Why do they (Hanson in particular) insist on calling the Croats

[Karabiner]

Croatians

It's Croats ffs, and yes I am angry, I've backed them to draw or win 

[TightEnd]

I think Alan may be correct

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatians


according to this Croatians come from Croatia, whereas to be a Croat is to belong to an ethnic group. So technically we are talking about a team of Croatians. I think.


Brazil meanwhile have been unimpressive, but backing against them was certainly brave. Good luck.

[TightEnd]

Maybe I'm wrong thinking about it

I wish I had a character that didn't need to have questions like this resolved in my mind 

[Ironside]

tightend is correct

you do not need to be a croat to play for croatia but you need to be croatian

[Karabiner]

tightend is correct

you do not need to be a croat to play for croatia but you need to be croatian

I believe a Croat would not be pleased to be called a "Croatian" which I believe to be an anglicisation (if you know what I mean).i.e a made up word.

[Dewi_cool]

crump and crumpet spring to mind

[RED-DOG]

crumpet is always springing to my mind

[thediceman]

All I can add is that after watching Croatia v Turkey in Euro 96 the "Croats or Croatians" we went drinking with didn't mind us refering to them as Croatians. Then again I think we were all a tad to wasted to care.

Great night out with some mad fans, most of them from their army. Still not sure my liver has recovered

[thetank]

I am a Brit, but not really bothered if someone calls me British.

Swede/Swedish, Scot/Scottish etc etc

Maybe not the same thing, I dunno 

If I were a Croat (or a Croatian for that matter) I'd be more concerned that my nations debt had risen by 13% last year (to 26 billion Euros)

Croatia is ranked as one of the World's most highly indebted countries by the World Bank. If they don't do something about that, Croatia could become categorized as a "high-risk" state.

This would cause available credit lines to decrease, interest rates to rise and just generally a bit of a bad-ass financial crisis.

[thediceman]

I am a Brit, but not really bothered if someone calls me British.

Swede/Swedish, Scot/Scottish etc etc

Maybe not the same thing, I dunno 

If I were a Croat (or a Croatian for that matter) I'd be more concerned that my nations debt had risen by 13% last year (to 26 billion Euros)

Croatia is ranked as one of the World's most highly indebted countries by the World Bank. If they don't do something about that, Croatia could become categorized as a "high-risk" state.

This would cause available credit lines to decrease, interest rates to rise and just generally a bit of a bad-ass financial crisis.

Guess I won't look there for a property investment.

[B/FsCousinKev]

I am a Brit, but not really bothered if someone calls me British.

Swede/Swedish, Scot/Scottish etc etc

Maybe not the same thing, I dunno 

If I were a Croat (or a Croatian for that matter) I'd be more concerned that my nations debt had risen by 13% last year (to 26 billion Euros)

Croatia is ranked as one of the World's most highly indebted countries by the World Bank. If they don't do something about that, Croatia could become categorized as a "high-risk" state.

This would cause available credit lines to decrease, interest rates to rise and just generally a bit of a bad-ass financial crisis.

Guess I won't look there for a property investment.

you guys