Biathlon IBU Cup 2019 - 2020

[Vojthas 949]

2 hours ago, dcro said:

 

Fun fact: It's KOŽICA and it means thin skin.

In Polish it's without ˇ and means something different - this is kozica:

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Ludmila Horká = Ludmila Hot

Eliška Teplá = Eliška Warm

Michal Krčmář = Michal Innkeeper

Karolína Dusilová = Karolína Suffocated (+ová)

 

 

[Vojthas 949]

Kamila Żuk - Kamila Beetle

[Grassmarket 4,027]

Khrushchev (Khrush) was also a Ukrainian beetle.
 

There was a Russian lady 400m runner called Krivoshapka - Crooked Hat.  Also a few Chernousov/Chernousovas = Black mouth.

 

(It’s because of serfdom - owners would give their serfs insulting names)

Edited February 8, 2020 by Grassmarket

[dcro 10,210]

2 hours ago, Vojthas said:

In Polish it's without ˇ and means something different - this is kozica:

 

And also in Croatian kozica means little goat, while Kožica is thin skin.

[dcro 10,210]

4 hours ago, heywoodu said:

 

Yeah I've mostly decided to skip the weird Z's and things like that, sorry  It's hard enough to try and keep track of things like Pérez vs Perez  

 

Thin skin is an interesting meaning of someone's name though  

 

That's disappointing. I thought é in Pérez is just the accent? Ž is separate letter, and not a variation of z - it's prounounced like zh.

[Vojthas 949]

23 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Khrushchev (Khrush) was also a Ukrainian beetle.
 

There was a Russian lady 400m runner called Krivoshapka - Crooked Hat.  Also a few Chernousov/Chernousovas = Black mouth.

 

(It’s because of serfdom - owners would give their serfs insulting names)

Sleptsova - slepoy - blind - perfect name for a biathlete

[heywoodu 15,997]

31 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

That's disappointing. I thought é in Pérez is just the accent? Ž is separate letter, and not a variation of z - it's prounounced like zh.

Like u and ü being different?  

[Monzanator 4,768]

1 hour ago, Vojthas said:

Kamila Żuk - Kamila Beetle

 

Not to mention Krystyna Guzik (nee Pałka) - Christina Button (nee Stick)

 

Łukasz Szczurek - Lucas Little Rat

 

[dcro 10,210]

4 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Like u and ü being different?  

 

Pretty much.