Re: So it is true...


Christian Weisgerber <naddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:dmsia8$3fv$3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Seán O'Leathlóbhair <jwlawler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> [Czech/Slovak]
> > I think that few here in the UK are aware of that but that may improve
> > since the countries have split. There is a very common naive view of a
> > one to one relationship between country and language. You can even
> > stump many people with questions such as: what language is spoken in
> > Belgium or Switzerland? I would bet a fair amount that if you asked
> > what was spoken in Czechoslovakia, you would get the single answer
> > Czech. But I would also think it likely that if you asked about
> > Slovakia, you may now get the answer Slovakian.
>
> There is also considerable confusion of Slovakia and Slovenia.

Not to mention Slavonia. :-)
(i.e. eastern part(s) of today's Croatia.)

Or Slivovice, also known as Sliwovitz. :-)

BTW, did you know that the Slovak word for "Slovenia"
is exactly the same as Slovenian word for "Slovakia".
Their words for their respective countries are different.

pjk

P.S.
The reason why I don't say what the actual Slovak word
for Slovenia (and vice versa) is is that I forgot how it's
exactly spelled. I have no idea how and where to look it up.
Any Slovaks or Slovenes listening? :-)



> Christian "naddy" Weisgerber

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