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03/02/2008 10:12:29
Dragan Nedeljkovich (Online)
Now officially retired
Zrenjanin, Serbia
 
 
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Politics
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Miscellaneous
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>As far as I know nobody actually mentions that county Bavaria. It's just the Latin name. The company uses the name since 1927 and is still using it. It's just one example of this kind of impact the EU has.

They can rename it to "Bavarska" - that's how we call it :).

>There are many products that we are no longer allowed to produce if it's regarded as specific to a region, for example feta cheese. Before the EU ruling, France, Germany and Denmark produced 100,000 tonnes of feta. Greece produces 115,000 tonnes of feta each year, with more than 85 per cent of it eaten there. It will be a boost for Greek producers, but producers elsewhere will have to find another product or at least another name for their product.

Which is actually quite funny to me, because in Dalmatia, "feta" is a slice. "Daj mi jednu fetu sira" - give me one feta of cheese.

Similarly, "chai" (čaj) means tea in a few Slavic languages.

IOW, a product name in one language may be a general name in another.

back to same old

the first online autobiography, unfinished by design
What, me reckless? I'm full of recks!
Balkans, eh? Count them.
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