ANNOYING THINGS ABOUT CZECHIA (from an Americans perspective)
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- čas přidán 16. 05. 2024
- Here are a few annoying things about Czechia from an Americans perspective. Actually from my personal perspective, life in Prague, Czechia is awesome overall, and I make videos every week about how great life is here. But there are just a few little things that irritate me like an itchy tag in a new t-shirt! I've lived here for over 9 years and I still can't get used to these annoying things!
Have you lived in Czechia or the US? What about either of those countries was irritating or annoying that you just couldn't get used to?
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00:00 annoying things
01:12 the Answer is always No.
02:01 in the office
03:28 measurements
04:33 in the kitchen
05:35 outside
06:25 daylight savings
06:47 accounting
07:59 keyboards
08:26 "@"
09:15 whose fault?
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Čeština je pro cizince tak matoucí !
A: Chápeš, jo?
B: Nooo...
A: Tak to uděláš?
B: No jo no.
A: Ty jsi to neudělal!
B: No ne no.
Máš pravdu toto prostě cizinec nemá šanci pochopit. :D
A: Tys to udělal?
B: Fakt jó!
No a tak to je no. 🤣
@@standawot5579 Nepoužívám no ale ne.
@@standawot5579 jsem cizinec ale myslím že to +|- hopim :) Máme podobně vejci ze slovem “ja” v Švédskem jazyku. On top of it we also have word “jo” in Swedish too. So both “jo” and “ja” and a “nja” and a “näää” and a ”ne-he” and a ”jo-ho”. So I wonder... could it be that we were teaching you some Swedish manners when we came over to Prague as Vikings and once again in the Middle Ages?
Czech keyboard has switched Z and Y because it came from german design, where they use Z much more than Y, so Z is on the top. That happened when typewriters were a thing.
yeah, they tried to have no letter which are comonnly used together to be near in typewriter, lower chance of them getting stucked together
You can easily switch it (CSQ keyboard)
I remember some story about typewriter man named Qwert Zuiop.
@@user-ib9pz6id5b Yup, I only use "Czech (QWERTY)" on all my devices. And the special symbols on the top row, @ included, are used with the right Alt key.
Well, you didn't see the French keyboard which is completely off (AZERTY, even letter M is replaced with the key on the right side of L button etc.)
I'm using Czech QWERTY too (when holding Alt Gr, it switches to English keyboard temporarly which is great)
Just remember this saying for temperatures:
30's hot , 20's nice, 10's cold and 0's ice. Helped me :)
It rhymes, that’s so nice! 😁😉👍
also remember that 0 C° = freezing point (ice is making rn oh yeah) and 100 C° = boiling point (the water is boiling hurray) xD
omg pls do a Fahrenheit one lol
you can roughly convert Fahrenheit to Celsius by subtracting 30 and dividing the rest by 2. (e.g., (90-30)/2=30. 90F is (approximately) 30 C. You reverse the process if you want to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit. But it does not work below 0 degrees.
-20s?? Russia,..., (only difference, in Czech its outside, in Russia its inside,..)
Its weird that 'ty bestie' means 'thank you bestie' in english but 'you monster/beast' in czech
You're cracking me up 😂
Mind blown...
Wow thats true i never realized...
Reinhard Heydrich apparently uttered: "Češi jsou smějící se bestie"
yes :D. Thats why you rather should use as shortened version of thanks thx and not ty ;)
Pro mě (nebo asi i většinu obyčejných Čechů) je to přesně obráceně - pokud sleduju nějaké americké video, jde mi hlava kolem z těch všech palců, stop, Fahrenheitů, atd.. :-D
Přesně tak - metrická soustava je naprosto jednoduchá a snadno pochopitelná - prostě násobky nebo zlomky deseti, stačí jen znát několik základních předpon a to jaký zlomek nebo násobek představují.
Imperiální měrná soustava je proti tomu úplné peklo: 1 stopa = 12 palců, 3 stopy = 1 yard, 1760 yardů = 1 míle?! To se vážně s tímhle chce někomu počítat?
A teplota je to stejné. Když je venku 0°C, tak tam mrzne, tedy zamrzá voda. Když má voda 100°C tak vře - je to zcela intuitivní a nemusím nad tím vůbec přemýšlet. Nelogické mi přijde snažit se zapamatovat že voda mrzne při 32°F, že vře při 212°F. A když je venku míň jak -18°C tak už jdou do záporných hodnot stejně i fahrenheity, takže se bez minusového znaménka taky neobejdou.
@@sharpshooterCZ200S Skvěle napsáno. Já si pamatuju snad jen, že když mám údaj ve stopách, dělím ho 3, aby mi vyšel aspoň přibližný údaj v metrech. Prostě peklo.. :-D
@@xy7972 Inu imperiální systém vymyslely osoby, jež plodily potomky se svými sestřenicemi a bratranci.
