I used to work with a guy who was very insistent that he was Czechoslovak.
Not Czech nor Slovak but Czechoslovak !
Seemingly his Mother was one and his Father the other and he took great pride in his hybrid identity and allegiance to a country which no longer exists.
Probably loads of folk like that in the former Yugoslavia and USSR as well.
When I was a kid, Yugoslavia was a country.
I used to work with a guy who was very insistent that he was Czechoslovak.
Not Czech nor Slovak but Czechoslovak !
Seemingly his Mother was one and his Father the other and he took great pride in his hybrid identity and allegiance to a country which no longer exists.
Probably loads of folk like that in the former Yugoslavia and USSR as well.