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Уже двое возмущенных читателей попались на сообщение о том, что слово "робот" придумал Йозеф Чапек.
Волобуев, вот вам ссылка:
"While Karel Čapek is frequently acknowledged as the originator of the word, he wrote a short letter in reference to the Oxford English Dictionary etymology in which he named his brother, painter and writer Josef Čapek as its true inventor. In an article in the Czech Lidové noviny in 1930, he also explains that he originally wanted to call the creature "dělňas" (from the Czech "dělat"- to work, to do). However, Josef did not like this word and advised Karel, who was writing the play in Trenčianske Teplice in Slovakia, to inspire himself by the local language, in which "work" is expressed by the word robota. (robota means "drudgery" in Czech and "work" in Slovak)".
Интересно, что у "делняса" никаких шансов на международной арене не было просто уже по причине диакритики. Не говоря о фонетике.