[muawiyah]

Schimek ~ interesting name ~ Pomeranian I presume ~ modern Serbo-Croation version would be, perhaps, Simic.

Nebraska?

I can only imagine that what we have here is someone who learned Central European authoritarian attitudes at her father's knee.

Amazing how that tradition is so hard to kill of ~ there are some really deep pockets of it here and there.

[redhead]

"Schimek ~ interesting name ~ Pomeranian I presume ~ modern Serbo-Croation version would be, perhaps, Simic. Nebraska?

Nebraska also has numerous Czechs. Simek (with a hacek, adding the "sh" sound to the S--Thus, "Shimek") is a common name in Czech.

[grey_whiskers]

Schimek ~ interesting name ~ Pomeranian I presume ~ modern Serbo-Croation version would be, perhaps, Simic.

I think it sounds more like Schmuck.

Cheers!

[puroresu]

Schimek ~ interesting name ~ Pomeranian I presume ~ modern Serbo-Croation version would be, perhaps, Simic.

Here's a photo of Senator Schimek.