Should South Slavs be called Southwest Slavs instead?

[Moje ime]

Nope.

I know this is troll thread but I have to say I better understand Macedonian and Bulgarian than Polish.

[Ayetooey]

South Slavs should keep the name South Slavs in my opinion, Macedonians should just be referred to as east Illyrians, to make the distinction clear.

[Moje ime]

Macedonians are Slavs as long as they speak Slavic language.

[Vojnik]

Slovak is very similar to Serbo-Croat!

I understand all here, very same.

Yeah, same here. Although, Ahoj and Dopocutia sounds weird. And dobre rano (rano means early in Macedonian) sounds odd. Dobro utro is good morning in Macedonian.

[Gold-Shekel]

Bosno-Montenegro-Serbo-Croat is the most master race Slavic language, it's not even up to debate.

Ever heard a Russian talk? It sounds like drunk Ukrainians trying to speak French like wtf, cementing my theory that Slavs emigrated from Balkans and not the opposite. Czechs sound like they're trying to be cultured, but forgot they're Slavs, Polaks sound like their keyboard is broken and only the letter "z" is in working order, Eastern Balkans sound like sichki takartata.

The only OK languages are Slovak and Slovene, but I suspect it all has to do with Josip Broz Tito.



But pizda is universal, and it's all that matters.

[Ayetooey]

Pivo is almost pretty much universal .

[Vojnik]

Pivo is almost pretty much universal .

Yeah except Bulgarians who say Bira.

[Ayetooey]

Yeah except Bulgarians who say Bira.

I am guessing its a Turkish loan word or suming since it's the same in Turkey language.

[Caveat Emptor]

I understand Polish more than I do Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian. Polaks sound like drunk Serbo-Croats to me or maybe we sound drunk to them as well. Macedonians on the other hand talk like babies trying to learn a Slavic language.

Serbo-Croat speakers could be Southwest Slavs
Macedonians and Bulgarians could be Southeast Slavs
Slovenes should probably be grouped with West Slavs

Slovak is very similar to Serbo-Croat!

I understand all here, very same.

As a native hungarian speaker, i understand the written slovak language a little bit, 10-15% of their words are same.

Poles says that Slovak language is more understable for them than Czech language. Even some Russina told me that Slovak language is easier for him to understand, than another West-Slavic languages.
Can we proclaim Slovak language as a lingua franca for all Slavs?

"Slavic" is too encompassing of a term in my opinion, it's arguably even more encompassing than "Germanic".




You guys should look at your Germanic and Italo-Celtic cousins and come up with some better terminology! My suggestions:

- How about Wendish for West Slavs like Czechs, Poles, Slovaks, East Germans (Sorbs, Wends)? This would be the equivalent of "Anglo-Saxon" for westernmost Germanics for westermost Slavs.
- There should be a term exclusively for Eastern Balto-Slavs - like the Rus - equivalent to "Nordic" for northern Germanics.
- Finally, there should be a prestigious term just for Southern Slavs which reflects the Hellenic and Thracian/Dacian influences, any suggestions?

"Slavonic" should be a more elevated term which would emphasize the common indoeuropean origin, surpassing all local admixtures.

[Mikula]

Ahoj and Dopocutia sounds weird.

Ahoj - is originated from ahoy - greetings use by sailors.
It sounds strange why Czechs and Slovaks, the landlocked nations , adapted the greetings of sailors,though some limited number of them served in K.u. K. Kriegsmarine during WWI.
There are some theories how happened that AHOJ became popular Czech and Slovak greeting