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Re: Serbia grants citizenship to Steve Wozniak

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Post by layer8 »

yreg wrote: post #66
layer8 wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Given the current situation in Serbia (e.g. [0]), it doesn’t exactly shed a good light on Wozniak. [0] https://intellinews.com/interview-media-expert-says-no-limit...

What? You are saying it as if Woz was somehow responsible or endorsed it. Edit: read reply for more context

“Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić met in Belgrade with computer engineer and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.” And didn’t you see the photo and the video (time mark ~32:00) in TFA?

Also from https://apnews.com/article/wozniak-apple-serbia-passport-ele...:

“The convivial Wozniak, who teamed up with the late Steve Jobs to found Apple in 1976, arrived in Serbia ahead of Dec. 17 parliamentary and local elections, in an apparent boost for President Aleksandar Vučić and his populist right-wing governing party.

Wozniak said he feels “so lucky” to be in Serbia and that he and his wife Janet, who is also getting a passport, will from now on “promote” Serbia. He said he will become a Serb living in the U.S.

Vučić said at a joint news conference in Belgrade that “it is an honor” for Serbia to deliver the passports to Wozniak and his wife.”

Re: Serbia grants citizenship to Steve Wozniak

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Post by jacquesm »

dsego wrote: post #39
dbrgn wrote: post #18

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I guess in Germany/Switzerland/Austria he'd be "Stefan Wosniak" :)

That's actually what they used to do in the old days. All the saints, kings, politicians, etc would be localized, eg croatian count Josip Jelačić is József Jelasics in hungarian or Joseph Jellachich in german, Franz Ferdinand is Franjo Ferdinand in croatian, etc

Latvia does this today.

Re: Serbia grants citizenship to Steve Wozniak

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Post by jacquesm »

vasac wrote: post #57
dbrgn wrote: post #15

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...I guess unless you're one of the minorities, or speak the "wrong" accent. Then all of a sudden you're not welcome anymore.

Please do share what's happening with minorities and people with the wrong accent daily in Serbia. I live there, perhaps I'm missing something. P.S. my accent is also wrong, should I be afraid?

What's happening is what's happening everywhere else: there are different Serbians, some are great, some are nice, some are not so nice and some are terrible.

Re: Serbia grants citizenship to Steve Wozniak

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Post by mc32 »

jacquesm wrote: post #72
dsego wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's actually what they used to do in the old days. All the saints, kings, politicians, etc would be localized, eg croatian count Josip Jelačić is József Jelasics in hungarian or Joseph Jellachich in german, Franz Ferdinand is Franjo Ferdinand in croatian, etc

Latvia does this today.

And you guys have Spinoza, though you don’t commonly netherlandize names much these days. But it’s neat.

Re: Serbia grants citizenship to Steve Wozniak

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Post by jacquesm »

layer8 wrote: post #71
yreg wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What? You are saying it as if Woz was somehow responsible or endorsed it. Edit: read reply for more context

“Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić met in Belgrade with computer engineer and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.” And didn’t you see the photo and the video (time mark ~32:00) in TFA? Also from https://apnews.com/article/wozniak-apple-serbia-passport-ele... : “The convivial Wozniak, who teamed up with the late Steve Jobs to found Apple in 1976, arrived in Serbia ahead of Dec. 17 parliamentary and local elections, in an…

Woz is being played.

Re: Serbia grants citizenship to Steve Wozniak

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Post by jacquesm »

mc32 wrote: post #74
jacquesm wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Latvia does this today.

And you guys have Spinoza, though you don’t commonly netherlandize names much these days. But it’s neat.

We do for city names. Paris = Parijs, Londen = London, Berlijn = Berlin, Warschau = Warsawa etc.

Re: Serbia grants citizenship to Steve Wozniak

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Post by financltravsty »

vasac wrote: post #57
dbrgn wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

...I guess unless you're one of the minorities, or speak the "wrong" accent. Then all of a sudden you're not welcome anymore.

Please do share what's happening with minorities and people with the wrong accent daily in Serbia. I live there, perhaps I'm missing something. P.S. my accent is also wrong, should I be afraid?

Ask Serbs what they think about gypsies, gays, and jews.

Re: Serbia grants citizenship to Steve Wozniak

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Post by layer8 »

jacquesm wrote: post #75
layer8 wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić met in Belgrade with computer engineer and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.” And didn’t you see the photo and the video (time mark ~32:00) in TFA? Also from https://apnews.com/article/wozniak-apple-serbia-passport-ele... : “The convivial Wozniak, who teamed up with the late Steve Jobs to found Apple in 1976, arrived in Serbia ahead of Dec. 17 parliamentary and local elections, in an…

Woz is being played.

Probably, though I’m surprised he doesn’t realize it. He should know about Serbia’s political situation if he travels there, and especially when he’s invited there.

Re: Serbia grants citizenship to Steve Wozniak

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Post by jacquesm »

layer8 wrote: post #78
jacquesm wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Woz is being played.

Probably, though I’m surprised he doesn’t realize it. He should know about Serbia’s political situation if he travels there, and especially when he’s invited there.

He's just too nice.

Re: Serbia grants citizenship to Steve Wozniak

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Post by layer8 »

jacquesm wrote: post #79
layer8 wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Probably, though I’m surprised he doesn’t realize it. He should know about Serbia’s political situation if he travels there, and especially when he’s invited there.

He's just too nice.

“Naive” would be more fitting here. At his age, he should have learned a thing or two about the world.
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