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The Balkans: “Jestdej”

Thursday, January 24th, 2008 @ 22:27 UTC

by Veronica Khokhlova

Countries:: Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro
Topics:: Arts & Culture, Humor, Music, Travel, Entertainment, Language

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Sleeping with Pengovsky posts a copy of the Beatles' ‘Yesterday' - spelled phonetically by Croatian musicians: “… For all of you native speakers out there - if you ever wondered how English sounds to people from the Balkans - take a look at the above picture. It just doesn’t get any better than this.”

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