hacek hacek diminutive czech word hak meaning hook mistaken lot czechs attribute innovation religious linguistic reformer jan hus 1369 1415 sources however introducing dot letters indicate palatalization rather hacek one czech pedagogical grammars claims haceks appearing czech manuscripts late 13th century another explains language diacritical conventions stabilized around end 16th century publications church czech brethren used haceks rather hus dots introduced hacek could uneducated opinion seen haceks hebrew manuscripts like described alice faber recent posting nt know way recently seen haceks used phonological renderings swiss german journals berne dating around 1920 beitraege zur schweizerdeutschen grammatik last year also saw czech press one two essays czech jounalists stationed overseas complained peculiarity haceks e g found international typewriter keyboards would make lives easier czechs would adopt ordinary way rendering sounds question much doubt however opinion much shared colleagues compatriots james kirchner