At 00:22 5/25/2002, I wrote:
>I've forwarded Deborah's query re. Slovenian to Petra Cerne Oven at the
>University of Reading. Petra is a) Slovenian and b) writing a doctoral
>dissertation on the application of the Latin script to Slavic languages,
>so she should be able to provide a reliable answer.
Petra responded to Deborah's query today, with a handy table comparing
Slovenian and Slovak terms for their respective countries, languages and
peoples. Some of these terms are very similar, which might explain some of
the confusion. With Petra's permission, I have uploaded her table to
http://www.tiro.com/transfer/slovene-slovak.JPG
John Hudson
Tiro Typeworks www.tiro.com
Vancouver, BC tiro@tiro.com
When the pages of books fall in fiery scraps
Onto smashed leaves and twisted metal,
The tree of good and evil is stripped bare.
- Czeslaw Milosz
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