# Any Czech that can translate this?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 30, 2002, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-czech-that-can-translate-this/106549 "2002-04-30T21:04:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-czech-that-can-translate-this/106549/1 "2002-04-30T21:04:06Z")

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I got this single, cryptic line of text in an unknown e-mail. I assume it’s Czech spam. Can anyone tell me what it says?

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> Nûkdo navrhnul odpovûì na VaÜi otázku KudoZ. Název:

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-czech-that-can-translate-this/106549/2 "2002-05-01T01:52:02Z")

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Dunno what it is, but I don’t think it’s Czech. This website has a list of “vowels and consonants with weird symbols above them for people who don’t have Czech keyboards”, and none of the “vowels and consonants with weird symbols above them” that are in your e-mail are on their list.

[http://www.wordbook.cz/slovnik.php?fjazyk=en](http://www.wordbook.cz/slovnik.php?fjazyk=en)

It’s not Finnish. Finnish alphabet.

> **[Finnish language, alphabet and pronunciation](https://www.omniglot.com/writing/finnish.htm)**

BTW, this Finnish alphabet web page has a humongous list at the bottom of “other writing systems”–I’ll let you be the one to go through them. 😃

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**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-czech-that-can-translate-this/106549/3 "2002-05-01T15:16:16Z")

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It’s not Czech, but it looks like another Slavic language. I’m pretty sure “odpovui” is some form of “to ask” in whatever language it is, and “otazku” is “question.” After that, you’re on your own.

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**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-czech-that-can-translate-this/106549/4 "2002-05-01T21:02:30Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Fretful Porpentine \*  
> \*\*It’s not Czech, but it looks like another Slavic language. I’m pretty sure “odpovui” is some form of “to ask” in whatever language it is, and “otazku” is “question.” After that, you’re on your own. \*\*

Sorry, it’s actually Slovak, I think. I originally pasted the words into google and came up with a ton of .cz domains, but now that I look back at the message, I realize that I foolishly glanced right past the sender’s domain–“inmail.sk”.