na šubari cvijeće
English translation: threat *see below
| 20:11 May 4, 2006 |
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|  Selected response from: Ulvija Tanovic (X) Local time: 17:27 | ||||||
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| 5 +1 | explicit threat |
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| 5 | (ref.) |
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| 4 | threat *see below |
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| 3 | flowers on a fur cap |
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1 hr confidence: 
flowers on a fur cap Explanation: I hope this will help you. |
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1 hr confidence:
threat *see below Explanation: You're probably also familiar with how the rest of the song goes, so this phrase can be interpreted as a threat. Your translation might go something like: "There were no open/explicit threats, but Dragan Čavić did flash his weapon/gun - twice." |
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2 hrs confidence:
(ref.) Explanation: ... well, the original song comes from Slavonija, as an ancient folk song of a descriptive nature: Drma mi se, drma mi se na šubari cviće Što me moja, Što me moja mila zakitila... I.e. a guy wants to 'anounce' to the 'village' that he has a 'sweetaheart' .. . Other missused 'applications' of this innocent song belong to those who had 'invented' them ... |
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12 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1explicit threat Explanation: Apparently, during the confict in Bosnia this innocent folk song was "adapted" to be used as a death threat: "Drma mi se, drma mi se na subari cvijece, ubit cemo, zaklat cemo ko sa nama nece..." so in this context it WOULD mean "an explicit threat". Reference: http://1204.blogger.ba/arhiva/2005/03/04 |
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