Listen KO, after the Yugoslav kingdom Macedonia they changed everyone's name to -ić. After the Bulgarian Nazis occupied in WWII, they changed everyone's names from -ić to -ov/-ev. If there was a Macedonian movement to change surnames to -ski after Macedonia became a socialist republic of Yugoslavia, at least it was done with Macedonian identity in mind. Also, if it was a forced name change, then everyone from R. Macedonia would uniformly have the same name suffix system, but we don't. How is that to be explained by the heritage Nazi Bulgars and Neo-Nazi Greeks?
To me, the difference between -ov/-ev and -ski is insignificant, because both are grammatically interchangeable. My surname is officially ends with -ovski but colloquially it's -ov or just -o or even -oj.
To me, the difference between -ov/-ev and -ski is insignificant, because both are grammatically interchangeable. My surname is officially ends with -ovski but colloquially it's -ov or just -o or even -oj.
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