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Jan 2020
1:40pm, 15 Jan 2020
3,475 posts
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mr d
J2R there were also hangovers from WW2 in Yugoslavia, the Croat Nationalists had sided with the Nazis, plenty of Bosnian muslims too, whilst the Serbs were persecuted.
Post war the Serb nationalists were bitter about Communist rule. Tito being a Croat didn't help.
Additionally there were large Serbian populations in the neighbouring countries, who opposed their independence from Yugoslavia.
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Jan 2020
1:42pm, 15 Jan 2020
17,037 posts
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Chrisity
I prefer English to Uk as i don't have to scroll so far on the drop down menus on forms.
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Jan 2020
1:53pm, 15 Jan 2020
6,132 posts
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jda
Hit the "u" key!
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Jan 2020
1:58pm, 15 Jan 2020
10,035 posts
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larkim
It is annoying though not knowing whether it will be "E", "B" or "U" on a website dropdown!!
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Jan 2020
2:05pm, 15 Jan 2020
2,532 posts
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J2R
As a result of Brexit, we'll be able to have whole new country lists on websites, with 'England' at the top, probably followed by a few blanks, then others like 'The British Protectorate of Kenya'.
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Jan 2020
2:16pm, 15 Jan 2020
19,061 posts
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DeeGee
Bratislava was, for a long while, the capital of Austro-Hungary. One of the most important cities in Europe. Not for a few years, but centuries.
Only after the breakup of the Soviet sphere of influence did Bratislava become a subservient capital to Prague.
Again, a nation harking back to its historic glory times not wishing to have to be told what to do by politicians in another nation's capital.
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Jan 2020
4:50pm, 15 Jan 2020
15,670 posts
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Chrisull
J2R - that was my point about the divorce not the revolution...
Velvet revolution 1989
War in yugoslavia 1991-2001
Velvet divorce 1993.
It was evident in 1993, that to avoid what had been happening thus far (and far worse was to come) that such an outcome should be avoided. It was mainly a one sided break and Slovak nationalism was the main reason.
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Jan 2020
5:27pm, 15 Jan 2020
10,280 posts
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mrs shanksi
I'm proud to be Scottish, British, and a quarter Cornish. And my nephews are pure Yorkshire so it's my favourite English County, although I lived in London (Motspur Park) for 4 years, postal address was Surrey 😉
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Jan 2020
5:28pm, 15 Jan 2020
10,281 posts
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mrs shanksi
And I don't support rangers!
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Jan 2020
5:41pm, 15 Jan 2020
2,533 posts
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J2R
Sorry, Chris, didn't read carefully enough.
Certainly part of my antagonistic attitude towards nationalism stems from seeing what it did in Yugoslavia, but I accept there are other variants of nationalism which aren't always so poisonous.
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