The world has changed a lot. "The scribes and the Pharisees have multiplied," sighed Endre Ady that year! Today is no different!
In the past, Mr. Novák's wife was called Mrs. Novák. Today he is also Novák. So no, or only rarely. Emancipation is useless. Not even a modern baby girl can cry like ova, ova😊
Now the Czechs have decided to change the system of Czech female names. Czech women can drop the ending "-ová" from their names, so in the future they can choose whether to use the feminine or masculine ending of their surname in official documents.
Czech President Milos Zeman signed the law on this matter on Thursday The bill was previously approved by both houses of the Czech legislature with an overwhelming majority.
Previously, according to common practice in Slavic-speaking countries, Czech women had to add the suffix "-ová" when taking their husband's surname. For example, if a woman's husband is named Novák, then the names of his wife and daughters are automatically changed to Nováková. However, in recent years, all of this has met with increasing resistance. Helena Válková , the initiator of the current regulation, for example, described the practice as inequality between the sexes.
In addition, the ending "-ová" will not disappear from the Czech vocabulary anytime soon, not least because many women insist on it. What's more, the suffix is also displayed on foreign names, so, for example, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is listed as Angela Merkelová
We only have Merkel!
Source: vasarnap.hu
Featured image: Hungarian Svejk blog
