Talk:Slovak exonyms

message: I changed the name to Vratislav; as defined in Lexikón slovenských dejín, SPN, Bratislava, 1999. Jancikotuc 08:00, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrocław -> Vratislav 

message: This article lists some non-Slovak but Slavic traditional names for towns in non-Slavic countries. Such cities include: Skadar, Bendery, Drač, Belák and most of German cities (whose Slovak names are undoubtedly of Czech origin, e.g. Cáchy). Jancikotuc 20:29, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Traditional Slavic Names 

message: It can be tough to judge whether or not a Slovak name of a city is a contemporary one. Many small towns in present-day Austria, Germany, Hungary and Romania phased out of everyday talk after the WWI. As a result, names such as Rezno, Štajerský Hradec, Ráb and Veľký Varadín might sound old-fashioned to some Slovaks, but technically they are not.
The Slovak names of Italian cities usually stem from their original Latin version (Trident, Tarent, Neapol) or German version (Turín).
Slovak names of Ukrainian cities usually resemble their respective Russian equivalents. Jancikotuc 20:42, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I would agree. Determining whether an exonym is historical is nearly impossible. Many exonyms are only used in specific, often local contexts. For example : most German exonyms for towns in Sonderjylland will be unknown to most Germans, while they are well known and widely used in Schleswig-Holstein. I would usually regard an exonym and historical if it doesn't appear in any literature post 1900, i.e. it is only used in pre-1900 books, maps, newspapers etc. Travelbird 22:26, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current vs. Archaic name 

message: I also removed the two towns listed above since "Berševa" and "Betlehem" aren't really exonyms. They just differ in transliteration method from the normal English spelling. Travelbird 22:15, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bethlehem and Beersheva 

message: Since Belgium has two official languages, i thought it would be nice (politically correct?) to give both names for every Belgian city. Anybody thinks it's inappropriate? Jancikotuc 15:57, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The problem is that Belgium kis acctually no longer officially billgual. Until about 20 years ago all of Belgium way officially bilingual and cities like Antwerp and Liège were offcially called Antwerpen-Anvers and Liège-Luik. After the regionalisation of Belgium into 3 Regions and 3 Language areas this is no longer the case, the only exception being the Brussels Region. Thus names such as Luik are now also offical exonyms in addition to being actual exonyms. Since this list is about exonyms (right column) as compared to endonyms (left column) we probably shouldn't mix the two columns for clarity's sake. Travelbird 16:24, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: THX, so be it. Jancikotuc 20:04, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bilingualism 

message: Hi, i reverted the Slovak names of Shkodër and Iaşi back to the reference found in . Yes I know how the Romanian word Iaşi si pronounced, but that's no point. The traditional Slovak name is pronounced Jasy (yah-see).
:I came here after two years and found out it was changed back. So I reverted it and added a footnote for everyone to see which version is correct. Jancikotuc (talk) 14:58, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Minor reverts from May 28, 2008 

message: I am cleaning up this article and remove several names for the following reaons: 
1) They are nor a true exonym, but rather simply a different transliteration that the one commonly used in English (e.g. Wūlǔmùqí / Urumči)
2) In cities with multiple official name, Slovak uses one name whie English uses another (e.g. Luxembourg / Luxemburg)
3) The Slovak name given is purely a rendition of the pronouncation of diacriticial marks or letters that do not exist in the Slovak language (e.g. Hà Nội / Hanoj)
Travelbird (talk) 13:48, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup 

message: Who, other than their authors, looks at such pages? What's the use of an endless list of examples of the obvious fact that each language adapts foreign words to its own phonology?  If you find such lists useful, please tell me how. —Tamfang (talk) 04:12, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why?