The Czech Files

P.F. I guess you have already seen this abbreviation. What does it mean? In Czech it means Happy New Year. Actually it should be Š.N.R. as in Šťastný nový rok, but it would probably be too simple, and some people like it more complicated, to be able to pretend that they are well educated. They think that the French expression pour féliciter is the best for this occasion. To be precise, in the 17th and 18th century, “p.f.” was used on so-called visiting/calling cards meaning congratulations, not necessarily connected with the new year, in this case they would use “p.f.N.A.”. Anyway, you can find PF2007 only in Czech or Slovak texts, but never in French. They would rather say Bonne année 2007. And that is what we wish you too.

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