Two Ways Czech People have Surprised Me Since Starting this Channel (Prague Vlog at Petřín Tower)
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- čas přidán 16. 08. 2022
- Today in this Vlog I walk up Petřín Hill which is the first Touristy activity I ever did when I first came to Prague. In this video I discuss and two ways Czech People have Surprised Me since I started this youtube Channel and give a little history about Petřín Tower which was inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.
What are your thoughts on the two ways Czechs have surprised me? Let me know in the Comments below.
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Lol, like 3 weeks ago, when I subscribed, there was like 10 subscribers, now almost 500... Great job!
Randomly the youtube algo started pushing my videos haha Thanks!
Hi, literally found your channel today and I like the content so far, so keep it up! The whole Czechia vs Czech Republic thing is a little overblown in my opinion, btw. when I'm abroad and/or encountering foreigners, they usually don't confuse my country with Chechnya, but usually think that we are still Czechoslovakia. If you like the parks of Prague, I would highly recommend Obora Hvězda and Divoká Šárka.
I havent been to Divoká Šárka yet, Thanks!
Overblown indeed, for each his own preference.
Long live the Czech Republic
We Czechs just like to hear positives about us and our country :D Small tip, leave the screenshots little bit longer on when you are commenting on them. I know I could stop the video and read it but this makes for a "harsh" transition.
Thanks for the recommendation on the screenshots! Sorry that is a harsh transition. Iv been taking video editing courses in skillshare trying to get timing and editing better.
Nenech se odradit a dělej co máš rád.👍💪
Diky Moc Jan
@@ThePragueExpat0 *jane :)
Like your channel, keep going, good job! Long live Czech Republic! 🙂
Czechs are truly lovely people!
Hi from Prague! Really enjoying your videos.
Thanks Marek!
Hello, I like your content very much, pease keep it up. I think the overall positivity of the comments will diminsh a bit when you start to bring more criticism of the life in the Czrech Rep (which can be expected anyway). One tip for a vlog: differences in the public transport in Czech Rep and the US. What do you think about it?
yeah thats a great idea! public transit outside of the cities like in small towns is almost non existent but then just comparing big city public transit with Prague's has so many differences. Thanks!
When I find something to be critical about I guess we will se how that goes over.
The last few years in America were exhausting with the politics and the riots and then Covid.. All I wanted was to live in a peaceful place and I have found that peace here.
Hi, Love to watch your chanel! It’s always really interesting to hear foreigner’s opinions and impressions of the Czech Republic or comparison of CZ and other cultures:)
Thanks Pavla!
Love your videos.
Thanks David!
Nice video, it's hot as hell these days ! I'm going swimming with my kids tomorrow. Keep cool and stay hydrated!
Yeah tomorrow is going to be a scorcher!
Just found your channel today and I know very little about the Czech republic/ Czechia so I am delighted to subscribe, especially as your wife is from there and thus you are not just a tourist! I look forward to watching your previous and future videos. Greetings from Ireland ☘️
Hi! My Mom lives in Killrush!
@@ThePragueExpat0 Wow.. I pass through there the odd time I get the Tarbert to Killimer ferry. I live in County Mayo. Small world eh! I used visit my friend in Kilkee. I assume that you have visited Co Clare? 😊
@@shooster5884 Yeah Iv been all over Ireland. I lived in Ireland for 6 months in 93 (I was 5). I have family in Co Carlow in Tullow. I have family in Dublin. Yes Iv been to Co Clare:) I will be spending Christmas with my Mom this year in Ireland.. booking our tickets soon while they are still cheap.
When any author composes longer text or speech, when a term is used many times, its always useful to use both variants as it makes speech richer. Its a practice recommended for all words so why country name would be different :) But even when in short speech, both variants are ok and number of those who cannot adapt to shorter version will decrease with time definitely. BTW I prefer the shorter one, because the longer sounds too official and fears about Chechnya is absurd as covered in other comments. Good luck with your channel dude!
This might be the best comment on this issue Iv read yet. Definitely a great reason to use both.
