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> "Robota" is a job or some work that one has to do, not necessarily forced as Google suggests. This is a popular misconception among speakers of other slavic
by dvdkon 3y ago
> "Robota" is a job or some work that one has to do, not necessarily forced as Google suggests.
This is a popular misconception among speakers of other slavic languages, but the Czech word "robota" really does refer to forced work performed by feudal serfs: https://prirucka.ujc.cas.cz/?slovo=robota https://prirucka.ujc.cas.cz/?slovo=robota
- neuromanser 3y agoYes, robota has a different meaning in Czech (mandatory work performed by serfs for the benefit of their landlord) than in eg. Slovak or Russian where it means simply "work". Cf. Slovak phrase "Idem do roboty". Btw Rossum in “Rossum’s Universal Robots” means "Reason".