Thursday, August 4, 2011

Why does Bohemian denote a disorganised lifestyle?

The Czech province of Bohemia is probably the most Germanised part of Eastern Europe with the most disciplined, conformist, easily governed population, notorious as the chief recruitment ground for the Austro-Hungarian bureaucracy, satirised by Kafka, and yet Bohemian is an international term for someone with a disorganised, "arty", free-love life style. How come?

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