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On the other side of that coin, roughly in the 90s over there people started picking frequent fights over the order of the two words. Some wanted Croat-Serbo v
by pp19dd 6y ago
On the other side of that coin, roughly in the 90s over there people started picking frequent fights over the order of the two words. Some wanted Croat-Serbo variant (hrvatsko-srpski). Others shrugged as they were neither and didn't have a horse in the fight. But the stunning absurdity that captures living over there in the era was when Croats and Serbs demanded UN provide them with translators for negotiations. With earpieces and everything. Just months prior, they spoke the same language. In the same government buildings.
- dmurray 6y agoGetting translators for your preferred language is an acceptable form of government grift. The EU intends to employ 50 people to translate EU legislation into Irish [0]. That's not something that has any direct benefits: there's no one who can read Irish legalese better than English. It does have some second-order effects: if you consider it's culturally valuable to promote and preserve the Irish language, one great way to do that is to provide well paid jobs for people who learn it. [0] https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/european-commission-seeking-50-irish-language-translators-1.4172960 https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/european-...