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WHY when I tell people I am originally from Slovakia they automatically place me into the former Yugoslavia?

I am s Slovak not Slovenien

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  1. MmmBabi - 41-45 years old - female

    Posted by MmmBabi Apr 28th, 2012 at 9:38AM

    Lacking in geography skills.

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  2. DistantLonging - 36-40 years old - male

    Posted by DistantLonging Apr 28th, 2012 at 9:36AM

    Lack of geographical knowledge?

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  3. zuzi57 - 51-55 years old - female

    Reply by zuzi57 Apr 28th, 2012 at 9:36AM

    very frustrating

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  4. DistantLonging - 36-40 years old - male

    Reply by DistantLonging Apr 28th, 2012 at 9:39AM

    Try not to let it get to you. ;-)

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  5. automatrix - 36-40 years old

    Posted by automatrix Apr 28th, 2012 at 11:40PM

    Let me guess...all those who do are Americans. And I wouldn't doubt there are still people who say "Czechoslovkian", which probably makes you bristle. It reminds me of this panel from the webcomic, "Scandinavia and the World":

    http://satwcomic.com/still-a-long-way

    My first learning of the difference was as a kid in the 1980s, when the first Czechoslovkian hockey players entered the NHL. Two of them were Czechs, Ivan Hlinka (later the Czech national team coach) and Jiri Bubla (later a convicted heroin distributor).

    They both went to the Vancouver Canucks. The Canucks had a Canadian player of Slovakian descent, Rick Lanz, who happened to speak some Slovak. Lanz helped the other two acclimatize to living in Canada.

    Is it true that the Czech and Slovak languages are fairly interchangeable languages?

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  6. zuzi57 - 51-55 years old - female

    Reply by zuzi57 Apr 29th, 2012 at 12:28AM

    Yeas they are very similar with slight differences, but we do understand each other. Also it is not just Americans who have no clue about nationalities and geography it is Australians and shamefully even some people from Europe. I did not know about Bubla how he anded up. Thanks for the highlight.

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  7. automatrix - 36-40 years old

    Reply by automatrix Apr 29th, 2012 at 1:54AM

    If I hadn't known Hlinka went onto other successes, I wouldn't have mentioned Bubla's troubles. There's no point mentioning the bad without the good to balance it. ^_^

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  8. baron34 - 18-21 years old - male

    Posted by baron34 Apr 28th, 2012 at 9:46AM

    Slovakia/Slovenia

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  9. zuzi57 - 51-55 years old - female

    Reply by zuzi57 Apr 28th, 2012 at 9:48AM

    ??????

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  10. baron34 - 18-21 years old - male

    Reply by baron34 Apr 28th, 2012 at 9:50AM

    They don't have enough knowledge to know the difference between these two...

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  11. Hurldog - 46-50 years old - male

    Posted by Hurldog Apr 28th, 2012 at 9:37AM

    Try being from North Hurlistan......nobody knows where that is.

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  12. zuzi57 - 51-55 years old - female

    Reply by zuzi57 Apr 28th, 2012 at 9:38AM

    Tell me about it same here people have no clue

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  13. mzhoneythang - 22-25 years old - female

    Posted by mzhoneythang Apr 28th, 2012 at 9:36AM

    most people know little to nothing about other countries, the emphasis is always put on the more well-known ones in school.

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  14. zuzi57 - 51-55 years old - female

    Reply by zuzi57 Apr 28th, 2012 at 9:39AM

    but then why every government keeps being so politically correct about multiculturalism and no education on it?

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