Comments on: Dan Rudolfa Maistra http://isoglossia.com/2006/11/23/rudolf-maister-the-occupation-of-maribor/ Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:02:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: sgazzetti http://isoglossia.com/2006/11/23/rudolf-maister-the-occupation-of-maribor/comment-page-1/#comment-5152 sgazzetti Thu, 23 Nov 2006 15:03:17 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/?p=184#comment-5152 Thanks for adding that bit of perspective, Michael. Interesting the things we do and do not choose to remember. <i>Lusciously mustachioed</i> is one of my favorite collocations ever. I can't WAIT til the Google hits start rolling in... Thanks for adding that bit of perspective, Michael. Interesting the things we do and do not choose to remember.

Lusciously mustachioed is one of my favorite collocations ever. I can’t WAIT til the Google hits start rolling in…

]]> By: Michael M. http://isoglossia.com/2006/11/23/rudolf-maister-the-occupation-of-maribor/comment-page-1/#comment-5141 Michael M. Thu, 23 Nov 2006 13:59:24 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/?p=184#comment-5141 I didn't even know there was such a thing as Maister Day, and I live <i>where the flavor is</i>: in Maister Country. Still, anyone as lusciously mustachioed as he is deserves a holiday, or two. One thing that Slovenes rarely talk (or even know) about is Maister's massacre of a peace delegation in Maribor, the so-called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marburger_Bloody_Sunday&action=edit" rel="nofollow">Marburger Bloody Sunday</a>. Not exactly his finest hour. But it certainly worked. I didn’t even know there was such a thing as Maister Day, and I live where the flavor is: in Maister Country. Still, anyone as lusciously mustachioed as he is deserves a holiday, or two.

One thing that Slovenes rarely talk (or even know) about is Maister’s massacre of a peace delegation in Maribor, the so-called Marburger Bloody Sunday. Not exactly his finest hour. But it certainly worked.

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