Comments on: Budvar staying Czech-owned … for now

By: Stonch

Stonch — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:06:24 +0000

and indeed in America “ties” are called “neckties”

By: Evan Rail

Evan Rail — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:07:20 +0000

Yes, it does depend on the country — after all, British public schools have their own neckties, while American public schools have gun detectors.

Incidentally, the “n.p.” after the name in Czech stands for národní podnik, or national enterprise, and the word naturally comes with very patriotic connections. For example, the slogan above the stage of Prague’s National Theatre (founded in the same wave of Czech national awakening as Budvar) says “Národ Sob?,” or “A Nation For Itself.”

By: Stonch

Stonch — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:47:40 +0000

It depends on the law of the country in question, but generally a government owned corporation is *not* referred to as a “public company”.

By: Stan Hieronymus

Stan Hieronymus — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:36:30 +0000

To those who might be confused about the meaning of the comment above. The headline first said “Budvar staying private,” which was confusing.

So following Stephen’s suggestion I changed it.

By: Stephen Beaumont

Stephen Beaumont — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:26:18 +0000

At the risk of appearing pedantic, Stan, shouldn’t that be “Budvar staying public“? Government-owned firms are, after all, generally known as public corporations…