Thread:User talk:CodeCat/regionalisms/reply (3)

But this is kind of my point. HJP is writing from a Croatian point of view, so it labels terms as "regional" if they're not general in Croatia. So let's say that a term is widely used in Serbia and Bosnia alike, and is only regional within Croatia. Then HJP would presumably label it regional as well, because they write from the point of view of Croatia. But that doesn't seem right at all here, as in this case Croatia would be the "oddball" in how the term is used there. Someone in Serbia or Bosnia would never label the term "regional" because, from their point of view, the term is used almost everywhere, and only some areas of Croatia lack it.

So I'm not sure if HJP labelling terms "regional" is enough for them to be considered regional for Serbo-Croatian generally.