Biathlon 2020 - 2021 Discussion Thread

[Monzanator 4,503]

1 minute ago, hckosice said:

haha that random club who played once 1-1 with FC Barcelona ?

 

Obviously the club exist and play in our 2nd tier if I am not wrong. but not under this name anymore, Matador left the club in 2006.

 

Matador is the biggest Slovak Tires brand https://www.matador.tires/car/the-brand , located in the city Púchov, 

Yeah, I remember Matador Puchov from many moons ago. I suppose their place in the spotlight was even shorter than Artmedia Bratislava

 

I always wondered about that name since I wasn't aware of bull fighting traditions in Czechoslovakia

[hckošice 14,831]

20 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

Yeah, I remember Matador Puchov from many moons ago. I suppose their place in the spotlight was even shorter than Artmedia Bratislava

 

I always wondered about that name since I wasn't aware of bull fighting traditions in Czechoslovakia

 

Yes, haha no Bull fighting tradition here.  Anyway, I don´t know why but I always thought Matador is quite famous brand also abroad. I was completelly wrong, I guess

 

Btw Artmedia Petržalka (that´s the offical name) is still existing in our 2nd league, (they changed the name to Bratislava for the european cups, because I assume not many people will be able to read the original name without broking their tongues)

 

Petržalka is the "infamous" district in the capital Bratislava, was originally build in the 70´s to help the problem with sudden population increase of the city, but ended only being the national leader in drugs and other criminality rating already during the late 80´s, another epic fail of the communism era

 

Spoiler

 

 

[Vojthas 949]

@hckosice- The funniest thing is Sharapovová instead of Sharapova in Slovakian sport news I was reading quite a few years ago.

[hckošice 14,831]

12 minutes ago, Vojthas said:

@hckosice- The funniest thing is Sharapovová instead of Sharapova in Slovakian sport news I was reading quite a few years ago.

yep, that´s a funny part of our language, we change all female foreign names to Slovak (it is basically in our law) However the foreign names finishing by ova must be turned into -ovová, like Sharapovová, or Fiodorowová although the only exception are Chinese names which are not changed into our language by law..

 

For example the Olympic champion in Hammer Trow Anita Wlodarczyiková won in new world record etc...

 

https://sport.sme.sk/c/20242855/kladivarka-wlodarczykova-stanovila-novy-svetovy-rekord.html?ref=gamp_article

 

in this article you can find perfect example, The silver chinese girl is the only without name changed, however Fodorowa and Magieva got another ova to their original ova in their names.

 

 

I know, we are weird

[heywoodu 15,141]

1 hour ago, hckosice said:

yep, that´s a funny part of our language, we change all female foreign names to Slovak (it is basically in our law) However the foreign names finishing by ova must be turned into -ovová, like Sharapovová, or Fiodorowová although the only exception are Chinese names which are not changed into our language by law..

 

For example the Olympic champion in Hammer Trow Anita Wlodarczyiková won in new world record etc...

 

https://sport.sme.sk/c/20242855/kladivarka-wlodarczykova-stanovila-novy-svetovy-rekord.html?ref=gamp_article

 

in this article you can find perfect example, The silver chinese girl is the only without name changed, however Fodorowa and Magieva got another ova to their original ova in their names.

 

 

I know, we are weird

How on earth is there a special exception in the law for specifically Chinese and not for example Spanish?

[Grassmarket 3,408]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

How on earth is there a special exception in the law for specifically Chinese and not for example Spanish?

The Spanish don’t have nuclear weapons & space rockets.  

[Monzanator 4,503]

12 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

How on earth is there a special exception in the law for specifically Chinese and not for example Spanish?

The suffix would be longer than the name itself - imagine Li Na being Liova Na. It even looks bad on paper

[Grassmarket 3,408]

“Tell me, Madame President” <pounds fist on table> “What is the Slovak Government’s official position on female names in Papuan languages of the Tor-Kwerba family?  No more of your evasions & equivocations!  The people of Papua New Guinea demand parity with China, or you shall feel the force of our poisoned blow-pipe darts!  No jars of home-made honey shall appease us!”
 

[hckošice 14,831]

21 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

How on earth is there a special exception in the law for specifically Chinese and not for example Spanish?

No idea. Nobody, really knows, It is how it is

 

Even Japanese female names are changed, the only exception are Chinese names. Edit: Also Koreans.

 

 

Spanish ? no problem, Ruth Beitiová, Carolina Marinová, Garbine Muguruzová

 

 

PS I have also one for you clean sweep of dutch ovás https://sport.aktuality.sk/c/320418/rychlokorculovanie-holandanka-achtereekteova-so-zlatom-na-3000-metrov/

 

and one special gift. Starting number 78 in the bottom of the live ticker, do you recognize her ? https://sport.aktuality.sk/c/317599/online-me-v-biatlone-sprint-zien-s-paulinou-fialkovou-a-spol/

[Quasit 865]

23 minutes ago, hckosice said:

No idea. Nobody, really knows, It is how it is

 

Even Japanese female names are changed, the only exception are Chinese names. Edit: Also Koreans.

 

 

Spanish ? no problem, Ruth Beitiová, Carolina Marinová, Garbine Muguruzová

 

 

PS I have also one for you clean sweep of dutch ovás https://sport.aktuality.sk/c/320418/rychlokorculovanie-holandanka-achtereekteova-so-zlatom-na-3000-metrov/

 

and one special gift. Starting number 78 in the bottom of the live ticker, do you recognize her ? https://sport.aktuality.sk/c/317599/online-me-v-biatlone-sprint-zien-s-paulinou-fialkovou-a-spol/

https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyklistika_na_Letných_olympijských_hrách_2016

 

Jolien D'Hooreová, Anna van der Breggenová, does this even make sense?  

 

Also, seems like Chinese names are spelled in a totally different way in Slovak.

Shi Jinglin becomes  Š' Ťing-lin.