Only The Czech Republic for me :)
Greatings from Poland (Lechia:) trzymaj sie
Thanks I am looking forward to trips to Poland. I bought a car when I moved here against what alot of people told me I should do so I can explore the entire region easily
@@ThePragueExpat0 great idea . My city is Wroclaw with I really recomending for begining of the Pl trip . Ill going back to London 20 september where I living .. If you wnt come here before middle of september just let me know . take care
Al
Thanks I will let you know if I go to Wroclaw before September 20.
OK. Once again. If you´re in Brno check the underground water reservoirs. Better to investigate first if it´s opened. I believe they plan to open those in the autumn. They look spectacular.
(And BTW- Kombucha countrylife bio. The best I found so far).
haha Thanks for the Kombucha recommendation!
Yeah I will look into the Underground water Resevoirs now 😃
@@ThePragueExpat0 If you plan Brno trip you can always ask for recommendations, even a guide. I lived in Prague for 20 years but still love Brno much more and I am currently "stuck" here. :)
You make me think I need to spend some more time in Brno. Sorry to hear you feel stuck here.
Aww, my comment had a moment of fame! (technically I am not a Czech person but I lived here long enough for it to feel like home)
I have had alot of good recommendations over the past few weeks but Veveří Castle is one that Im definitely going to visit.
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never give it up :)
True that!
To be honest, don't worry about Czechia vs Czech Republic. Czech Republic was not renamed to Czechia. Czechia was just added as an alternative, shorter name. It is the same thing as calling Sweeden Sweeden even though its official name is Kingdom of Sweden. And I am saying that as a person born in Czechia.
Thanks! I will try to use both.. another commenter said, "When any author composes longer text or speech, when a term is used many times, its always useful to use both variants as it makes speech richer". This really stuck with me.
Thanks for the sub. I was just looking through who you subscribe to and I saw Prozzie. I love that channel.
@@ThePragueExpat0 Regarding using different variants of words, names, I guess it is good in general ;)
I enjoy your channel and I started Subscribing to it. I was born in former Czechoslovakia. Even though I am from Slovakia, I consider Czech Republic my home as well and Czech people as "my people". You do you! There is one thing when people post constructive comments. But people who post negative and hateful comments, BLOCK THEM! People call that cancel culture. NO, it is not cancel culture! Since Social media became our way of life, people changed and feel emboldened to be cruel, rude and intolerant. I myself can take any kind of constructive criticism made with good intentions. But as soon as people are hateful, I am done! I call these people:"KEYBOARD WARRIORS". They are sitting in their basement, hiding behind computers screens and criticize anyone who does something they cannot do. I hope more people discover your channel and get to know this beautiful country.
Iv had some hateful comments you dont see as Iv already deleted them (just a few not like before🙃). If people are going to spend their time leaving those comments thats up to them.. its just sad you have one precious life and people choose thats how they want to spend their time. This is something I realized years after I started that original channel. 😃
Thanks Martina I look forward to reading all your comments.
yes, many people say that czechs are really kind. i guess we have it in blood as we say
When you said people criticized your video editing, I thought, how is this when the guy has 452K subs? I got to the end when you said "when I get 1000 subs" and looked again at your follower count. Throughout your video till the finding your true follower count I thought "the critics are crazy, his video editing is excellent" and truthfully, they look like someone wo would easily (at a minimum) have with 452K subs, not 452.
Long winded way to say don't let the trolls win by turning off comments when others, like myself, would probably comment more positively.
Good luck with your channel!
I love Portugal too! (havent been to Spain yet) Thanks for your feedback 😃
@@ThePragueExpat0 Was an expat in Portugal and Spain from 21 years old till...
36 years later (can't bring myself to say the actual age). Living in Europe was the best decision ever. Now split between USA and both Lisbon and Madrid. Best of all worlds
That does sounds like a beautiful life split between 3 places. When i was considering where to move in Europe it was going to be either Portugal or Czechia. Portugal is such a beautiful place with a great climate.
remember me when you get that silver youtube button :)
Thats an extremely far off goal but Thank you I will
Hi! yes, Czechia vs. Czech Rupublic is still the thing... I takes some time.. myself, don´t have also problem with Czechoslovakia - I corect people, but I was born in this state and I don´t feel in Slovakia like in the foriner country... for yourger generations is maybe different.. maybe u can say something about your wife, how did you met her and how does she feel in the U.S. and how u are getting together when u are from different cultures..
