I have both keyboards installed, and I've noticed these respective letters exist on the keyboards despite them not actually existing in the respective alphabets for Cyrillic/Latin. So, why?
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Srpstvo, Srbadija, Srbin/Srpkinja, Srbijanac/Srbijanka, Srpska/Srbska, and of course Srbija. There's a lot of these "Srb" and "Srp" words that sometimes don't have a direct translation into English. I even recall finding the word Srpčad which is seemingly only used in reference to Serbian children in this painting prototype, Sveti Sava blagosilja Srpčad.
I also recall once meeting an old man named Srboslav, I was thinking to myself he has such a Serbian name... and that he must be the mortal enemy of Stjepan Horvat. On the topic of names, I also encountered an old YouTube channel with Srbljak in the title which I believe was being used as a surname, but it seems it's a very rare one.
So, are there any more of these words I can discover that begin with (or at least contain) Srb or Srp? Please include their meanings and translations into English if possible :)
P.S. As an additional curiosity, I wonder if the spelling Srv was ever used in any way to describe Serbs or Serbian things. I ask because in archaic English, Serbia was quite often spelled as Servia, Serbs as Servs, and so on.
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I was listening to a song by Rambo Amadeus and I heard a lyric mention "partizani" and I was wondering if I could make some wordplay regarding FK Partizan on it.
I've heard about this concept mainly in Roman Catholic contexts. For those unaware, it is the concept that being in some places or being with some people can cause you to sin by virtue of human weakness to sin. For example, a man entering a strip club would be entering into an occasion of sin, even if he had no money to purchase any 'services' there.
On Wikipedia, it is said that this concept is taught in Roman Catholicism, Lutheranism and Methodism. Since I find this concept quite interesting and spiritually helpful, my questions are:
Thanks in advance!
So there was a user (who was also a mod on one sub) who I noticed posted very hateful and inflammatory comments on several subs I frequented and he eventually got banned from Reddit as a whole.
Eventually, I found a similar account posting on the same subs that had a perfectly identical display name, banner image, account description and profile picture, only the username was a truncated version of the previous banned account's username.
I tried to report this account directly for ban evasion but none of the five options are "ban evasion". I am 100% certain this is the same person behind the account that got banned, so is there anyway of reporting this user for ban evasion?
Person A gets criticised by Person B for doing something immoral (e.g. stealing). Person A responds by stating "Well at least I didn't commit murder!" as their defence. What fallacy or fallacies is this?
Additional questions:
ETA: My motivation for asking these questions come after founding out about the Kosovo curse, a legendary curse said by Prince Saint Lazar of Serbia before the Battle of Kosovo in 1389. The curse condemns any Serb at the time who refused to fight in the battle to be infertile and to have poor harvests.
Some context:
I live in Southern Europe. In my country's language, it is a common practice not only to use the Lord's (and saints') names in vain but to even directly curse God and saints, particularly the Virgin Mary (e.g. "May Saint X be damned!" ) when something goes wrong or not in the way a person wants. This is something done by a great majority of the people in my country, both Christian (specifically, Roman Catholic) and non-Christian.
I am absolutely certain that most people do not really mean it, 'merely' using it as an expression, but it doesn't make it right either. In the last few years I have done the following when hearing such casual blasphemies:
Of the people who I'm closest with, whom also blaspheme regularly, they are all aware that I am a practising believer and take issue with it. Is there any way I can get them to listen or will I have to get to more drastic measures, e.g. threatening to end our friendship if they continue to blaspheme?
I'm well aware of two quotes by Saints John Chrysostom and Gabriel of Georgia, the former stating to physically attack blasphemers to get them to stop, and the latter says that staying silent in the face of blasphemy makes you worse than the blasphemer. These quotes weigh on my conscience a lot. Thanks and God bless.
Stuff like:
"Copy and send this message to 10 of your friends. we want to see how far we can travel the world by message, this started in Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦"
A brief horror story ended by the words, "Send this to 5 of your friends or else you will receive 20 years of bad luck from [the story's scary main character]"
In Season 1 Episode 1 of the British sitcom Mind Your Language (1977-1979; 1985) ESL teacher Jeremy Brown (played by Barry Evans, R.I.P.) intends to collect £5 from each of his then-nine foreign students; a total of £45. However, he only received £29.15p (or 50p? It's not clear what he says) in Pound Sterling. The rest of the money he received in the following currencies:
Mr Brown then announces to his boss, Miss Courtney, that according to that day's newspapers (presumably December 30, 1977, since that is when this episode aired for the first time), converting all these currencies into Pounds Sterling would net him a profit of £1.425p.
My question is: is the figure of £1.425p an accurate one according to the real-life exchange rates of December 30, 1977 in London, England? If not, what would his net profit or net loss be?
In this timeline, the combined influence of the Cartels in both Mexico and the USA leads to high numbers of murders, overdoses and addicts, so much so that the Mexican government requests the US government for military and police assistance. The US promptly sends a large contingent of the DEA, US Army and Marines. For the sake of simplicity, we assume this happens in July 2026.
Ronaldo has already announced his retirement from playing for Portugal internationally, and whilst Messi has yet to likewise announce his retirement, it's highly unlikely he'll be playing in the 2030 World Cup due to his age by then (43).
Who has more supporters in your Balkan country, Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi?