Re: Odp: Odp: Slavic or Slavonian?

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 963
Date: 2000-01-18

 
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From: Simona Klemencic
To: cybalist@egroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 3:05 PM
Subject: [cybalist] Re: Odp: Slavic or Slavonian?

Piotr writes:   BTW, there are also Slovenians, Slovaks (who call their country Slovensko) and Slovincians (an extinct ethnos close to the Kashubians in northern Poland).
 
Simona comments: I've been taught that I should call myself and the language I speak Slovene when speaking English. But recently the adjective Slovenian can be seen as well. I don't think it's very common to use it as a noun.
Thanks for the correction, Simona. Of course Slovene is the correct word for an inhabitant of Slovenia. As a brother Slav I should have known better, but I was writing in haste. Nevertheless, Slovenian for the language can be found very often, especially in American sources.
 
Piotr