@@xy7972 A to jste asi ještě neviděl například jak se číslují inbusové klíče, to je teprve nádhera.
@@sharpshooterCZ200S Nedávno jsem si na budíku omylem přepnul celsie na fahrenheity a nechal jsem to tak, abych si rozšířil obzory. Nevidím žádný problém. Je milion větších kulturních rozdílů.
Ano -- yes
Jo -- yep
No -- We will see/Whatever.../Well.../Okay but I'm not happy about it (depending on the tone)
Ne -- no
Jó - Yeah
"No" is also used as "yes" in some cases without negative tone. Just to complicate it little bit more :)
Na ty tóny to chce spektrogram :)
@@HolyDday It isn't pure "yes", more like "go on".
@@HolyDday "No..." (CZ) Is literally "well..." (EN), so it may carry both +/- meanings. Depends solely on the context.
"No" is not a shortened "ano", it literally means "well".
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Exactly it means "well"
Also in certain contexts it can mean "what"
Or like yeah 🤔
or "I see"
Here is a little guide for Celsius scale ;)
800 °C (1472 °F) - steel starts to glow red
327 °C (620 °F) - lead melts
232 °C (451 °F) - "the temperature at which book paper catches fire, and burns"
150 °C (302 °F) - ironing clothes (iron sign with two dots)
100 °C (212 °F) - WATER IS BOILING
55 °C (131 °F) - too hot to hold this thing by hand (wildly differs - but for the idea...)
37 °C (98 °F) - approx. human body temperature / hottest recorded day (Klementinum 1983)
20 °C (68 °F) - approx. room temperature
14 °C (57 °F) - ideal temperature of red wine (for drinking)
7 °C (44 °F) - temperature inside a fridge / white wine (for drinking)
4 °C (39 °F) - WATER has maximum density
0 °C (32 °F) - WATER START to form crystals (FREEZING)
-5 °C (23 °F) - heaps of snow are getting bigger (no melting) / "average" czech winter day nowadays
-18 °C (0 °F) - temperature inside a freezer
-27 °C (-17 °F) - coldest recorded day (Klementinum 1929) / also freezing point of Vodka
-196 °C (-317 °F) - AIR LIQUIFIES
-273.15 °C (-459.67 °F) - ABSOLUTE ZERO (0 Kelvin)
0 °C (32 °F) - WATER START to form crystals (FREEZING) - ¨právě že naopak, krystalická forma vody (led) taje do tekuté formy. Sice to může znít jako slovíčkaření, ale přesně při 0 stupňů Ti voda nezmrzne, dokonce nezmrzne ani při -0,0001°C :-D
I hope everybody sees now that Fahrenheit is just a funky measure, whereas C is based on being practical and has at least same steps as the sciency one (K).
@@SledujCestu ok, beru. Melo to byt jen strucne srovnani vyznamnych teplot °C a °F, tak aby to bylo pro vsechny srozumitelne. Mozna sem mel pouzit popis "WATER ICE MELTS" aby to bylo jednoznacnejsi..
Tohle neni video kde by bylo potreba resit skupenske teplo tani a podobne fyzikalni zalezitosti... 😉
Jenn nevi jestli si ma oblect teplou bundu, nebo ji staci tricko kdyz ma predpoved pocasi 0°C... Potrebuje vedet, jen ze zamrza/taje voda - "Aha, tak to je zhruba 32°F, to uz vim." 😉
@@vlachy right. Only TRUE scale is thermodynamic temperature in Kelvin. 😀 Other is BS 😀
@@renepanak8541 Vždyť jo, ale aby byl můj komentář absolutně správný, musel by obsahovat slůvka při atmosferickem tlaku :-D kdyby byla Jenn na horách, voda by zamrzala v ještě nižších teplotách, ale kosa by byla pořád stejně pořádná :)))) (ale to už hodně hádám, já si to fyziky pamatuju jen ohledně nižší teploty bodu varu)
I died at the post office lady saying "No" :D :D :D
Just to be more confusing, short and happy "no" is basically "yep" or "yeah". Long and hesitant "nooo" is something more akin to "yes but actually maybe not so much".
Or "Noooo..." means "I will have to take a look" or "It's complicated" :D
A: "Are there any free slots for antigen testing?"
B: "Noooo..."
Ano "no" in the end of sentences is just coma replacement :))
Or you could say well instead of "nooo"
This sounds very much like we use word “Ja” in Swedish. Especially the older people. I have seen people having a short conversations consisting of only “Ja”. would it work with “No” in Czech too?
IMHO prolonged 'noooo..' can have loads of different meanings from 'whatever/don't bother me' to 'I'm not sure' to 'not really/I don' t want to say no outright'
this comments section:
1% "Hi, Jen, good video"
4% Y,Z - Fahrenheit, Celsius - Miles, Kilometers debate
95% "for zavinac press AltGr + V"
Underrated comment :-)
You win best comment
@@DreamPrague Do you know what his nickname means?
