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Even More New Nouns

Even more new nouns: Zidle, Chair, Holka, Girl, Slovnik, Dictionary, Posta, (easy one) Post office, Lampa, (even easier) Lamp, and Student, (easiest), Student. (links fixed now. sorry!)

Author owenPosted on June 25, 2000November 20, 2006Categories Updates

Unicode

I’ve done a little experiment in Unicode, a format for encoding special Czech characters for web pages. The test is this text-based contents page. I’d appreciate feedback on it. Does it work for you? If not, what kind of computer do you have? What kind and what version of browser?

Author owenPosted on June 25, 2000May 18, 2006Categories Site News

Pickled Herring

From A Natural History of the @ Sign:

“Czech (Czech Republic)
In Czech, @ is called zavinac (pronounced ZAHV-in-ach), meaning ‘rollmops,’ or pickled herring. Perhaps the shape suggests herring packed tightly in a jar!”

That must be zavináč (darn diacritics).

Author owenPosted on June 22, 2000July 21, 2018Categories Language

Slunce, Dum, Kniha

More new nouns: Slunce, Sun, Dum, House, and Kniha, Book.

Author owenPosted on June 21, 2000November 20, 2006Categories Updates

Pero, Sesit, Ucebnice

Three new entries, in honor of some news I heard yesterday. A visitor told me she found my site via a Frommer’s book on Prague! I had no idea. I wonder, is it this one? I’ll check my local bookstore. The new nouns are Pero, Pen, Sesit, Notebook, and Ucebnice, Textbook.

Author owenPosted on June 10, 2000November 20, 2006Categories Updates

Corrections

A few corrections, courtesy a generous reader: Darek now has the proper diacritic over the A; Zert has been properly alphabetized in the index; and Pasta has been corrected to read, more specifically, Zubni Pasta. Thanks Daniel!

If you see any other mistakes, please let me know!

Author owenPosted on March 4, 2000November 20, 2006Categories Updates

Bily, Moderni, Velky

Three new adjectives for the brand-new adjective section: Bily, White, Moderni, Modern, and Velky, Big.

Author owenPosted on February 29, 2000November 20, 2006Categories Updates

Hey, new front page!

Hey, new front page!. Well, I wanted to be able to showcase the three sections, including the new one, Adjectives. I hope you like it.

Author owenPosted on February 27, 2000November 20, 2006Categories Site News

Mleko, Napoj, Vejce. Obchodni Dum and Zelenina

A few things last night: Mleko, Milk, Napoj, Drink, and Vejce, Egg. And this morning, Obchodni Dum, Department Store, and Zelenina, Vegetables.

Author owenPosted on February 6, 2000November 20, 2006Categories Updates

Maslo, Kalendar, Brat, Jet

Two nouns today, Maslo and Kalendar, and two verbs: Brat and Jet.

Author owenPosted on January 19, 2000November 20, 2006Categories Updates

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