tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-602436215000070989.post875593268087508707..comments2024-02-29T10:23:18.255+01:00Comments on Christopher's Expat Adventure: Republic of CroatiaChristopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00475533815607447957noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-602436215000070989.post-51772561261296000492012-09-16T18:59:27.171+02:002012-09-16T18:59:27.171+02:00Yes Christopher - you are quite right about the yo...Yes Christopher - you are quite right about the younger generation of Czechs & Slovaks. The explanation I've heard more than once is that because there are just over 10 million Czechs but only 5 million Slovaks, many children's books do not get translated into Slovak so the Slovak schools use the Czech versions instead.<br /><br />As for your second paragraph, (which had me LOL), it does reflect the general tendency of most Czechs who tend to look down on Slovaks & see them as their country cousins. Not surprisingly, that attitude doesn't go down well with Slovaks.chaplain.czhttp://www.rickyyates.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-602436215000070989.post-65107224982003509892012-09-16T16:41:36.669+02:002012-09-16T16:41:36.669+02:00Yes, adult Czechs and Slovaks don't have a pro...Yes, adult Czechs and Slovaks don't have a problem but the younger generations have more difficulty. It seems that it is easier for young Slovaks to understand Czech than it is for young Czechs to understand Slovak. <br /><br />My Czechs friends jokingly say that if a drunk Czech tries to speak Russian, what you end up with is Slovak. My Slovak friends don't seem to find that one as funny as my Czech friends.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00475533815607447957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-602436215000070989.post-69230299080951767562012-09-15T21:20:41.199+02:002012-09-15T21:20:41.199+02:00Yes Christopher - Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and M...Yes Christopher - Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and Montenegrin are effectively the same thing other than the alphabet/script that is used. Now they are separate nation states, great emphasis is put on the slight differences rather than on the similarities. It has been just the same since the Velvet Divorce with the Slovaks in particular, emphasising the slight differences between Czech & Slovak even though an adult Czech can understand an adult Slovak with very little difficulty & vice versa. chaplain.czhttp://www.rickyyates.comnoreply@blogger.com