[LUGOS-SLO] Slovene ali Slovenian

[Grega Fajdiga]

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>Hint zakaj je Slovenian bolje kot Slovene:
>Slovar Angleško Angleškega jezika pravi (Colins >Cobuild 1993) >>
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>slovenly - Someone who is slovenly is careless, untidy, >and inefficient in
>their appearance or behaviour.

Po drugi strani pa:

Oh dear, not this old chestnut again...

For the record, "sloven" is the sort of word you find in a dictionary,
but which real-life English speakers seldom if ever use and which, prior
to encountering the Slovenian/Slovene issue, I had never even heard of.

As for there being a mental link or association between "sloven" and
"Slovene", it is about as plausible as a native speaker of English
thinking a Virginian is a virgin or that an Oxfordian  fords oxen....

There is no US/UK divide between use of Slovene/Slovenian - Websters and
the Oxford English Dictionary state both are acceptable.

Rejoicing in the varied riches of the English language, I use both
Slovene and Slovenian, and am not afraid to admit it. :-)

LP
Wayne McCallum

Lp,
Grega