Talk:Translation of the Bible in the modern Bulgarian language and its Macedonian dialect

You renamed my article?

That was extremely rude and uncivilized!!!

I wouldn't mind if you picked a better title (since I was not too happy with the title either, it was too long). But you picked a much worse one.

Yes, the macedonian language did not exist in 1840 as a standard langauge. But the bulgarian language didn't exist in 1840 as a standard language either. They were both in diapers. That presented a good oportunity to make one standard langauge for both Macedonians and Bulgarians. It looks like Macedonians back then didn't mind the appelation "Bulgarian", as long as the language is close enough to their dialect, so they can understand it, and use it. The language of Neofit Rilski, based on the Pirin Macedonian dialect, fairly close to the Shopski dialect, was an excellent choice. It was a central, compromise dialect between western Macedonian dialect, and eastern Bulgarian dialect.

Unfortunately, the Bulgarians had a different idea of what their standard language should look like. They adopted the eastern Trnovo-Varna dialect to be a central and compromise dialect between the Shopi and the fish in the Black See. They completely rejected the Macedonian dialect and left Macedonians on their own, to create their own standard language. So, this diaper phase (1840-1860) ended up with a pretty messy results. It ended up with creating two standard langauges: Macedoian and Bulgarian.

Now think about a better name for this article. --Filip M 13:12, 28 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Answered on my talk.   /FunkyFly.talk_  03:51, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Bulgarian was in diapers in the 9th century, you can say. Not in the 19th. Also, consider noting that it's the translation of the entire Bible in Bulgarian — parts of it have been translated since more than a millennium in this language. And please wikify, cleanup and categorize "your" article according to the guidelines. Todor→Bozhinov 12:04, 30 July 2006 (UTC)


 * What about calling it "Bulgarian Bible Translations" (and write a separate article about Macedonian versions, which are hardly mentioned here)?Preslav 17:00, 30 July 2006 (UTC)


 * That is actually not a bad idea. Lets do that. We might want a third version for the period od the diasystem. --Filip M 19:53, 30 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Ok, I moved the contents of this page under Slavic translations of the Bible. We can delete it now. --Filip M 03:50, 31 July 2006 (UTC)


 * No need to delete. Made a redirect.   /FunkyFly.talk_  04:11, 31 July 2006 (UTC)