Thanks for your feedback. Yeah I will make a video like this at some point. Short answer she was on a work study program in the US and we met working in a Restaurant in Yellowstone National Park.
I also think that the supporters of just keep using Czech Republic is the less loud of the two groups. Those advocating for the change to Czechia feel the need to put it out there more often I think. So to balance them a littel here is one vote for the Czech Republic for all the reasons you mentioned. And here is a czech word you might not know yet: paskvil. Words like Czechia and Česko are a paskvil in my opinion :-).
Thanks for the vocab word 😃 Are you saying there is something wrong with saying Česko? My wife uses Česko but not Czechia.
@@ThePragueExpat0 wrong may be too strong a word, it just never stopped feeling weird since it has been officially introduced. Like the word is some unnatural artificially created abbreviation that is missing something. In that sense some of us call it paskvil and it seems to me that here in the eastern part of the country there is more people who feel that way than there is in and around Prague.
The reason we are so kind, is the fact you say nice things about us. But if you start going through more general topics (politics, internation conflicts etc.), hell will appear. Don't worry, we can be as bad as enyone else :-D
Ive exhausted my willingness to talk about politics just from my English Students always wanting to talk about American politics... Always asking what I think of Biden, Trump, who i voted for etc.
@@ThePragueExpat0 As Czech, I have advantage - we can pick from more targets to criticise :-) Actualy, I realy like this variability, it gives a bit bigger chance to let new player in, when biggest parties do not follow the rules. On the other hand, it is more dificult to find political consensus. But I guess we shouldn't stay at this topic for too long, we could poison the environment here. I just wanted to say, we are nice when you say nice things of us, but we are able to behave ugly here too. And we are masters of complaining - we enjoy to talk about how everything goes against us :-D
@@jakubholic8769 Thanks for the heads up. I truly dont have anything bad to say. People treat me better here than the US. I live in a peaceful clean neighborhood with no crime.. it is better than I what I had in the US
@@ThePragueExpat0 Good to hear. Every place has its advantages and disadvantages. But quality of living and safety is here great indeed. We yet need to learn, why are the elections important and that this coutry will be as good as we make it. There is a big potential yet...
Hi, Prague Expat,
I would like to add something to your 2nd observation about Czechia / the Czech Republic...
All the official places and some people try to force the usage of "Czechia". And that is something, what makes those people, who use and want to use "the Czech Republic", it makes those people even stronger in their stand. And because it has been made officially, you can't say "Let's wait for some time, which version will prevail..." So "the Czech Republic" is, unfortunately, slowly dying term (no matter that today it is the dominant one)...
I hate the "Czechia" thing, and even with a loaded gun near my head, I wouldn't adopt it. I was born in the Czechoslovakia and most of my life, I live in the Czech Republic. And I am not going to change it because some representatives of our country made this change.
I think you could call yourself a lucky man that you left the US and you live in country, where is true freedom. We are the most atheist country in the whole world and that's THE ADVANTAGE. From seeing any newspapers, TV, etc., America is losing a lot... Lately the abortion thing ...
America is losing it. My hometown in Michigan in the 90s was of neat houses. Clean. Safe. 15 years later it has descended into trashy Slums with drug problems and all the small businesses gone in favor of Walmart and other big corperations. Its sad and its only getting worse.
You top that with all the social issues. lately the abortion... yeah freedom is going away.
@@ThePragueExpat0 Don’t forget the christofascists who are trying to take over the United States lately.
I have a question for you. When speaking czech, which one do you say more often: "Česko" or "Česká republika"?
@@dejfcold I always use the Czech Republic / Česká republika... Czechia / Česko - I never use those.
I used to hate the name Czechia, but since I have international friends and I had to say "the Czech Republic" over and over again I'm really gratful I can use the shorter version "Czechia". I think people who don't like this shorter name just didn't have to say it enough times 😅 And by the way Czechs are pretty conservative, as you probably already noticed, they'll never accept anything new, so don't let them affect you (pro tip) 😄
Yeah I imagine everyone will slowly adopt it just for the convenience of a shorter name. haha Thanks for the pro tip 😃
My friends in the Czech Republic just call it CR in conversation. I only say the Czech Republic or CR. Czechia seems a bit silly to me. Check out Donuter Donuts for a food review.
