Re: the two scripts of Serbian-Croatian

PaulJK <paul.kriha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
garabik-news-2005-05@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
PaulJK <paul.kriha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In Czech, for example, "Srbsko" and "Chorvatsko" are neuters.
Another name for Croatia is "Chorvaty", a plurale tantum.

"Chorvaty" definitely rings my archaism-alert bell :-)

Well, my Slavic lexicon is like an old old jar of preserve,
hardly ever open in the last 40 years.

I bet your archaism-alert bell will ring even stronger if I said
"Ne^mci", "Rakousy", "Rusy". As in "jel do Ne^mec, do Rakous", etc.


Certainly. FWIW, Nemcy and Rakúsy belong (very faintly) to my passive
Slovak vocabulary, but Rusy do not.

Does it still ring if I say "Bavory" instead of "Bavorsko"?

No. Especially in the genitive "do Bavor" sounds almost normal, if a bit
slangish. Maybe that's because of the Kabát's song "Pivrnec", with
a refrain """Jó to není fór Ruda už sedá na traktor
Jó to není fór Ruda to pere do Bavor
Jó to není fór Ruda už zdrhnul do Bavor
Jó to není fór já taky sedám na traktor
Jó to není fór taky ji peru do Bavor
Jó to není fór Češi se serou do Bavor"""

which my dorm roommate used to listen in a loop (something like 15 years
ago, but it sticks :-)).


And does it give you any tinkle at all when I say "C^echy". :-)

Interestingly, in my idiolect, "Čechy" is slowly making the semantic transition
from "Czech Republic" into "That part of Czech Republic that is not
Moravia", i.e. Bohemia in English. Other people around seem to adjust more quickly,
especially with the widespread adoption of the term "Česko" (which still
sounds "wrong" to my ear).


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