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@gmail.com wrote:
"Milos Rancic" millosh@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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