Nothing to be proud about but maybe something to do with the centuries of Magyar oppression. I am not "anti-magyar" but its history and it can't be changed....
What year/s did your Grandparents emigrate? If you check the U.S. census for 1910 and 1920 you will see that Emigres from Slovakia sometimes noted that they...
There is no excuse for this kind of behaiviour.Those two young people were not responsible for Hungarian policy over the centuries.I don't like the way the...
I have distant relatives living in Lipovnik which is near the Hungarian border. As you enter the town, the name is in both Slovak and Hungarian. They...
Maybe your grandparents had no trouble separating their ethnic identity (Slovak) from their nationality (Hungarian), much as we do the same today in the US....
This is what makes genealogy interesting. I grew up under the impression that my dad and his family, who came here from 1900 - 1911, were Hungarian....
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Sep 2, 2006 12:03 am
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I receive most of payments with checks. Personal or cashiers. The fee is always about $8. Clearance takes about 10 days. Western Union fee is about $30 and...
Our distributor just got his shipment of holiday tea from Eastern Europe. We took time this week to do a short write-up on each one. About 30 varieties listed....
Hi Friends and Family, I haven't been here in nearly a year, I guess. I am discussing some religious issues with a guy who says he's in Slovakia, although he...
... Thank you, Vladimir, that's very useful. Could you, kindly, say at what bank (although I'm sure others' fees won't be dramatically different)? Martin ...
... One thing is certain -- the text was not written by anyone who'd be normally considered a speaker of Slovak, Polish, Rusyn or another Slavic language. It...
It's poorly written, but most of the meaning gets through. "Tell me something. Why do you think I can't live here if I have an anti-church (it could mean anti...
Hello Martin, Thankyou so much for responding. This is very odd. This guy claims to work in Poland, as I said, but lists his residence in Slovakia, yet...
I use Tatra Bank. Vladimir ... From: Martin Votruba To: Slovak-World@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 1:44 AM Subject: [Slovak-World] Re: One...
Dear Kathie, Hands off. Waste of time. These countries have been floodded by characters like this one, all hoping to win simple peasant souls for their...
Dear Vladimir, Thankyou so much for your insight. It is as I figured. What a creep he is, huh? Sincerely, Kathie Troyan Davis In a message dated 9/3/2006...
Greg, Too bad no Slovak teas are included, although the types of teaslisted look similar. I recieved a gift box of several Slovak fruit and other teas last...
Thanks, everyone, for helping me out. The guy's posts got pulled down by the moderator. LOL :-) Kathie Troyan Davis [Non-text portions of this message have...
Well after more than 10 weeks in Slovakia I am back.It was fantastic summer. Had photo exhibit in Levoca and another in Liptovska Teplicka. Also had an 1 and...
Hello, I've been lurking here for quite a while, enjoying the discussions and photographs. I have been silent because I have little to contribute, only...
Hi, I needed to add on to this query...I've noticed that the word "zavodka" appears in russian, czech, belorussian, austrian and hungarian websites. Does...
HOCKEY PLAYER MOVES TO MANHATTAN BEACH Lubomir Visnovsky, the Los Angeles Kings' most valuable player during the 2005-06 season and the team's leading scorer,...
I just ran across a web page with multiple environmental web references and thought they should be shared. Those for Slovakia are Slovakia Internet Sources ...
... Place names with the root zavad- (zavod- can be a version of the same root) occur in several Slavic countries. As many as 5 localities in Slovakia are...
http://www.foreignmoney.com/ I have used the International Currency Express, Inc. to get drafts in Euros. They take credit cards and the draft is sent to you...
Friends, I have been mulling over the "nech so pac^i" we have been talking about. Seems that most translate it as "here you are" which sounds a bit cold to...
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Sep 5, 2006 6:47 pm
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The World Bank has released its annual rankings of how easy it is to do business in 175 countries. Slovakia is #36. Singapore is at the top, the US is #3....
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