I am sure that National Geographic will eventually discontinue use of the term and the so-called language, which is in fact Serbian. The only question is not if, but when. Thank you for your time and consideration in reading this lengthy letter. In fact, there is more difference between Northern and Southern British English than there is between US and British English. The fact is that Serbs and Croats, speaking in what they deem to be their own languages, understand each other fully.
All languages have variations that are either regional or social.
But i do not, for one moment, consider that we speak different languages. This insistence that Croats and Serbs speak different languages is absurd. It is born out of a pathological hatred for Serbs which existed before the 1991 war. Such hatred is not, I must add, reciprocated in Serbia itself and I know of many Croats who still live quite safely there. Quite simply, the Croats need their hatred of Serbs, and since the Serbs ousted the despotic Milosevic, Croats are more afraid than ever.