Re: Serbian language

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From: D.A.Turner
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 12:25

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In response to a reference to a message about "Serbian" (language) I wrote:
>That's interesting - I wasn't previously aware of a language called Serbian.
>I had been told it was called Serbo-Croat.

To which victor@jezebel.wustl.edu (Victor Wickerhauser) replies:
>I think it is reasonable to distinguish a language written in one alphabet
>from one written in another.

I see, so when Serbo-Croat is written in Cyrillic you call  it  Serbian,
when  in  the  Roman alphabet you call it Croat.  Sounds rather silly to
me.  Is English a different language when I use shorthand  to  write  it
down?

The "instructions" referred to (and included) in the message about fonts
were in the ROMAN alphabet - so how could they be in Serbian?  According
to your formulation they were in Croat!

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From: dat@ukc.ac.uk (D.A.Turner)
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Subject: Re: Serbian language
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Date: 21 Jul 92 12:25:18 GMT
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