Re: [CBQ] What's for lunch?

["jpslhedgpeth via groups.io" <jpslhedgpeth=aol.com@groups.io>]

When ever I see the name Dvorak    I always want to say the last syllable as  'AK" cause that's what it looks like in English.  But my late Czech Wife always said DvorSHAK.  I  I always wondered why she said it that way, but now I know.  The Czech language puts some combinations of letters together and they are pronounced differently than we would in English.  I heard one old guy say  'You've gotta have a "SLAVEK TOUNG" and that is certainly correct.  

We visited the Czech Museum at Cedar Rapids a few years before the first flood destroyed it, but i understand that it's back in business now.  

CedarRapids is still a "hot bed" of Czech Culture and a good Czech restaurant or two.

Pete   

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From: Nelson Moyer <npmoyer@hotmail.com>
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Sent: Sat, Oct 24, 2020 10:46 am
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A lot of Czechs settled in Eastern Iowa with large concentrations between Spillville and Cedar Rapids. Cedar Rapids has a section called Czech Village and very nice Czech museum if you’re ever in Eastern Iowa. I’ve been to Spillville, a quaint town now, but little that’s obviously Czech except the surnames.

 

There was also a Czech population in Yukon, OK just West of Oklahoma City near El Reno, which was a CRI&P division point with a large shop complex. Like the Irish, Germans, and others, maybe Czechs built some of the railroads. A have a railroad buddy here in Iowa City whose ancestors fled Germany to avoid constant wars. They built the Creston Sub on the CB&Q, and as soon as they saved enough money, they bought land and started farming. That’s probably a common history for many European immigrants.

 

Nelson Moyer

Iowa City, IA

 

From: CBQ@groups.io [mailto:CBQ@groups.io] On Behalf Of Stephen Levine via groups.io
Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2020 9:38 AM
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My iPhone’s spellcheck changed Antonin to Antonio and I didn’t catch it. It now knows better.

 

I spent some time last night looking up Spillville, IA, where Dvorak spent time in the United States, seeing if it was, perchance, in Q territory. Alas, it is in Northeast Iowa.  It is currently not served by rail, although nearby Calmar apparently was served by the Milwaukee Road.

On Oct 24, 2020, at 7:58 AM, Nelson Moyer <npmoyer@hotmail.com> wrote:



His Czech name is Antonin, not Antonio, though Antonio is the Italian variant.

 

Nelson Moyer

 

From: CBQ@groups.io [mailto:CBQ@groups.io] On Behalf Of Stephen Levine via groups.io
Sent: Friday, October 23, 2020 10:10 PM
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Speaking of famous Czechs, one of my favorite composers, Antonio Dvorak, was a railfan.

 

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