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From: msb@sq.sq.com (Mark Brader)
Subject: Re: Hercegovina
Message-ID: <1995Jun21.230925.28882@sq.sq.com>
Organization: SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, Canada
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Date: Wed, 21 Jun 95 23:09:25 GMT
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Denis Pleic (Denis.Pleic@public.srce.hr) writes, with feeling:

> The OFFICIAL language of Croatia is Croatian, and the OFFICIAL language of
> Serbia (or whatever they call themselves nowadays) is SERBIAN (even officially
> written in the Cyrillic alphabet).
> ...
> I think that as mere politeness, people should respect the term (name) of
> the language the native speakers use!!!

To which a reasonable person might respond:

  "But the native speakers can't even agree *themselves* on whether to
   call it Serbian or Croatian!  Which lot am I supposed to follow?"

Personally, I think I'm *glad* that I don't know enough about the
language(s) to know whether I agree with Denis or with the hypothetical
person I just quoted.
-- 
Mark Brader, msb@sq.com       "C and C++ are two different languages.
SoftQuad Inc., Toronto         That's UK policy..."  -- Clive Feather

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