Thanks for the recommendation for Donuter.. you are the second person to recommend so must be good!
@@ThePragueExpat0 Np. The pics they have on their FB page look amazing. Never tried them myself, however, as I think they weren't open yet last time I was in Prague. I know American style doughnuts are kind of the standard of the doughnut world, so I wonder if they were able to get them right. Kind of like bagels. or pizza. Anyone can make them, but authentic tasting bagels or pizza can be rare..
@@ThePragueExpat0 We normaly don't use name of country that often in conversations, you mostly say you are going to Moravia or to some other region or to city or something.
@@Pidalin yeah I never use it in my daily life unless I’m teaching a class of English students and it comes up. It’s a debate that happens in my comment section almost every video though so I wanted to address it.
Bohemia + Moravia + Silesia = Czechia. The first documented historical record of the name Czechia from 1541 is in Latin. The same country name is used in French, German and Russian languauges. This name was slowly abandoned during Czechoslovak period and that's the reason why actual generations of Czech population aren't familiar with this name.
Thanks for sharing this I had not heard this reason before!
@@ThePragueExpat0 I call my country Czechia, because almost every country in th UN have formal, and official name Germany is formal name but the official is Federal republic of Germany, Slovakia is the Slovak republic, so i think it's reasonable to call this country Czechia instead of the Czech republic. ❤
@@tondavaverka2131 good points! I have learned a lot of history in my comment section just from posting this video. Thanks for sharing 😊
I'd like if name of this country is Czechlands, in Czech told čechozem as Jára Cimrman recommended when was the Czechia created. If you never heard of Jára Cimrman, you should study his great inventions. In my humble opinion, he was the most important person in our history...
Yeah Iv been to one of the museums dedicated to his inventions and I saw a play a few years ago about some of his legends 😀Isn’t there a separate legend of “Father Czech” as like the forefather of the Czechlands?
@@ThePragueExpat0 Here you have to be careful he was the forefather, the fathers are already taken too. The forefather of the nation is the Forefather Czech, the father of the fatherland is Charles IV, the father of the nation is František Palacký and the daddy of the nation is T.G.Masaryk ;) I recommend the play Czech Heaven/České nebe.
@@vermull19 Wow I do need to be careful, I was giving to much credit to Forfather Czech 🧐 Thanks for the recommendation on a play. I love theatre.
Just call it leftwing V4 ha!!!
Sorry I didnt understand the reference
Czechia is part of the V4 which is one of 4 very wonder countries that are conservative. Prague is very very Liberal compared to the other 3. It still much more conservative than Berlin. My humor failed.
@@andypurcell1 sorry I hadnt heard this term before but Im guessing the 4 are Poland The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary? Thanks for explaining so I will know recognize that term in the future.
Kind of like the PIGS during the Euro financial crisis a few years ago.. Portugal Ireland Greece Spain 😃
Czechia is quite fresh name. Many older people didn’t get used to it yet…. It will change slowly in the future.
Yeah the convenience of saying a shorter name will win out.. I bet the young generation in schools will only say Czechia and never look back
Not only older people. I am young but it sounds terrible for me.
Older people don't speak English, so name Czechia is totaly irrelevant for them.
It's actually really simple. We should change the name to Greater Silesia and move the capital to Opava. Problem solved.
Haha I haven’t heard this one. I haven’t explored any of Silesia yet. All my family is in Moravia and Bohemia
@@ThePragueExpat0 Well most of it is in Poland (curse you Maria Theresa).
But we have coal mines (closed), steel mills (mostly closed) and chemical plants.
And of course a superiority complex stemming from being the smallest region combined with a bit of a traitorous past.
My personal opinion regarding the Czechia/Czech Republic is somewhat weird. I think a good compromise would have been to apply the change to UN under "Chesko", which is just an English transliteration of the word Česko, which is the real one-word name used for the Czech Republic in Czech. No Czech would have to get used to a new name and everyone could read it... Sadly I don't remember anyone suggesting this back then. :/
Something like France has, I guess. They are France in English and French.
Yeah I agree. I think "Chesko" would have made more sense.
czesko kdyz uz
It’s “Czechland”!
