Czech studies

[Zuzana Nagy]

Mr. Rechcigl uses an abbreviation of his first name i.e. Mila for
Miloslav. The fact that there is an 'a' at the end of a first name is not
always an infallible indicator of gender even in Czech, Slovak.


Zuzana Nagy
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On Thu, 12 Jan 2006, karlahuebner at compuserve.com wrote:

> A little hard to tell, in this context. The Mila referred to in the
> original email did not have an -ova or other feminine surname ending. I
> know a male Czech Mila (I assume it is short for Milan in his case). There
> are certainly Czech male diminutives ending in "a".
>
> Karla Huebner
>
>
> Original Message:
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> From: KatarinaPeitlova peitlovakatarina at TISCALI.IT
> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 09:47:46 +0100
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> Subject: [SEELANGS] Czech studies
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>
>
> - not to "him" , but  to  HER. Mila   should be a woman.
>  Katarina
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