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Re: Q: Can you please assist me with translation?
From: |
Mirsad Todorovac |
Subject: |
Re: Q: Can you please assist me with translation? |
Date: |
Mon, 15 Apr 2002 16:16:49 +0200 (CEST) |
On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Alan Jelaska wrote:
> Mirsad Todorovac wrote:
>
> > [snip]
> > Yes, but you are Stokavian Croat, Hrvoje - I don't know how would you feel
> > if you are Istrian or Dalmatian Cakavian? What makes you think that
> > Stokavian is "more Croat" than Cakavian and Kajkavian?
> I don't remember he said that Stokavian is "more Croat". It's standard.
> You learn it in school. I'm Dalmatian, and my father also, and father of
> his father. I feel good. My father managed pretty well with Stokavian.
> He even became university professor. Strange thing, isn't it?
I see nothing wrong in cherishing cultural diversity, however.
The years of Tudjman's hegemony and unitarism haven't severed me *that*
bad.
> > 10 years of president Tudjman's unitarism nearly got us lose Istra
> > peninsula. I've drawn conclusions from that.
>
> I don't remember any military operations in Istria. What's that "we
> nearly lost Istria"?
When somebody wants to run away from you and you have to use opression to
keep him in, that means you've lost him.
> > Besides, even 2,500 years ago Ahasuerus of Persia was so wise that he made
> > proclamations sent to each province in it's own language, dialect and
> > scripture ... Why can't we after two and a half millenia know better?
>
> Lucky bastards, these old Persians, aren't they?
This is only a milestone in measuring where the culture of Croats now is
on timescale ...
Cheers,
Mirsad
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- Re: Q: Can you please assist me with translation?, (continued)
- Re: Q: Can you please assist me with translation?, Mirsad Todorovac, 2002/04/15
- Re: Q: Can you please assist me with translation?, Martin v. Loewis, 2002/04/13
- Re: Q: Can you please assist me with translation?, Alan Jelaska, 2002/04/13
- Re: Q: Can you please assist me with translation?, Alan Jelaska, 2002/04/13
- Re: Q: Can you please assist me with translation?, Mirsad Todorovac, 2002/04/15
- Re: Q: Can you please assist me with translation?, Alan Jelaska, 2002/04/15
- Re: Q: Can you please assist me with translation?,
Mirsad Todorovac <=
- Re: Q: Can you please assist me with translation?, Alan Jelaska, 2002/04/15
- Re: Q: Can you please assist me with translation?, Martin v. Loewis, 2002/04/15
- Re: Q: Can you please assist me with translation?, Mirsad Todorovac, 2002/04/15
- Re: Q: Can you please assist me with translation?, Mirsad Todorovac, 2002/04/15
Re: Q: Can you please assist me with translation?, Mirsad Todorovac, 2002/04/15
Re: Q: Can you please assist me with translation?, Mirsad Todorovac, 2002/04/15