Articles tagged 'language'
| Title | Headline | Summary | Media | Date | hf:tags | |
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 | Ová | They think it's all ová | Women in the Czech Republic may soon be able to take non-gendered versions of their surnames, after MPs backed a change in the law. In Czech, the ending ová is added automatically to almost all female surnames, even foreign ones, and they can only be dropped in very limited circumstances. It’s been that way for centuries … but could be about to change. | BBC From Our Own Correspondent | 2021-06-10 | czech language politics women |
 | Czechia | Short form 'Czechia' struggles to gain recognition | The government of the Czech Republic is making a new push to use ‘Czechia’ – the official short name of the country in English – pointing out that few people say ‘the Federal Republic of Germany’ instead of ‘Germany’, or ‘the Russian Federation’ for ‘Russia’. However, the short form is struggling to find recognition – both at home and abroad. | BBC Radio 4 | 2016-05-11 | czech czechoslovakia language politics |