Karel! your back! Happy to see your comment. Indeed we live in the Czechlands
Czechia is only short version of Czech republic not new name and I am one of peopel that still use Czech republic.
Yea this is mostly responding to people telling me to stop saying "the Czech Republic" in my videos. 😅
It is interesting that you deal with the name Czechia, I think it takes time to get used to it. Nice of you, and I wish many interesting videos and many subscribers. Go for it!!!
Agreed it will just take some time to get used to. Thank you for the well wishes!
thats easy, because people have to know english, which means, they are educated, probably inteligent, so there is small space for trolls
Czech Republic is still the official name of the country, Czechia is just a short version. simple
I agree Czech Republic is better 😉
I have opposite opinion, even I am from Moravia, Czechia just seems much comfortable bcs its short, and also Czech Republic dont really feel to me as representing moravia and silesia...i never got the point.
Also in czech language is Czechia Česko, and no one cares about it. So whenever I am introducing myself to foreign most of the time I say Czech Republic, and later I am using Czechia sometimes czech republic randomly, bcs I know the person I am speaking with knows it already. I am just trying to prepare everybody to it.
And chechnya? well it's just like slovakia X slovenia, austria X australia or Iran X Iraq etc...
I think just older czech people have problem to go along with it 🤫 I personally never met any czech shitting me about using Czechia so idk :d
PS: I literally made video "Welcome to Czechia" You can watch it it's funny, and no one said anything about it to me...😆
I’ll watch your video now 😀
@@ThePragueExpat0 oh
People argue about this in my comment section all the time. Lol yeah not in yours
And also BTW it can be perceived as a hypocrisy from ppl who insist on longer version: how many of those do really in daily speech use "The Russian Federation" instead o Russia? I bet nobody!
yeah 100%. The rule applies to everyone except the Irish, they are transitioning away from the shorter version "Ireland" to "the republic of Ireland" to differentiate themselves from Northern Ireland.
Mám raději Česko, but only the Czech form. It means Czechia.. The Czech Republic is quite good, too. But please, no Czechia. Have Česko be the official short form.
Who cares if its called Czechia or Czech republic, I'm czech from Prague and I don't give a damn!!!
I think the country has maybe a million more problems nowadays with this current government than being whining over this childish issue....
Just subscribed....🙃
Thanks! From your previous comments I thought you might be American.
I'm hoping Z. Hrib runs for president next cycle. He would represent CR well...
@@ThePragueExpat0 haha nope, I'm czech living in Sweden since russian occupation 1968....
@@stevemcgowen oh geee, that would probably be one of the worst choices, but its just my two cents....
@@conceptalfa That must be quite the story.
Keep in mind two things. First off, is says Czech Republic on the passport, same as is says Repubblica Italiana or Republica Federativa do Brasil, Bundes republic Deutschland, but everyone simply calls these countries Italy, Brasil, Germany, France, Colombia etc.
Second, thia is merely an issue in English. The country has a one word name in languages such as Dutch ( Tsjechie), German ( Tschechien). Etc. Etc.
Good Point. I think both names are fine. Im mostly responding to people who keep posting in the comment section telling me not to say The Czech Republic in my videos. It is not the wrong name. It has been used for 2 decades and its on your passport.
Ireland is commonly differentiated from Northern Ireland as "The Republic of Ireland" when it just says Ireland on my Irish passport. Language continuously evolves and the young generation will probably only use Czechia in 30 years. Right now as an English teacher in Prague 20-30 year olds mostly refuse to use Czechia.
I made the connection between this comment and your instagram. Thanks for the dm and the ideas on what course I should take this channel.
Both Czechia and the Czech Republic are official names :))
Ohh, the ages old topic of Czechia vs Czech Republic. I don't really care, but I do use Czechia because it's shorter. I also say Česko in czech for the same reason.
People argue that Czechia is like Čechy. It's not. If you (or they) think about it, Česko sounds more like Čechy than Czechia, yet they happily use it. Some Moravians and Silesians do complain about it in discussions like this though. In real live however, nobody really cares.
I didn't like Czechia at first. It just didn't sound right. But I'm lazy and "why waste time say lot word when few word do trick".
Besides, there's no land called Czech in english. It would have been Čechy, but that already is Bohemia. So basically, if we were to do some mental gymnastics, we should come to the conclusion that Czechia is really just a neutral word to contain Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia.
