Elizabeth Spacilova Sep 15, 2007:

Yeah, every country has their Kocourkovy & shadow of absurdity. (Sorry to reply so late, I was off dealing with the Wise Men of Brandys). I also think of Batman and NYC when I hear Gotham, but Gotham Village, if your readers are 'wise', works well.

Andarin (asker) Sep 14, 2007:

absurdistan again yeah, ta elizabeth, I am aware of the territorial aspect of the thing, however i do not feel that in the given context (neverending debates and silly fiddling, complaints and all, about the somewhat controversial project for the new national library) i much pressured to stick to the narrow meaning/definition of the term. this country is full of kocourkovs innit :) would you agree?

Andarin (asker) Sep 14, 2007:

Absurdistan? dekuji velmi mnoho za odpovedi, basket case bych zrejme pouzil v jinem kontextu (ano ekonomika, ale spis pri referenci k nejaky obvious blaznivce ;), gotham je sice pekny pokus, nicmene wise men of Gotham, podle me, nesplnuji az tolik kriteria typicky ceskeho "chytraceni", vychcanosti a absurdity. Ja sam si Gotham spis spojim s comicsem a Batmanem a obavam se, ze tato kulturni ikona prebije puvodni (mozne i ftipnejsi) story / vyznam. Hledal sem dal, a domnivam se, ze Abusrdistan (i kdyz je to pomerne vetsi teritorialni celek) zni nejvystizneji ... souhlasite? a quick random test by e-mail dvema angl. nativum v podobnem kontextualnim zneni potvrdial, ze pojmu rozumeji spravne... Nicmene specielne dekuji za Abderu/ite, to je opravdu pekne, nicmene se domnivam, ze je to hazeni perel svinim (opravdu narocny odkaz :). Hezky den a vikend!