This was periodically, not only recent... Croatian linguists always
called the language "Croatian or Serbian" (and even just "Croatian")
while jargons in Croatia and Serbia was always "Croatian" and
"Serbian". But, some people still say that they speak Serbo-Croatian.
Also, keep in mind that "Serbo-Croatian" language name supported with
a lot of force. And this force was one of the main reasons for bloody
war in 1990s.
Yes, some people felt SFRY as their country and Serbo-Croatian as
their language. But, history of Yugoslavia (between 1918 and 1991) was
full of national based conflicts (especially between Croats and
Serbs).
On 10/13/05, Phil Boswell <phil.boswell(a)gmail.com> wrote:
"Milos Rancic" <millosh(a)mutualaid.org>
wrote:
[snip]
Also, majority of people from those countries
feel that the name
"Serbo-Croatian" is offensive term. If you say to someone from this
area that (s)he talks Serbo-Croatian, it is almost the same as you say
to some African American that (s)he is a Nigger.
This has to be a relatively recent development, because we had some very
good friends when I was small (about 30 years ago now :-) and the husband
was quite happy to say that he was, and spoke, Serbo-Croat: he was proud of
it IIRC.
I'm not aware that the term "nigger" has ever been quite so acceptable to
those to whom it has been applied in a pejorative way.
I'm also not aware that the term "Serbo-Croat" has ever been used as an
actual hate term in the same way as "nigger", but I'm happy to be educated
if you can provide sources...
--
Phil
[[en:User:Phil Boswell]]
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