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From: kriha_p@actrix.gen.nz (Paul J. Kriha)
Subject: Re: Development of Slavic Languages?
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In article <3ppfaq$cd4@decaxp.harvard.edu>,
   abenedej@husc7.harvard.edu (Andrej Benedejcic) wrote:
>Ilya Vinarsky (ivin@wes.EECS.Berkeley.EDU) wrote:
>
>: And the Slovaks call themselves Slovenes!!! 
>
>To be precise, the Slovaks call themselves "Slovenci" and they call us,
                                            "Slovaci"

>Slovenes, "Slovinci".  On the other hand, we Slovenes call ourselves
>"Slovenci" and we call the Slovaks "Slovaki". 

There is no confusion here. More interesting case is:

The Slovak/Slovene <feminine noun>  =  Slovenska <fem.noun>
(is "Slovenska" Slovak in Slovak or Slovene in Slovene?)


Paul JK
