Re: smrt

Boian writes:

> there is a spelling mistake there - it should be
> 'svoboda'

No, that may be the case in other Slavic languages (including Polish?), but
in Serbo-Croatian the term is indeed "sloboda."  Hence the famous parody by
the Yugoslav singer Djordje Balasevic, who used to sing "Slobodane? Sloboda
-- ne!" where "Slobodane" is a calling out to someone named "Slobodan" (you
can guess who), and "Sloboda -- ne!" means "Freedom -- no!"  After singing
that song to an arena full of people, Balasevic was banned from performing
in Serbia.  Balasevic is an interesting figure: perhaps the equivalent of
Frank Sinatra as a national lounge singer, or even Kate Smith as a patriotic
singer in the old Yugoslavia, he was a more or less apolitical person during
the Titoist days (a passive supporter of the government, with an occasional
patriotic song), but at the outbreak of the war he became a hero to everyone
who despised all the factions.  I'm told that even the punk-rock
underground, which has nothing in common with him aesthetically, regards him
with warm affection.  He's the ultimate Yugonostalgic.

On another note, do people remember when Reagan said that "there's not a
Russian word for freedom"?

John Lacny


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