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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!hunter.premier.net!netnews.worldnet.att.net!news.u.washington.edu!dpeschel From: dpeschel@u.washington.edu (Derek Peschel) Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Czech Date: 18 Nov 1996 22:03:08 GMT Organization: University of Washington, Seattle Lines: 16 Message-ID: <56qmes$d4o@nntp1.u.washington.edu> References: <55vhpf$q3o@mail1.wg.waii.com> <560146$t9c@mail1.wg.waii.com> <E0L92J.4tM@world.std.com> <56q2m4$8db@innocence.interface-business.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: saul5.u.washington.edu NNTP-Posting-User: dpeschel Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.misc:26521 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1551 alt.folklore.computers:124849 In article <56q2m4$8db@innocence.interface-business.de>, J Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de> wrote: >All this does only work since the Czechs are really able to pronounce >the `l' in this name. They can also pronounce an `r', as in `prst' >(which means `finger' IIRC). Not only that, 'prst' is one of the words in an interesting sentence: Strc prst skrz krk which means "Stick finger down throat." As you can see, the sentence contains no vowels. The 'c' is pronounced /ch/ as in teach, chain, etc. Aside from that, you're on your own. :) -- Derek