The proposal of Lukáš Machala, vice-chairman of the STVR Council, also reached our borders. What is it about? During , which took place on Tuesday, March 24, declared Machala that the quality of Slovak in the public media has been declining for a long time. “This is a disaster. This is not Slovak Television or Slovak Radio, this is the television of the Republic of South Africa and Azerbaijan,” he said at the meeting.
In his opinion, mistakes should not remain without consequences. He gave an example from the past, when journalists were fined for language offenses, and according to him, a similar system should be returned. Machala received the most attention for his statement about the use of the abbreviation USA. According to him, the abbreviation SŠA should be used, like the United States of America. “Let’s start using those abbreviations as they are in Slovak,” Machala was indignant.
Journalist Zuzana Kovačič Hanzelová pointed out his statements on the social network. “Lukáš Machala says at the STVR Council that editors using the US title, for example, will have their salary deducted for non-literary language. According to him, they should use the name of the country SŠA (United States of America),” she added.
However, the list of Machala’s objections to the work of the editors did not end there. He also does not like the use of Ukrainian place names. “According to him, the United States of America is the USA and the USA is Anglicanism. He is also bothered by Miškolc, he is from Miškovec. And Kyiv is Kyiv. He offered to personally give the editors training.” she added in the context of the proposed changes in the Slovak public media.
This proposal to change the writing of abbreviations by Machal also amused the Czech moderator Vašek Matějovský, who regularly informs about such news in the morning show on Fajn radio.
“Shorter evening news or the use of the abbreviation USA instead of the USA. Changes are coming in Slovak television. Well, laugh, we are also waiting for it. And you ask why USA? I assume that the United States of America or Slovakia sucks, amateurs,” he said ironically, putting together an unconventional US. You can find the VIDEO at the end of the article.
