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... because I haven't ever lived for a longer time in any eastern European countries, exept Russia - and there mostly baceuse my realtives live there.
One more link. I don't speak much Czech, but I think that everyone who speaks slavic languages will understand at least the main idea.
I tried, but I didn't find Maria in M-names. :S
http://www.vestirna.com/www2/_jmena/jmena.php?pismeno=M&jmeno=Marie
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'Not causing trouble, not touching anything, fixing the primus'
Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita
One more link. I don't speak much Czech, but I think that everyone who speaks slavic languages will understand at least the main idea.
I tried, but I didn't find Maria in M-names. :S
http://www.vestirna.com/www2/_jmena/jmena.php?pismeno=M&jmeno=Marie
...................
'Not causing trouble, not touching anything, fixing the primus'
Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita
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Very strange. Maybe I'm confusing Czech and Slovak. I hope someone else knows something more and posts.
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I really think you are confusing them. Slovaks use the "-ia" forms, I think, but Czechs tend not to.
Example: According to statistics, there are 332 918 MariEs and 3 826 MariAs in the Czech Republic. So it's hundred to one for "-iE".
You can find the statistics for females here:
http://www.mvcr.cz/sprava/informat/cetnost/2007/jmena_zeny/cet_jmena_zeny_vsechny.xls
Example: According to statistics, there are 332 918 MariEs and 3 826 MariAs in the Czech Republic. So it's hundred to one for "-iE".
You can find the statistics for females here:
http://www.mvcr.cz/sprava/informat/cetnost/2007/jmena_zeny/cet_jmena_zeny_vsechny.xls
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Anyway, thanks for your symphaty to my "problem"! :)
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