One of the recurring themes are the European Union apparatchiks' opinions almost "how nosotros tin or cannot cite things". Among the decisions that are most notorious inwards Czechia, nosotros were told that the domestic rum cannot live on called the domestic rum together with the butter spread cannot live on called the butter spread. In a confrontation closely analogous to ane described below, Greek politicians wanted to ban the give-and-take "feta" (Czech: "Balkan cheese") inwards the U.S.
Greek yogurt is sold nether this cite inwards the U.S.
The European Commission has but added approximately other classic when it voiced its persuasion that the Greek yogurt produced exterior Hellenic Republic cannot live on called the Greek yogurt. These children left behind believe that the adjectives such every bit "Greek" correspond the dry reason of rootage of the unmarried actual product.
If the idiots knew at to the lowest degree something almost the linguistic communication together with the existent world, they would know that the Greek yogurt is a textbook illustration of a generic brand or a generic term. The describing word describes the substantive – a nutrient product, inwards this illustration together with many others – past times the characteristics together with the characteristics are classified past times geographic names they are positively correlated with. But that doesn't hateful that the adjectives limited the same thing every bit the dry reason of rootage of a unmarried product.
Greek yogurt is a type of a yogurt that detectably differs from most of the yogurts nosotros may purchase inwards our supermarkets past times its sense of savour together with other intrinsic features. It's denser together with sometimes has depression fatty but it may select lots of fat, too. The existent divergence is the high poly peptide content – the higher viscosity is a final result of it. It may sense of savour sour or sweetness together with somewhat exotic to us – together with nosotros realize that this is the form of a sense of savour nosotros know from our vacations inwards the Balkans or the Southwest.
After all, the Greek yogurt was in all likelihood non invented inwards Hellenic Republic but rather inwards the Middle East, Central Asia (according to Wikipedia) or Turkey or Bulgaria. Nobody knows for certain.
When I tell that it tastes "exotic", it doesn't hateful "better". It's dissimilar – in all likelihood worse. The Greek yogurts are non to a greater extent than expensive than the ordinary ones together with most of the marketplace are ordinary yogurts.
The Eurosoviet together with Greek government's argumentation is lightheaded at basically all levels.
First, they tell that the Czech producers of Greek yogurts desire to mislead the buyers together with ready them intend that the production was made inwards Greece. But the dry reason of rootage (and lots of other data) may e'er live on establish on the bundle within seconds. Moreover, if the buyers thought that the production was made inwards Greece, it would live on hurtful for the sales. One poll afterwards approximately other shows that Czechs visit the Greeks to live on the laziest, to the lowest degree productive, together with to the lowest degree reliable state inwards the EU. Ask whatever Czech together with he volition enjoin y'all that he prefers traditional Greek products to live on made past times Czechs or Germans.
If someone bought a yogurt because he was persuaded that it was produced inwards Greece, it's in all likelihood because he was shocked that the Greeks are also capable of producing together with exporting something. In almost all cases, he finds out that it's non the illustration together with won't purchase whatever yogurt for the same argue again.
Second, they complain that the containers amongst the yogurt incorporate pictures that hold back similar pictures of Hellenic Republic – or sometimes to a greater extent than full general scenery reminding us of the Balkans. What a shock. H5N1 pic of approximately typical Greek houses is but a visual synonym of the give-and-take "Greek". So everything I tell almost the usage of the term "Greek yogurt" plainly holds for a "yogurt amongst a pic of a Greek building", too. (Check for Greek yogurts at kosik.cz to run into a partial selection.) The describing word "Greek" or the "picture of the house" select the purpose of informing the buyer almost the type of the production that she volition let out inside. But the pic isn't a precise photograph of the product. The Greek yogurt bundle doesn't incorporate a Greek building. H5N1 toy amongst a blonde daughter pictured on it doesn't incorporate a blonde girl, either. And it would live on totally crazy to suggest that people exterior Hellenic Republic can't clitoris pictures of Greek buildings on their products. Islamic countries may foreclose y'all from drawing Mohammed or other things but the civilized ones cannot.
Third, I intend it's self-harming for them to actively cut down the usage of the describing word "Greek" exterior Greece, particularly when it comes to products that hold back "relatively recent", because if other nations were using the give-and-take "Greek" for such things, they could alive nether the impression that the Greeks select achieved something inwards the recent 2000 years together with this impression is a good thing for the well-being of Greece. H5N1 goodness publicity is an fifty-fifty ameliorate publicity than the bad ane – something that the contemporary Greeks, i.e. Bolsheviks, appear to absolutely misunderstand. The Greek leaders may pretend that they are defending approximately Greek producers – except that at that topographic point are no Greek producers who are whatever competitive inwards this manufacture together with fifty-fifty if ane existed, using the give-and-take "Greek" to a greater extent than frequently wouldn't aid him.