@@pecazidle uh oh...what?
Clearly most ppl have CZcams configured to hide all comments until they post theirs :).
I am amazed again and again when I realize that developed countries (some ..) still use funny medieval units using the names of body parts, or cups, spoons and boots of forest elves: D
haha, right? What can you do, we're a stubborn people. (boots of forest elves...😂)
haha, right? What can you do, we're a stubborn people. (boots of forest elves...😂)
I never understood why the y and z were switched. And for the speed limit issue I always remember:
60km/h = 1km/minute
120km/h = 2km/minute.
That way you can roughly estimate the time the trip will take.
just set a GPS navi and it will tell you when the turn or a ramp is coming.
I was always confused in USA where you see 35 and I thought it's quite close
Y and Z were switched on German typewriters, probably due to different frequency of these letters. And German layout was used as base for Czech layout.
Letters were switched early in times of typewriters according to usage in language. We are lucky enough that only Y/Z are switched, try to use french keyboard, for example.
To convert time to minutes on our roads? Come on. For example, for the route to Prague from Brno on the D1 is 60km/hod = 1km/10-20min. :-(
hahaha seems like jen has fully embraced her inner czech by complaining with such energy about things that cannot be changed 🤣🤣🤣
maybe we are the same - english, US are front Germans who ran for stupid Roman promise, nonsense - civilization, "easier life", but nonsense and army (gregarious lies) are complicated ... and we are front Slavs, so their equivalent ...
and who says what cant be changed? someone who wants to make himself importand liar and dictator, and want to change it too, or he doesnt need to when others will serve him, right ?!!!!
@@LUrzidil-rn7nd no we really are not same as americans. could not be more different
Hi Jen, I am colombian, and live and work in Czech already 18 years... I do like a lot your videos and sense of humor (dark sometimes)... But at the same time you are respectful and very polity when talking about both cultures.
I do love Czech and Czech people... I even married one of those "EXOTI". Nazdar!
Hello, Ana Maria! My name is also Ana Maria. And I was surprised to learn that you are a South American Ana Maria like me and this one in Czech. I met some people from Czech and I really want to know the country.
"Where the hell did you put the zavináč" :-)))
Now I am hungry again...
so uncreative :D
If you mean "cent" like a monetary unit then the czech equivalent is "haléř" or "halíř". It is 1/100 of a Czech koruna. :)
Yes, and I would add that there used to be actual physical " haléř " coins, last of which (the 50 haléř coin) stoped being used in 2008 as the cost of making it was higher than its value. (If I remember correctly)
yeah, but the halíř is meant for our 1/100 of the Czech koruna, but for dolars or euros cents we use the word cent - centy, 5 centů (skloňované podle vzoru hrad)
And interestingly, "haléř" shares its origins with "dollar" - Joachimsthaler (~Jáchymovák), which were originally high-quality silver coins minted in Jáchymov/Joachimsthal and which quickly spread throughout the HRE and further in Europe. The name was commonly shortened to "thaler" (in Czech "tolar"), especially once other towns started minting their own "thaler"s. In Dutch, these coins were called "dollar"s and they were common currency throughout the Dutch North America and were soon adopted by the various settlers.
Heller😄
@ V jednom ze svych videi se Jen zminuje o puvodu Dollaru.
For metric cooking you only need a scale and a pitcher. No need for complicated multiple-ladle measuring devices.
Metric cooking is wonderful! Unfortunately, 9/10 of my recipes come from English foodblogs and it's HELL 😆 I can even handle lb, oz or fl oz, but a CUP? What kind of measurment is a CUP? And I believe there is even a diference between US cup and UK cup... AAAARGH!#@$! This drives me crazy 😂
1000g = 1 kg = 1l = 1000 ml is something which all must love, why use cups like in the middle Ages when you can use scale??? :D WHyyyyyy??? When i see some YT recepie in cups I just clicking next ....
@@davidbucek Exactly.
@@ondravach6254 I've spent 8 years learning chemistry so I can manage but my ongoing peeves are °F, cups and liquid/solid ounces. :-D
I'm able to convert that but it's simply annoying.
Plus, the Celsius is the easiest scale ever. 0 is freezing, 100 is boiling. Who can still think, that Farenheit is easier?
For @, press the right Alt (Alt Gr) + letter V 😉
Also, we switched Z and Y because the place at the top middle of a keyboard is more easily accessible for typing with all ten fingers than the one at the left bottom and Z is a much more commonly used letter in Czech than Y. I believe it's the other way around in English - for example, some of the most used pronouns in English (you, your) or adverbs created by adding -ly (mostly, admittingly etc.) use the letter Y. In Czech, we use Y mostly in past tense for feminine verbs (seděly, koukaly, jedly etc.), but not that much otherwise. I hope this makes sense 😁
Also, thank you for this great entertaining content and your hard work hiding behind it ♥️
But history of this change is from the German language, they used QWERTZ on their Typewriters and we followed because being of part of Austro-Hungarian Empire. QWERTY would be better for us, but lazy to change it.
