My step-dad is Croation and I believe it just means Croatian (as in the
language). The country is pronounced Hrvastska, I think.
But cussing in Croatian sounds really intense. There was one phrase in
particular that, directly translated, meant 'Go back to your mother's
hole'...it had a lot of consonates.
Nate, String Theory
On Mar 5, 2005, at 2:47 PM, Technotica.com wrote:
quoted 29 lines Speaking of 'a Croatian person' & Hrvatski, when I was in NYC a few
> Speaking of 'a Croatian person' & Hrvatski, when I was in NYC a few
> years ago for something, I met a Dj from Croatia. He saw one of my
> Hrvatski cd's, and was shocked, he said that that was a terrible word,
> and why was this artist using it? Sorry I don't remember what it
> meant...does anyone?
>
> Linda
>
> At 02:11 PM 05/03/2005, Al Riley wrote:
>
>> How do you say Hrvatski? Is it case of ignoring those
>> first two letters or do you just go for it and hope
>> that each consonant finds a way to make itself heard?
>
> 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.
>
> Greg
>
>
>
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