Monzanator 3,594 Posted September 12, 2020 #171 Share Posted September 12, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,246 Posted September 12, 2020 #172 Share Posted September 12, 2020 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 phelps and Monzanator 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vojthas 947 Posted September 12, 2020 #173 Share Posted September 12, 2020 @hckosice- The funniest thing is Sharapovová instead of Sharapova in Slovakian sport news I was reading quite a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,246 Posted September 12, 2020 #174 Share Posted September 12, 2020 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 Col_Frost 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,552 Posted September 12, 2020 #175 Share Posted September 12, 2020 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? If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,757 Posted September 12, 2020 #176 Share Posted September 12, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,594 Posted September 12, 2020 #177 Share Posted September 12, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,757 Posted September 12, 2020 #178 Share Posted September 12, 2020 “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!” Vojthas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,246 Posted September 12, 2020 #179 Share Posted September 12, 2020 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/ heywoodu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quasit 849 Posted September 12, 2020 #180 Share Posted September 12, 2020 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. Stopped watching sports, there are better things in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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