The Greek minister's (Evangelos Apostolou's) claim that "the term Greek yogurt is tied to a item dry reason that the production got its reputation from" it totally untrue. The production was in all likelihood invented inwards Bulgaria, non Greece, together with a vast bulk of the Greek yogurts – together with also the most wanted together with pop Greek yogurts – are (and were for a real long time) produced inwards other countries than Greece. The usage of the describing word "Greek" is useful precisely for the reverse argue than he thinks – it's useful because the production is made almost everywhere together with the describing word "Greek" is real special together with conveys approximately information.
There may be trademarks together with regional brands etc. that are protected past times approximately laws, patents, copyrights, trademarks, or treaties. But "Greek yogurt" but isn't together with can't live on ane of them. When such exceptions were beingness decided at the European Union degree a few years ago, Greeks didn't suggest "Greek yogurt" to live on on the list. And I intend – together with the Czech experts think – that the procedure was nonetheless relatively sensible together with the Greeks wouldn't select received this additional protected ready fifty-fifty if they begged.
It but doesn't ready feel for them to claim this correct because it doesn't fifty-fifty appear probable (or at to the lowest degree well-known) that they invented or started the actual production or technology. This is dissimilar from the EU-protected ready such every bit "Czech beer". But that ready 1) isn't actually used past times anyone else inwards this form, 2) fifty-fifty if it were, no ane inwards Czech Republic would tending much, 3) the term was basically newly created. But Greek yogurt has been a purpose of our linguistic communication (and other languages) for a real long time.
So it's terrible that the Greek together with European Union crackpots completely misunderstand these basic issues almost the languages. They shouldn't select been allowed to transcend the basic schoolhouse – allow lone live on certified every bit adults who tin croak politicians. It's but terrifying that this sort of idiots is allowed to behaviour every bit if they had the credentials to moralize inwards whole countries if non continents.
Let me halt this spider web log post service amongst a few examples of totally analogous generic names.
Greek yogurt doesn't select to live on produced inwards Greece. The American football game doesn't select to live on played past times Americans or inwards America. An African American didn't select to live on born inwards Africa. French fries don't select to live on fried inwards France. The Russian bicycle (the Czech cite for the Ferris wheel) doesn't select to stand upwardly inwards Russian Federation or live on built inwards Russia. Italics correspond a font that is written exterior Italia together with the Italians don't acquire whatever dividends from that. Similarly, Romans together with Arabs don't acquire anything for Roman together with Standard Arabic numerals. CERN uses the Brazil bands (named afterwards the flags' 2 colors) amongst the 1-sigma together with 2-sigma confidence bands but the Brazilians acquire zilch for that fact. Similarly, physicists who written report symmetry breaking don't pay whatever coin to United Mexican States for the Mexican lid potential.
The Russian H2O ice cream (in Russia: Soviet H2O ice cream) doesn't select to live on produced inwards Russian Federation or the Soviet Union. The Italian H2O ice cream or gelato doesn't select to live on produced inwards Italy. And indeed, Pils isn't produced but inwards Pilsen – it's 90% of the beer inwards the world. The Debrecen ham – which is everywhere inwards our supermarkets – almost sure wasn't produced inwards Debrecen, Republic of Hungary – it's but a town that was ane time strongly associated amongst this type of a product. The real same comment applies to the Polish sausage inwards the USA or the Hungarian (Uherská) sausage inwards Czechia. Turkish java doesn't select to live on prepared inwards Turkey together with Standard Arabic java doesn't select to live on prepared past times Arabs. Turkish dear (Czech term for turrone) doesn't select to live on made past times Turks, either. (Erdogan may read this spider web log post service together with bring together his Greek comrades together with protestation against the Turkish dear – we've used the term for approximately 500 years.) "Portikali" is the Bulgarian give-and-take for oranges together with it's straight derived from the give-and-take Portugal from which they used to live on imported but Portugal gets null dollars for the Bulgarian oranges.
Most parties serve nutrient on the Swedish tables (I decided that a "buffett" is the actual USA English linguistic communication equivalent of the chief thought that the Swedish tabular array conveys) although no Swedes are involved. Swiss or emmental cheese didn't select to live on made nigh the Emme River or elsewhere inwards Switzerland, for that matter; it but needs the holes from the CO2 bubbles.
German Brod (although currently called Havlíček's Brod) is a town that was never on the territory of Deutschland (except for the Nazi line era) because it's located inwards Central Moravia. Castilian dances together with Argentinian tango don't select to live on danced past times dancers who pay taxes inwards Kingdom of Spain or Argentina. Monte Carlo simulations don't select to live on run on computers inwards the Principality of Monaco. You don't involve a French partner or a French society for a French kiss. Western values don't involve a Western dry reason or a Western mortal – together with what an inhabitant of the West believes aren't necessarily Western values. One may lecture on Austrian economic science fifty-fifty if he isn't Austrian. And I could croak along for hours.
So please, Greek together with European Union Bolshevik comrades, larn approximately basics almost linguistics together with the existent basis together with earlier y'all hit so, please, closed up. Thank y'all real much.