Interesting. I'm a language nerd and that made me curious.
Plugging "jiho" into Google Translate and selecting "Detect Language" doesn't give me anything Slavic.
But if I try "jiho" specifically from Czech, Serbian, Macedonian, Croatian, Bosnian, or Bulgarian, they all translate to English "south." (Trying "jiho" with Albanian, however, translates to English "yes.") But none of those options were provided when it tried to "detect" the language? Wtf.
It gets weirder. If I type "south" and translate it into any of the above languages, not a single one responds with "jiho." The closest I see is an option under "more translations" for Czech, which provides "jih."
I know translation is a tricky business, but how does any of this make sense? Google's got enough power, capitol, and access to information to be able to figure this stuff out. Or is this just what enshittification looks like when it's applied to translation services?
(Side note: I'm open to suggestions for other translation sites. The more information they provide, the better.)
Trying "jiho" with Albanian, however, translates to English "yes."
Well, duh. Albanian is not a Slavic language.
As for the rest of it south is jih in Czech, juh in Slovak and jug in most of southern slavic languages. O is added in compound words just to make better pronounceable as in Czech jihozápad or Serbian(Croatian,Bosnian...) jugozapad - southwest. The fact that google is trying to translate jiho- even from other languages then Czech might be some quirk of their engine, I don't think it's actually a word in those languages.
I know translation is a tricky business, but how does any of this make sense? Google’s got enough power, capitol, and access to information to be able to figure this stuff out.
Apparently not
side note: computers are not capable of teaching languages in any meaningful way. Fight me.
I also do. Its a great thing to be able to keep your local culture and language and such while still having a group where you fit in to strengthen common goals.
I meant the second circle with everything east of Poland included. It's basically all the Slavic countries, with the "And Frinds" being Romania, Moldova, BiH, Kosovo, and part of Albania.
Serbia thinks that the last name was the problem and this time it should just be Greater Serbia so there will only be Serbs in it... One way or another.
Don't mind me, just fixing the rule:
It's ok, the Russian Federation of USA will take care of that!
This but unironically, go democratic world federalism
I propose we get rid of all of them to lower the number of countries
2 countries: United States of Earth, and Belgium.
Zero is a good number, indeed.
Yeah? Yugo and tell them that
Show me your Titos...
Tito just wanted some breakfast
That's certainly never been tried before. I predict zero consequences.
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Uuuuuuh yeah about that, Chief.
Maybe call it something like southern slav land.
Would You Go to Slavia?
Oh! Thanks for that, I never saw it until now. In one slavic language that is more familiar to me it would be "jiho" - close enough.
Interesting. I'm a language nerd and that made me curious.
Plugging "jiho" into Google Translate and selecting "Detect Language" doesn't give me anything Slavic.
But if I try "jiho" specifically from Czech, Serbian, Macedonian, Croatian, Bosnian, or Bulgarian, they all translate to English "south." (Trying "jiho" with Albanian, however, translates to English "yes.") But none of those options were provided when it tried to "detect" the language? Wtf.
It gets weirder. If I type "south" and translate it into any of the above languages, not a single one responds with "jiho." The closest I see is an option under "more translations" for Czech, which provides "jih."
I know translation is a tricky business, but how does any of this make sense? Google's got enough power, capitol, and access to information to be able to figure this stuff out. Or is this just what enshittification looks like when it's applied to translation services?
(Side note: I'm open to suggestions for other translation sites. The more information they provide, the better.)
Well, duh. Albanian is not a Slavic language.
As for the rest of it south is jih in Czech, juh in Slovak and jug in most of southern slavic languages. O is added in compound words just to make better pronounceable as in Czech jihozápad or Serbian(Croatian,Bosnian...) jugozapad - southwest. The fact that google is trying to translate jiho- even from other languages then Czech might be some quirk of their engine, I don't think it's actually a word in those languages.
Maybe some kind of grammatical case is involved.
Apparently not
side note: computers are not capable of teaching languages in any meaningful way. Fight me.
computers are great at teaching languages, as they can reproduce text, video, and audio.
That's not really teaching though; maybe you teach yourself with the help of said media.
Nothing could possibly go wrong.
And since they are all the same anyway, just make up some new borders. Worked great in the middle east.
Yes, and make them go in almost perfect straight lines like in Africa. Cut through important places and cultures like a knife.
Cynicism aside, it's great to see them and the EU trying to establish peace and lasting unity despite everything.
I also do. Its a great thing to be able to keep your local culture and language and such while still having a group where you fit in to strengthen common goals.
States can stay, but borders should vanish.
lets call it "Austria"
Let's not.
Don’t make me roll a naval mine down a hill at you, OP.
Yup, some Croatian forces IIRC.
Ohh, there were more inventions in that war
Rolling naval mine downhill
Boiler bombs
Gun made from steering wheel that used shotgun shells as ammo
No Constantinople? Weak shit
Did you have a date there?
29 May 1453, worst date ever
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I can't read these hieroglyphs
A dog whistle is blown
man comes running angrily
raises right hand high
What does it mean though
And then call it "Slavia and Friends"
yugo-slavia and herzegovina
I meant the second circle with everything east of Poland included. It's basically all the Slavic countries, with the "And Frinds" being Romania, Moldova, BiH, Kosovo, and part of Albania.
Merge them? You'd like that, you git.
Push off, you're not my master
Just a other bad faith comment. Entirely mercurial.
and we certainly know who to blame
Serbia agrees.
Serbia thinks that the last name was the problem and this time it should just be Greater Serbia so there will only be Serbs in it... One way or another.
Believe it or not, the reason it wasn't like that in the first place is that Serbia didn't want that.
And then they changed their minds, and nobody liked that.
On the contrary, to a first approximation, everyone else chaned their minds. Twice. Thrice, actually, if you judge the Partisans by Tito.
My friend, how can you possibly make Serbia any greater than it already is?
Oml why is Croatia enclosing Bosnia like that that’s so mean 😭
Because they stole the whole coastline of Yugoslavia.
Cuddles 🥰
I think a lot of them would actually be very supportive of this idea, however I don't believe any of them agree with how it should be merged.
"Who wants to be the leader of this new country?"
"Me!" Said everyone.
Countries are so dumb
the nation state and its consequences have been a disaster of humankind
How about no.
Maybe name the merged country after some sort of footstool?
Never again! It went awful the last time.
How to start a flame war.
flame?
i think trans siberian orchestra made a song about that
Actually great concert experience seeing them
Don't worry. Croatia is already eating one of them.
This time fr
And use this as flag
How is the EU going to handle the conflicts once they are all members?
Violently
Best they can do is to split up more.