Another thing. The correct name for Silesia is Czech Silesia since there's also Silesia in Poland and a bit in Slovakia as well. So if we were to do some more gymnastics, we could come up with the idea, that Czechia is actually a reference to Silesia as that's the only english part of this country which does have "Czech" in it's name! :O
So basically, my position is that I don't care which one you use as long as you don't try to justify it. It will end up being silly as you can see above :)
Haha thanks I won’t justify whichever I use anymore. Interesting point on Czech Silesia I had not heard this reason before… in the hundreds of comments now on this topic.
I also agree when I want to be lazy or in a hurry I too use Czechia in those situations 😀
Well, German passport says "Bundesrepublik Detuschland", but the country is casually called Deutschland. That's why there is long, tedious official name (Czech Republic) and a casual name (Czechia). Czechia btw is historically accurate name and if someone confuses it with just Bohemia, it's his problem - and nonsense.
Good Point! I can definitely see both sides of this debate.
Those arguments about using The Czech Republic instead of Czechia not to be confused with Chechnya are absurd. Chechnya is not a independent country, so those people are from Russia (our four those who like long names The Russian Federation :)). Slovakia and Slovenia are also close in pronunciation, Austria and Australia, Iraq and Iran, etc. Still all people use the shorts names obviously. Czechia is a word from Middle Ages! Just know the history!
And BTW, isn't it a mistake not to use The beforeof Czech Republic? It's the grammar rule of your language too use the before the official long names of countries, isn't it?
Tip to visit in Czechia - Znojmo, a very historical town and the national park next to it!
Good points. You are the most skilled at this debate and youv added good 🌶 to the comment section 😃 You are 100% grammatically we always have to put "the" before any country ending in Republic. "The Dominican Republic" being a good example as many Americans and it would seem Czechs like to visit there.
As an Irish National people in Ireland often differentiate themselves from Northern Ireland by saying "we are the real Ireland, The Republic of Ireland". Its off topic but as I know you have interest in this kind of topic I thought it would be of some interest.
Thanks for the recommendation of Znojmo!! I want to go to South Moravia during burčák season.
I didn't like the word "Czechia" at first, but I suppose it's just something we simply need to get used to hearing/reading. Just like we say "France" and not "The French Republic".
My personal hypothesis of why so many people hate it is that it's so short. We used to be "Czechoslovakia"... Plus, we're very small, so at least our name was big 🙂
Maybe we as a nation have low self-esteem, so we like people saying nice things about our country and having a long name 🙂
I agree as people get used to hearing it they will change. Was France ever called "The French Republic"? The Czech Republic was the name for my wife's entire life before they adopted Czechia a few years ago and she didnt like the change.
Maybe having a country with a low self esteem is what makes it nice. People try to compensate for that insecurity and do their best to make it nice. They take care of their things.
@@ThePragueExpat0 If I remember correctly, after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, the Czech government "forgot" to fill in the short name of the country with the... er... UN? Maybe? The French Republic is the official name of the country, but France is the short name. Since we didn't file it, everybody was forced to use the long name. Even though in other languages (I know of Russian and I think Polish), the short version was used anyway.
@@frufruJ Interesting thats some history I hadnt heard before (my wife should know this as one of her degrees is International Relations). Thanks I have learned alot of history just in my comment section.
@@ThePragueExpat0 Hope comments can handle links: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_the_Czech_Republic#Adoption_of_Czechia
@@ThePragueExpat0 PS: I myself learnt this fact a couple of months ago thanks to a youtube channel :D
The name Czechia is perfectly fine. People just don't understand that our country doesn't change its name at all. The Czech Republic still remains, but the second alternative, Czechia, is coming. Both versions of the name are officially valid, it is up to each person which one to use. It's the same with our neighbors, Slovakia and the Slovak Republic. It's just a matter of habit, the name Czechia will be accepted gradually over decades. And people also don't realize that the Czechia does not mean Bohemia (Moravia, Silesia), but the whole of the Česko - Czechia, they get lost in a bad translation. Confusions with Chechnya are frequent, it is necessary to explain it patiently. The uneducated, the "unteached" and the ignorant will always exist..
