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from Ubleha for Idiots – An Absolutely Non Useful Guide for Civil Society Building and Project Management for Locals and Internationals in BiH and Beyond by Nebojša Šavija-Valha and Ranko Milanovic-Blank, ALBUM No. 20, 2004, Sarajevo.

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  • BCS

    Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian. The name of the language(s) used by the constituent peoples (See) of Bosnia and Herzegovina (See). Each constituent people uses– for purely practical reasons – abbreviated name: the Bosniaks – Bosnian, the Croats – Croatian and the Serbs – Serbian.  Some internationals (See), however, force this Titoist (See : Tito), homogeneous name which, as claimed by malicious persons , would be OUT of use before it has actually gotten IN very soon after the departure of the internationals (See) from B&H.

from Ubleha for Idiots – An Absolutely non useful Guide for Civil Society Building and Project management for Locals and Internationals in BiH and Beyond by Nebojša Šavija-Valha and Ranko Milanovic-Blank, ALBUM No. 20, 2004, Sarajevo, translated by Marina Vasilj.