Party time in greece

[EgejskaMakedonia]

I'm interested to know how and where Makedonia and Makedonija derived from. Is there no 'J' in Makedonia as a result of previous alphabets or something? Egejci are usually the only ones who use Makedonia however greeks use this spelling for their claims over the name aswell.

Could this be a result of no J letter or sound in the greek alphabet? When my family's surname was forcibly changed there was no greek letter to replace the J, therefore a combination was made for a similar sound. I'm only guessing here, i'm not aware of the true reasoning.

Sometimes when people see my name 'Makedonia' on playstation and such they will make assumptions that i am greek until i tell them otherwise, however with 'Makedonija' they will usually begin their attacks instantly since this spelling is used in the republic.

In English i usually spell it as Makedonia, although in Macedonian i will write it as Македонија.

[Prolet]

Osiris, The letter J has always been in our Alphabet, maybe during during the SFRJ era it was used more and its still used the same in today's language however the letter J has always existed. I can understand when Srbizmi are used with words like "Odjebi" however the letter J has always existed. Its not a letter that was made up and put into the Macedonian Alphabet during the SFRJ era, its always been around.

[Risto the Great]

The "ja" is a replacement for the "Я".
Same sound but politically distanced from Bulgarian.
Which is utterly ridiculous. It is OUR alphabet they are borrowing.

[Phoenix]

Prolet, in keeping with the violence theme of this thread, do you watch 'Sons of Anarchy' on Fox...???

[Prolet]

Well Said Risto

Phoenix, I have heard about it but i dont watch it

Vodenka has advised that so far there has not been any riots in Egejska Makedonija, which is good news for us.

[osiris]

the letter j pronounced y has not always been in the macedonian alphabet.

there were two sounds that were used with the y in it, and they had their own letter, they were for ya and yu.

the symbol j is a relatively modern addition

[osiris]

sorry risto i was posting and did not see your post, i agree wholeheartedly.

The "ja" is a replacement for the "Я".
Same sound but politically distanced from Bulgarian.
Which is utterly ridiculous. It is OUR alphabet they are borrowing.

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plus the letter for yu.

[Pavel]

this is becoming very educational from tupanitsa to old church macedonian.

[Risto the Great]

from tupanitsa to old church macedonian.

Nice to see someone spell "tupanitsa" the way I say it.

[Prolet]

Pavel, You learn something every day mate, its good for those who dont know to learn a thing or two. I know i've learned alot from this forum.

[Pavel]

Nice to see someone spell "tupanitsa" the way I say it.

believe it or not Risto, that is the correct way to pronounce it in the literary language too and the correct spelling aswell.

[Bij]

believe it or not Risto, that is the correct way to pronounce it in the literary language too and the correct spelling aswell.

unless you're from bitola where everything is skrateno

[osiris]

ale od kai si ti bj

[Bij]

pa bitola, naravno. od kaj so se naj ubaj zeni

but yeah, everything is skrateno. i love it. i refused to call a krstajca a krstavica. lol

[osiris]

ibiza,

hey ale ti treba da doidish so nas sabota i setne mozhish da izlezish kako luda mlada makedonska devoika