Wow. I had to check this myself, though I believe you. I also did "Serbia is..." and got "Serbia is kosovo," "Serbia is known for," Serbia is in what country," and "Serbia is awesome." So Google might be very anti-Serb but someone is on our side on the inside of Google.. it strictly says "Serbia is awesome" and we all know it is!!!

Heheehe and I, the English teacher here in Beograd, was just in Romania! Timisoara to be exact! Serbian food is great!!

BEAUTIFUL! "I'm addicted to your love...To be next to you is all I need to do" That's have I feel about Serbia!! Today makes one year for me, too!!! Woohoo!! God Bless Serbia!!

I just hope Americans don't come here and destroy it... and I'm an American living in Serbia hoping that! Glad to see one more liking Serbia and realizing it isn't a country of war-hungry genocidal maniacs. :)

Thank you. I thoroughly enjoyed this piece. I moved to Serbia almost a year ago. I am still not that great with the language. I have been through a proper course, which did help a little to grasp the concepts of the cases involved with most Slavic languages; however, I do not feel that I know Serbian. I have always listened to conversations when out with friends. My friends always thought it was just a cop-out to not speak Serbian or try. I still lack much vocabulary and have started buying children's books to read. The grammar is simple enough for me to understand but usually includes vast vocabulary I do not know. In my head, I look at it as I started reading kids' books in English when I was about 2½ - 3 years old. I'll start similarly now with Serbian. Your piece gives me a bit of relief knowing I haven't been wasting my time trying to speak a language I do not understand yet. Thanks!!

I can agree with this list as a teacher of English here in Serbia. However, in the case of learning Serbian, there isn't as much material of any kind for me to use. My friends have supplied plenty of music to get me adjusted to various speeds of the spoken language, as that is one of my biggest problems; however, finding material in print is extremely hard. I even enrolled in a Serbian course and while I cannot say I didn't learn anything, I didn't learn much. I still cannot carry on a conversation. I've lived in Serbia for almost a year now and still am not far at all in my language skills in Serbian.

While I do like some of the features of this website, I will stick to LiveMocha.com for now as it offers much more in the way of languages, one being Serbian which is what I am focused on learning. I will keep a check on this site, though. I might give it to my students, along with LiveMocha, to give them extra outside material and practice!

Oh my... It is sad that the article could not have been about just the sport. They always have to bring in the political bullsh!t of the past. Anyone with a brain knows the truth, thankfully. The unfortunate part is that the brains are not the masses. :(

Once again, thank you Karl for shining light on the situation. While I did not read the article since it is no longer on the IT.com page, I can only imagine, by the comments you've supplied, that the issue was severe and distasteful. Typical of anti-Serb propaganda.

I would not say that Serbs are homophobic. Homophobic refers to a fear of homosexuals. Serbs do not fear homosexuals, but do not want them parading around the streets like they do in San Fran and Berlin. I would not say that they are persecuted either.

All in all decent article though. I cannot agree with all the figures given in the article, but hey, I don't know it all either.

To first address the article:
To you "wonderful" three "intellects" who were once respectful of Chomsky... have you ever read Johnstone? Have you ever been to the Balkans? Do you know anything about all the sh!t that happened in the Balkans side from what the media shovels into your mouths? I'm reading Johnstone right now actually, partially due to the mixed review of her information. I'm an American that moved to Serbia. I've talked to many people here in Serbia, both Serb and non-Serb. So far, Johnstone has nailed it. She puts massacre in quotations because the number of 8000 is falsified. She gives references which support her findings, too. And not some 6000+ unidentified bodies have been found. How about you remove a zero. It's been about 600 roughly that have been found. 600 isn't a massacre or a genocide. That's just called war, which if I'm not mistaken the oh-so-wonderful US is marvelously conducting throughout the Middle East to fight off exactly what it helped build here in the Balkans. So before you try discrediting Chomsky, make sure YOU know what you're talking about.

As for all the comments... wow. I had almost more fun reading those than I did the article. Albanians are not Illyrians. Serbs did not come from Rusija either. For the one accusing John to stop hiding behind an English name while being pro-Serb. Well, I'm pro-Serb, but not Serb with a multi-ethnic name... Christina/Kristina. Oldest found origin yet is Greek. So what does that make me? There are many things that the tourist doesn't know or see about the Balkans. I prefer the country of Srbija over my own birth country, USA, which is why I moved here. I'm not saying Serbs were/are 100% innocent, but they are definitely more innocent than Western media want anyone to believe. And since Kosovo of course was brought up, Albanians need to stop thinking that this "Greater Albania" will ever happen. Do realize that when NATO and everyone else leave Kosovo (which has already started) that things will be much different for you in KnM. You won't have anyone to hide behind. And then we will see how truly "great" a people you are. And Serbs will regain control of KnM.