produce much of anything worthwhile in the literary sense until the 19th century. They can't be blamed for this. They were too busy trying to remain a viable people under Turkish rule before that.
35 posted on 09/02/2013 11:51:23 AM PDT by vladimir998
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