Quick info, September 1
Friday, September 1, 2006 2:00:00 PM
- Day in pictures 1 September 2006
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ISO: Serbia’s codes SP and SRB 1 September 2006
The ISO Secretary-General has notified Slobodan Vukčević, Serbia’s ambassador to the UN in Geneva, that it regrets the fact the two-letter code RS cannot be accepted and that the codes suggested by the ISO 31 66 Agency are SP and SRB
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Talking business Aug 31st 2006
In business and economics, as well as linguistics and culture, the old Yugoslav space is re-emerging. Damir Uzunovic, the director of Buybook, complains that it is still hard to sell Bosnian books in Serbia; but otherwise the book trade between all the countries which speak naš jezik—our language, as it is sometimes called in a desperate effort to sound neutral—has been flourishing.
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YOU SAY TYRRHENIANS, I SAY ETRUSCANS. LET’S CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF! Apr. 5
On one hand, I am intrigued with the idea of Atlantis having existed. On the other hand, I'm not quite sure why some people feel it is necessary to prove Atlantis existed by selectively interpreting the Bible.
Words
savvy (SAV-ee) -verb- understand






