Re: Slavic v. Slavonic

>Your definitions of "Slavic" and Slavonic" are not entirely accurate.
>The term "Slavonic" can be used as a generic reference to all the
>languages in the family, such as Reginald de Bray's "Guide to the
>Slavonic Languages."
>
> Andy Howey

That's the usage in English. But in Romanian, Slavonic (i.e. <slavon>)
is restricted to OCS. For the generic reference, the adj. <slav> is
used. The gentleman who had put the initial questions in this respect
must indeed have been influenced by the usage dichotomy in the
Romanian language.

George