I agree I think once they teach Czechia in schools for some time everyone will transition to the new name Czechia. Many of my friends and students here refuse to use Czechia still.
As for Americans.. many of my friends in America just learned this is not Czechoslovakia anymore and just started saying The Czech Republic. It will be a long time before American and British say Czechia.
Thanks for your feedback 😃 Enjoy your weekend!
So how many people here use: United Kingdom, The Islamic Republic of Iran, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, The Republic of Ireland, the Republic of Colombia, the Federative Republic of Brazil.. should I go on. The expression Czechia was added since all the countries have a short name. The reasoning: "I was born when we called it only Czech Republic so I don't know why I should change." kinda scares me. I would expect that older person may say that. When I was small we used gimnásium instead of gimnázium, should I use it even though it is evidently stupid?
Maybe I just thought that people from Czechia :-) are more progressive.
Yeah language is constantly evolving just like your example with gimnázium.. I would imagine that in 30 years after all the kids that are currently being taught Czechia in School will not ever say "The Czech Republic".
As an Irish Citizen, Irish hate when people call Northern Ireland, "Ireland" because there is still alot of bad blood there with the history with the UK.. In order to differentiate ourselves from Northern Ireland many Irish will say "the republic of Ireland". I completely get your point but while we were on this topic I thought it would be a bit of interest.
Thanks for your comment.. I didnt know that history around the word gimnázium
@@ThePragueExpat0 :-) I just hope we will lose "ů" soon, people learning Czech must love it 😃Slovkians use "ú" we have a very silly exception.
@@oskarfabian5200 haha I haven’t heard any Czech complain about this. It would simplify me learning Czech though
Actually now that I look it up I see several videos on this. I was told to just pronounce them the same. Nobody I have talked to has talked about getting rid of either
@@ThePragueExpat0 Well we're used to it. I actually tried to use "čárka" in instead of the circle and it was almost impossible because my brain is wired that way 🙂
Like your channel but don't call yourself expat.Is just fancy word for immigrant.
Thanks Radim! Expat is the root of the word expatriate and I am in the process of expatriating from the US. I literally will never go back to the US which is a bit different than immigrant.
I will change the name of this channel to my actual name eventually anyway though.
@@ThePragueExpat0 if I did exatly the same thing as you did I wouldn't be call expat in USA I would be called immigrant.
Hello! I've been planning on moving to Prague for about 2 years now! Is it possible we could chat privately? I would love to recieve some feedback to a few questions I have
Hey yeah I can answer a few questions. My instagram is The Prague Expat.. you can send me messages there. I do have a full time job and a 5 year old so I dont check it everyday but send me a message and I'll get back to you. Where are you coming from?
@@ThePragueExpat0 the US, aswell!
Czech Republic = political name. Czechia = geographical name.
Slovak Republic = political name. Slovakia = geographical name.
Russian Federation = political name. Russia = geographical name.
Federal Republic of Germany = political name. Germany = geographical name.
The geographical name Czechia was officially announced when the state started to exist on its own in 1993. The only reason why we use a political name in places where other countries would use their geographical name is because the state and its institutions did not use the geographical name and thus our population did not know about the short name for a long time. As a lot of our population is rather conservative they just want to keep using what they're used to (or in other words what was wrongly fed to them by the government). Another reason for using the Czech Republic I've heard from some Czech people is pride in the "republic" part and the fact we were finally on our own which people wanted to emphasize.
I myself am embarrassed whenever any Czech person uses the political name in casual English speech. It is as if someone from Germany would say "I'm from the Fedral Republic of Germany, great to meet you."
More info: www.go-czechia.com/
Yes this is some history that alot of people dont know about and nobody shared this information with me till I made this video. Someone else listed this reason in another comment but you gave a more full history of what happened. Thanks for putting so much time into thoroughly explaining this.
Ireland is doing kind of the reverse of this... kind of. People has been calling Ireland "Ireland" for a long time. However people also call Northern Ireland "Ireland".. so in order to differentiate Irish have begun to say "the real Ireland" informally or "the republic of Ireland" formally even though the political name is Ireland as does my Irish Passport. Many Irish still have negative feelings towards the UK and thus Northern Ireland. Totally off topic but as a citizen of Ireland I thought I would share. Cheers