[Facts] Onomastics and cold war politics
It was the late Marshall Tito who added -ski endings to Bulgarian surnames in the region of today's FYROM, so as to generate a "macedonian" nationality (distinct from the Bulgarian) to serve his geopolitical priorities. As I understand, most "macedonians" in FYROM whose surname ends with -ski have Bulgarian great-grandparents whose surnames ended with -ev or -ov.So Kassios, the chances you find a pre-1940s inscription with "Alexandrovski" are practically zero. As good sports, we should be on the outlook for Alexandrevs or Alexandrovs :P
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About "Dexter"  ·  Kassios  ·  2/19/2006, 3:45 AM
Re: About "Dexter"  ·  Mike C  ·  2/19/2006, 3:37 PM
Re: About "Dexter"  ·  Kassios  ·  2/20/2006, 1:48 AM
Re: About "Dexter"  ·  Mike C  ·  2/21/2006, 11:24 AM
Re: About "Dexter"  ·  Kassios  ·  2/22/2006, 1:09 AM
Re: About "Dexter"  ·  Mike C  ·  2/22/2006, 5:51 PM
That'll be good...  ·  Kassios  ·  2/23/2006, 12:24 AM
Furthermore...  ·  Pavlos  ·  2/20/2006, 3:31 AM
To put it in the immortal words of...  ·  Ivayla  ·  2/20/2006, 12:11 PM
Surely a hilarious thing to say...  ·  Kassios  ·  2/21/2006, 12:10 AM
Ah, Kassios...  ·  Ivayla  ·  2/21/2006, 10:37 AM
Re: Ah, Kassios...  ·  Kassios  ·  2/21/2006, 10:52 AM
Pass me the windex ;) nt  ·  Pavlos  ·  2/20/2006, 10:05 PM
OT: I like your quote n/t  ·  Ivayla  ·  2/19/2006, 9:11 AM
Re: OT: I like your quote n/t  ·  Kassios  ·  2/19/2006, 10:23 AM
Onomastics and cold war politics  ·  Pavlos  ·  2/19/2006, 11:38 PM
Re: Onomastics and cold war politics  ·  Kassios  ·  2/20/2006, 12:29 AM
Not exactly . . .  ·  Chrisell  ·  2/19/2006, 6:42 AM
Re: Sorry, double post it..  ·  Kassios  ·  2/19/2006, 7:39 AM
Re: Exactly . . .  ·  Mar  ·  2/19/2006, 7:47 AM
Re: Exactly . . .  ·  Kassios  ·  2/19/2006, 7:53 AM
Re: Exactly . . .  ·  Mar  ·  2/19/2006, 9:16 AM