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From:
Nicholas Bolibruch
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Date:
Sat, 05 Mar 2005 19:51:12 -0500
Subject:
Re: [idm] How do you say Hrvatski?
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<422A5400.2030506@cogeco.ca>
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qwerty wrote:
quoted 13 lines I personally pronounce it "her-VAT-ski", but I suspect that may not>> I personally pronounce it "her-VAT-ski", but I suspect that may not >> be completely correct. I'll have to find a Croatian person and ask >> them how it's properly pronounced. > > > i'm a croatian. 'hrvatski' actually means 'croatian' in croatian... :-) > and it's pronounced exactly as greg said. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > >
I emailed Hrvatski a year ago asking him why he picked that name since it means 'Croatian' in Croatian, and since his name (Keith Witman) is clearly not Croatian. He said there was a poster in a subway station advertising learning other languages, and one of the languages was Hrvatski. The word sounded cool to him, so he started going under the name ... Also, Qwerty, is IDM quite popular in Croatia? I'm curious as my parents are both Croatian, but they immigrated to Canada in the 70s. I'd write this all in Croatian if I could - I mostly understand it, but speaking and especially writing in Croatian is quite difficult for me. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org