WHY when I tell people I am originally from Slovakia they automatically place me into the former Yugoslavia?
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Posted by MmmBabi Apr 28th, 2012 at 9:38AM
Lacking in geography skills.
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Posted by DistantLonging Apr 28th, 2012 at 9:36AM
Lack of geographical knowledge?
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Reply by zuzi57 Apr 28th, 2012 at 9:36AM
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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":
yers entered the NHL. Two of them were Czechs, Ivan Hlinka (later the Czech national team coach) and Jiri Bubla (later a convicted heroin distributor).
yer of Slovakian descent, Rick Lanz, who happened to speak some Slovak. Lanz helped the other two acclimatize to living in Canada.
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 pla
They both went to the Vancouver Canucks. The Canucks had a Canadian pla
Is it true that the Czech and Slovak languages are fairly interchangeable languages?
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Reply by zuzi57 Apr 29th, 2012 at 12:28AM
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Reply by automatrix Apr 29th, 2012 at 1:54AM
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Posted by baron34 Apr 28th, 2012 at 9:46AM
Slovakia/Slovenia
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Reply by zuzi57 Apr 28th, 2012 at 9:48AM
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Posted by Hurldog Apr 28th, 2012 at 9:37AM
Try being from North Hurlistan......nobody knows where that is.
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Reply by zuzi57 Apr 28th, 2012 at 9:38AM
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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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Reply by zuzi57 Apr 28th, 2012 at 9:39AM
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