Thanks for sharing those facts -- pretty interesting! Rita [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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William F Brna
wfbrna
Jul 6, 2005 7:57 pm
Helen, My parents, from the Orava area, used to say, "sadni", (sing.), "sadnite", (pl. or formal). This is an example of the difference in the western and...
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Helen Fedor
helentrib
Jul 6, 2005 8:04 pm
Standard Slovak also uses "sadni/sadnite" and "sadni/sanite si". It's one of the few Slovak phrases my daughter knows. She used to use it on our cat, who...
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PicasGurl@...
haideec
Jul 6, 2005 8:07 pm
Andrea, No, I'm not familiar with them, but can you tell me more about them? My mother is from there!! What is the group called? See you later, Haidee ...
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rabbit
jec2@...
Jul 6, 2005 8:11 pm
Michelle, I do not pretend to know any form of the Slovak dialects and the Slovak heritage is on my wife's side of the family. What I think I am seeing here is...
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Helen Fedor
helentrib
Jul 6, 2005 8:43 pm
You're right, that's the convention this group uses. Here are the phonetic renditions: a: = eh c~ = ch d' = dy l' = ly n~ = ny o^ = wo s~ = sh t' = ty z~ = zh...
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Andrea Vangor
sumietpotok
Jul 6, 2005 9:30 pm
They are mentioned here: http://www.sarisan.sk/en/ They are fun to watch -- big kids and little. They have a string band, I guess you would call it, with...
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Paul Wolsko
pwolsko
Jul 6, 2005 10:10 pm
... Here's another amazing fact: Centrailia's still burning. <g> Paul...
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PicasGurl@...
haideec
Jul 6, 2005 10:17 pm
Oh, stupid me! I didn't look at the subject the last time around! lol. I wonder if this is the same group my cousin is in...hmmm. See you later, Haidee ...
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Andrea Vangor
sumietpotok
Jul 7, 2005 4:01 am
You have a cousin in one of the music groups from Pres~ov? Fantastic! ... From: PicasGurl@... To: Slovak-World@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 06,...
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David
minerdave2000
Jul 7, 2005 1:24 pm
Centrailia is a town in PA. There is a coal fire under what was a town. The government paid everyone off but a few wouldn't except the buy-off and remain...
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PicasGurl@...
haideec
Jul 7, 2005 4:56 pm
Yes, Zsuzsanna (?) is a dancer. She's in her 20's. See you later, Haidee PicasGurl@......
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LHBrigham
LHBrigham@...
Jul 8, 2005 12:18 am
David, I don't understand who or what you are complaining about (if you are complaining)? The Centrailia coal fire (according to at least one account) was...
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Kathryn L. Turk
sunkat@...
Jul 8, 2005 4:34 am
Hmmm, this doesn't sound like the group (S~aričan) I saw in person while on my first trip/visit/tour to Slovakia in August 1998, which was excellent. ... ...
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Kathryn L. Turk
sunkat@...
Jul 8, 2005 4:34 am
Sort of like the American song? "Make new friends, But keep the old! One is silver, And the other's gold!" :-) Kat(ka) Turk ... From:...
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Martin Votruba
votrubam
Jul 8, 2005 4:55 am
An opinion poll in the Czech Rep. has shown that if the Czechs were to emigrate they would choose Slovakia. The released info didn't include the percentages,...
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Andrea Vangor
sumietpotok
Jul 8, 2005 5:16 am
It isn't the same group. It is a junior version, made up of children and teenagers. ... From: "Kathryn L. Turk" <sunkat@...> To:...
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raybravo2000
Jul 8, 2005 6:34 pm
http://www.slovakspectator.sk/clanok-198.html...
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Helen Fedor
helentrib
Jul 8, 2005 6:53 pm
Here's an article from the _Chicago Tribune_ from a couple of days ago. ...
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David
minerdave2000
Jul 8, 2005 11:05 pm
Random Facts To Impress Your Friends (Part II) 1. In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the...
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Paul Wolsko
pwolsko
Jul 8, 2005 11:11 pm
There is another food that does not spoil: Senape's Pitz from Hazleton Paul...
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raybravo2000
Jul 9, 2005 3:54 am
On "#3" there is another explaination. It comes from printing, in that the printer had to remember that the letters are backards and had to mind the "p"s and...
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sandman6294
Jul 9, 2005 6:05 am
... True, but I understand that Senape's Pitz spoils people. RU...
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Al Dubnicka
alandpeggyd
Jul 9, 2005 2:38 pm
Hi Paul, OK. What is Senape's Pitz? I'm sure other people are wondering too. Al Dubnicka ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Paul Wolsko
pwolsko
Jul 9, 2005 6:43 pm
Senape's is a bakery in Hazleton PA that, aside from the usual bakery items, sells a boxes of rectangular pizza cuts that defy the laws of nature with repect...
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PicasGurl@...
haideec
Jul 9, 2005 7:39 pm
So, Paul, What are pitz? Those strips of pizza that they have? See you later, Haidee PicasGurl@......
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Kathryn L. Turk
sunkat@...
Jul 10, 2005 5:00 pm
Is there an online source where we can read & learn more about this? It sounds very interesting. Kat ... From: Slovak-World@yahoogroups.com...
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andreialexiev
Jul 10, 2005 8:54 pm
On the 50th Anniversary of the death of General S. N. Vojcechovsky- The following article appeared in the Russian-language paper "Nasha Strana"(Our Country)...
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Martin Votruba
votrubam
Jul 11, 2005 1:37 am
... Yes, Kat; search this past week's issues at: www.idnes.cz And the recent briefer items at: www.sme.sk www.pravda.sk Martin votruba "at" pitt "dot" edu...
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Andrea Vangor
sumietpotok
Jul 12, 2005 5:21 am
Check out the mpg file with dancing. And their music clips. Great fun. http://www.muzicka.sk/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
