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The eternal Slovenia-Slovakia mix-up: This time, it’s personal.

A Christmas gift arrived for me yesterday via Bratislava. I laughed when I saw the sticker on the packaging. The lady at the post office didn’t think it was funny, though. Not that they would ever laugh anyway.

There was some Slovak on the package and it was neat to see that I could understand it, even though some of the characters were smudged beyond recognition. It said something like this:

Prišlo poškodené z cudziny

I first guessed that this meant “Arrived damaged and with irregularities(?)” since I thought cudziny might be related to the Slovene word Ä?uden. (strange) But after poking around online, it seems that it’s actually “from abroad.” Still: I got the gist of it, and that was a great feeling.

Inexplicably, however: the contents weren’t damaged at all. It was all talk. Or all sticker, in this case. Not that I’m complaining. I’m just happy it arrived.

(Thanks for the gift, Tron!)

Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2007 to The Eternal Slovenia/Slovakia Mix-Up ¦ Comments (14)