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The correct name is Mihály Csíkszentmihályi (never mind the diacritics, but the "i" appended to the first name is definitely wrong). Explanation for language n
by rob74 5y ago
The correct name is Mihály Csíkszentmihályi (never mind the diacritics, but the "i" appended to the first name is definitely wrong).
Explanation for language nerds: Mihály is the Hungarian version of "Michael", Csíkszentmihály is a Hungarian village in Romania with a name derived from St. Michael (https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mih%C4%83ileni,_Harghita https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mih%C4%83ileni,_Harghita), and the "i" at the end denotes a toponymic surname (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toponymic_surname https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toponymic_surname).
- MadeThisToReply 5y ago"Cheeks sent me high"
- friendly_chap 5y agoHungarian here: that is a remarkably close approximation. Almost perfect, except the vowel in "me" is longer than our short "i" which sounds just like the vowel in the word "in".
- fagnerbrack 5y agoThat was copy/paste from the tweet
- madcaptenor 5y agoLooks like there are a whole bunch of towns with similar names: Csíkszentgyörgy, Csíkszentkirály, Csíkszentmiklós, ... (from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cs%C3%ADk_(disambiguation) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cs%C3%ADk_(disambiguation)) - Csík was a county of Hungary that's now in Romania, so a lot of towns in that area have Csík in their Hungarian names.
- dang 5y agoFixed in title now. Thanks!