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It was the late Marshall Tito who added -ski endings to Bulgarian surnames in the region of today's FYROM, so as to generate a "macedonian" nationality (distinct from the Bulgarian) to serve his geopolitical priorities. As I understand, most "macedonians" in FYROM whose surname ends with -ski have Bulgarian great-grandparents whose surnames ended with -ev or -ov.

So Kassios, the chances you find a pre-1940s inscription with "Alexandrovski" are practically zero. As good sports, we should be on the outlook for Alexandrevs or Alexandrovs :P

• About "Dexter" - Kassios  Feb 19 2006, 3:45:14 AM
  • Re: About "Dexter" - Mike C  Feb 19 2006, 3:37:28 PM
    • Re: About "Dexter" - Kassios  Feb 20 2006, 1:48:43 AM
      • Re: About "Dexter" - Mike C  Feb 21 2006, 11:24:24 AM
        • Re: About "Dexter" - Kassios  Feb 22 2006, 1:09:49 AM
          • Re: About "Dexter" - Mike C  Feb 22 2006, 5:51:31 PM
            • That'll be good... - Kassios  Feb 23 2006, 12:24:12 AM
      • Furthermore... - Pavlos  Feb 20 2006, 3:31:52 AM
        • To put it in the immortal words of... - Ivayla  Feb 20 2006, 12:11:01 PM
          • Surely a hilarious thing to say... - Kassios  Feb 21 2006, 12:10:00 AM
            • Ah, Kassios... - Ivayla  Feb 21 2006, 10:37:41 AM
              • Re: Ah, Kassios... - Kassios  Feb 21 2006, 10:52:02 AM
          • Pass me the windex ;) nt - Pavlos  Feb 20 2006, 10:05:29 PM
  • OT: I like your quote n/t - Ivayla  Feb 19 2006, 9:11:30 AM
    • Re: OT: I like your quote n/t - Kassios  Feb 19 2006, 10:23:19 AM
      • Onomastics and cold war politics - Pavlos  Feb 19 2006, 11:38:09 PM
        • Re: Onomastics and cold war politics - Kassios  Feb 20 2006, 12:29:50 AM
  • Not exactly . . . - Chrisell  Feb 19 2006, 6:42:35 AM
    • Re: Sorry, double post it.. - Kassios  Feb 19 2006, 7:39:55 AM
      • Re: Exactly . . . - Mar  Feb 19 2006, 7:47:50 AM
        • Re: Exactly . . . - Kassios  Feb 19 2006, 7:53:11 AM
          • Re: Exactly . . . - Mar  Feb 19 2006, 9:16:08 AM