Existing in a variety of forms, the quatrain appears in poems from the poetic traditions of various ancient civilizations including Ancient India, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, and China; and, continues into the 21st century, where it is seen in works published in many languages.
I always thought that Mgr. refers to a manager and that's what you find in dictionaries as well. People in Czech use it to stress the fact they are the boss:) Magistr does apply to Master, as in Master's degree, and short versions are M, MAS, or mstr.
This is based on a conversation I had earlier here with a Czech guy, who said he thinks the Czech Republic is Central European like Austria, Germany, etc, but also not really German or Slavic like Poland. I always saw it as being western Slavic like Slovakia and Poland, but I'll take his word for it! 09-11-2008, 04:20 PM.