Re: Languages in Europe - Who understands what ?

From: piotr panek (piotrpanek_at_onegazetatwo.threeplfour)
Date: 12/06/04 

Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 13:09:48 +0100

Dnia 04-12-05 05:39, w liście od osoby znanej jako Paul J Kriha było:

>>
>>
>>>>"Czes'c' Krysia": nie rozumiem. Czes'c' = honor; respect.
>>>>Krysia = fem. name?
>>
>>>Despite its original meaning ("respect, honor") <czes'c'>
>>>is the equivalent of "Hi!".
>>
>>Thank you. That change in meaning is similar to the German "Servus!"
>

"Serwus" is still used in Poland (especially the southern part, formerly
annected by Austria) in the meaning of "hello", although it becomes more
and more archaic...

>
> Similar to the Polish "Czes'c'", there is a Cz phrase "C^est pra'ci!"
> (Honour to labour!) which used to be a standard Czech communists'
> greeting. However, these days, the greeting "C^est" is probably used
> in Czech Republic about as often as "Heil" in Germany. :-)

Well, I suppose the Polish "cześć" as a greeting (probably with origins
of the nobles' greetings expressing a respect for each other) meaning
"hi" is older than a communist slogan of "cześć pracy". BTW, the
communist slogan form is sometimes used as humorous greeting (there are
no parties using communist new-speak, eg. commerade etc. wich have more
than a hundred or maybe thousand members in Poland any more -
descendants of the leading party from the period of 1945-89 try not to
be associated with that "fashion" of hammers, red stars etc.)
>
> Paul JK
>

piotrek

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