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To: Barney Gumble

"I'm surprised the Czechs fared so opposite of the Poles"

Presumably you have heard of the "Bohemian Lifestyle"?

Historical Bohemia is located in the Czech Republic.


15 posted on 05/24/2005 11:22:08 AM PDT by monday
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To: monday
Monday, I know where Bohemia is, but the Bohemians they refer to in the "Bohemian Lifestyle" comes from the fact that the real Bohemians kicked out the Gypsies, whom fled west to France. The French ended up calling them Bohemians and used the term bohemian.

However, real Czechs are not gypies and I doubt that they appreciate such a suggestion.

16 posted on 05/24/2005 11:49:24 AM PDT by Barney Gumble (All It Takes For Evil to Succeed is for Good Men to Do Nothing.)
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