Kdo se zeptá, ten se dozví

Have you ever wondered what the correct pronunciation of the salad coleslaw is in Czech? Do the kids get the výzo or vízo at the end of the school year? How did the phrase být k mání get into the Czech language?

These questions and 261 others are answered in this book. Its authors have experience in solving language problems from their work in the Department of Language Cultivation at the Czech Language Institute, The department, among other things, operates the Language Consulting Centre. And just as the authors do in the Centre, in this book, too, they offer answers to a number of seemingly simple but often intricate language problems to all those who are interested in language as it is their hobby or they use it in their profession. For the former, the book is attractive with its reader-friendly style while the latter can check whether the answers given are sufficiently supported with data and literature as there are numerous references to language resources and tools.