Re: You say Slavonic and I say Slavic

"Emungo" <pytisma@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On 9 Jan, 06:10, "Paul J Kriha" <paul.nospam.kr...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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"Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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But the Brits use "Slavonic" for the family name, and if not Lunt,
then other American authorities (though not a majority) use "Old
Church Slavic" for the language.

"Slavonic" is etymologically closer to the corresponding adjectives
in various Slavic languages, than "Slavic" is. The word in those
languages is spelled and pronounced in various (and similar)
ways, but it (always) has the consonant "n" in it.

Does that mean it is incorrect for English and AmEnglish
speakers to use the English word "Slavic"? Of course it isn't.
I think we have been stuck with both of these alternatives for
quite a while now. They occur at different rates of distribution
in various countries around the world.
pjk

P.S.
I notice that Dvořák's "Slovanské tance" are (almost) always
translated as "Slavonic dances", not "Slavic dances".

P.P.S.
Similar questions have been asked about "Slovak" versus "Slovakian".
However, my CED is prescriptively decisive about that.
I should send BBC a copy of it, they obviously don't have one.
:-)

What are the different words in various Slav(on)ic languages to
distinguish between Slovakian, Slovenian and Slavonic?

What? Ugh.
You want ME to list these adjectives in ALL Slavic languages?

Here you have the Russian and Czech masculine genders of
the adjectives Slovak(ian), Slovenian and Slavonic, in that order:

слoвацкий, словенский, славянский
slovenský, slovinský, slovanský

pjk

P.S. BTW, what looks like a crossover, isn't a mistake.
The two almost identically sounding words (to a native
English speaker that is) "словенский" and "slovenský" are
in fact false friends.

.

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