Good morning! I think this is the virus that disabled many computer systems all over Europe, including those in the British House of Commons! Rachel PS I...
Hi, there! Does anybody here have any idea where I could find online versions of any American slang glossaries/dictionaries? All those nasty words, etc. Just...
To Martin´s comment on US/UK English teachers leaving Prague (CR): I do not want to generalize, I am not involved in teaching myself, but an illustrative...
A very enjoyable and instructive evening at Cornucopia with Otto, Martin J., Irena and Rachel. All of those present confirmed 12th/13th/14th May as the date...
Hullo Martin, ... fallen? All the teachers I have spoken to confirm that the schools are desperate for qualified English teachers and that quality has fallen...
Hi everybody, For lack of any better ideas, Simon, Rachel and I checked out the U Kotvy beer-garden on Spalena and found it decent enough for our next...
... J., ... It somehow escaped from my attention, but I was tied-up with a job anyway. Would you please, next time, put meeting announcements into subject...
... Kontext: pokyny pro uzavirani pojistnych smluv. Cela veta: Applications are underwritten on a guarantee-issue basis; no evidence of insurability is...
I am just guessing: "kralovska zluta" nebo "cisarska zluta", but it´s just my guess. Kostas Hi, Does anyone know the Czech term used for "imperial yellow"...
... absolutely exact. Regards Vlasta ... Think nothing of it ma'am. It's all in a night's work:). Anyway, you don't have me to thank but Google - the search...
Melvyn, Otto Thank you. I really appreciated it. The description of the term was absolutely exact. Regards Vlasta ... Odchozí zpráva neobsahuje viry. ...
Hi, I saw the terms "Porucice";, "praporcice and "desatnice" commonly used. My ear seems not to protest, as such ranks are within Czech women´s scope. My...
Hello everybody, The current state of play with the planned trip to visit Todd in Valtice is as follows: Irena, Otto, Rachel, Simon, Martin J., Zdenek, Vlasta,...
... This is exactly what I was going to write in response to Mirek (including the "München" example!). I bet nobody uses "London" in texts translated from...
Hi all, I would like to point out that the terms generalka, plukovnice, majorka, kapitanka, porucice, have been used in Czech for many years. The Salvation ...
I saw the terms "Porucice";, "praporcice and "desatnice" commonly used. My ear seems not to protest, as such ranks are within Czech women´s scope. BTW, if...
Gentlemen, Do let's put the -ova suffixes with English names! Let me explain. Morphological changes are just one of the changes that a foreign lexis HAS TO...
Hi. I searched on Medline -- http://www.healthy.net/Library/Search/Medline.asp which I've found very useful for giving me background to medical terms I've ...
In a message dated 26/Apr/2000 18:43:42 GMT Daylight Time, ... of ... Gosh! Can anyone confirm the usage "generalka" is current in the armed forces also? If...
And since you feel ... Howdy y'all - a belated welcome to the list to you Martin K. and other newcomers. ... But their apparent timidity doesn't seem to bring...
... Actually, a true possessive used to be the form with short -a (e.g. "Zdenka Braunerova" is one of the more known examples). It signalled the world that...
In a message dated 26/Apr/2000 04:30:53 GMT Daylight Time, ... Yes ma'am. Jen takova zajimavost: co zensky general, plukovnik, major? Women never used to...
Mili experti, 1) Prosim nevite nekdo nahodou co jsou conversion disorders? Kontext - smlouva pro pojisteni pro pripad nemoci a je to v nasledujici vete ...
Hi, The Polish suffix -ski has its counterpart -sky in the Czech language and it is a masculine ending of adjectives. The feminine form is -ska: muj cesky otec...
Hi, admittedly, I may sound old-fashined, but why not bring our name endings with us when moving abroad and avoid such curiosities as having an actress named...
Hi, I have been offered a job but I have absolutely no time to do it myself. It is a brochure on Jan Amos Komensky (Cz>>Eng), deadline May 9, about 50 pages. ...
What do you think about automatic adding "ova" to English female last names by Czechs? Don´t you think that it is somehow "acquisitory"? Kostas...
