It's quite true, the language differences are next to zero - indeed with some of the Italian dialects there's a good argument that they're actually separate languages (lack of mutual intelligibility).
It was a challenge, though, as a student from one of these republics really took exception to the implications of the discussion.
Deeply ingrained prejudices are very hard to move.
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Date: 2008-07-23 10:17 pm (UTC)It was a challenge, though, as a student from one of these republics really took exception to the implications of the discussion.
Deeply ingrained prejudices are very hard to move.