Czech cents are called "Haléř/Halíř".
Also, you can change your keyboard layout from QWERTZ to QWERTY in your OS settings.
And no longer in use as physical currency (for more than a decade now), so no one really says it anymore. People just say "devět devadesát" etc.
7:40 I have never seen someone use comma, we just separate it with a space.
Edit: not comma but a dot
If we separate them...
Decimal comma, never dot. Thousands we separate with dots or space, never comma. It does not make sense to us. ;)
@@vasek987 As accountant I have seen all of this. But you will understand when you are writing numbers in hundreds of millions.
Some countries like USA separate decimals with dot and thousands with comma. Again does not make sense in our understanding of numbers.
Desetina carka a pokud jste to nikdy nevidela, tak jste asi nechodila ani na zakladni skolu a nebo nepsala nikdy nikde cenu.
"And no I don't know that in centimeters"... I just fell of my chair :D Typically American I love that :D
It's really simple. You only need to know that the area of a A0 is exactly 1 m². The aspect ratio between the sides is 1:√2 which is the only ratio where when you fold or cut the paper in half, the new paper has the same ratio; this can be also derived if you don't remember it. (This is _not_ true for American paper by the way which must be a pain designing posters and such where you have to create a separate version for each size instead of simply proportionally scaling the same thing.). Using this knowledge, you can calculate the actual dimensions of the A0 paper. You will then need to cut the paper four times, always halving the longer size in each step and you get the dimensions of an A4 which is the most standard size and the one similar to the American "Letter" paper that Jen is talking about.
Let's first convert the 1 m² into mm². 1 m = 1000 mm, ergo 1 m² = 1000² mm² = 1.000*1.000 mm² = 1.000.000 mm²
The area is simply side A times side B. Let's call side A "x". Then side B must be x*√2. Now we can build the equation and solve for x:
x*x*√2 = 1.000.000 /divide both sides by √2
x² = 1.000.000/√2 /take a square root of both sides
x = 1000/√√2
So that's going to be our shorter side A. The side B we multiply A by √2.
B = 1000/√√2 * √2 = 1000*√√2
Now calculate the approximate value as a decimal number:
A = 840,896... mm
B = 1189,207... mm
The sides of the paper are always rounded to the nearest millimeter.
So the A0 paper is 841×1189 mm.
Now comes the halving to get the smaller papers (for some reason, when the first decimal place is 5, it's rounded down):
A1 = 841×594 mm
A2 = 420×594 mm
A3 = 420×297 mm
and finally:
*A4 = 210×297 mm*
See? It's really simple, no need to remember any numbers. 😅
me too!as a canadian I fully expect it every time! i live in mexico now where we use Celsius but I am surrounded by older americans who are retired and just revert to their northern ways :) essentially, they say fuck it!
Ahoj Jenn, pro mě osobně je psaní tečky za tisícem velice matoucí a mnohem lépe se mi pracuje s mezerou. Čárku používám jen u desetinných čísel :)
Tak v připaně penez je dobré použít tečku místo mezery nedá se tam dopsat číslo navíc.
Ja taky
Hi Jen , im also an expat here in Czech Republic:) I really like your videos, you are not only talented and creative, but you are also able to transfer your positive vibe to the viewers:)
Hey Jen comma issue is also due to grade school using point as multiplication symbol. And @ is Alt+V.
@=ctrl+alt+v
@@CervenkovaPetra @=alt+64
The correct answer is :):
1. @ = Alt+V (you need to use the right "Alt" key on your keyboard)
2. @ = Ctrl+Alt+V (you need to use the left "Alt" key on your keyboard)
pravé Alt +v
or @ = right Alt + @
Most of these differences between the US and Czechia would be the same as between the US and any other European countries. I was expecting more specific differences...
Ahoj, ten zavináč taky občas hledám, dříve byl pod šipkou a x nebo y ?
Hi Jen, regarding the keyboards, a lot was said already. My advice is to use Czech QWERTY layout instead of the more common QWERTZ layout. You won't have any troubles with Y/Z and what is even more important: right Alt (called also AltGr) becomes the key that allows you to type English symbols with the Czech layout too! For example, @ can be written by pressing Shift+2 (in the alphanumeric part) with English layout, while it can be written as right Alt+2 (so, the same alphanumeric part's key).
Na dálnicích máme malé žluté cedulky (značky), které ukazují na jakém kilometru dálnice jsi. Sjezdy jsou číslované podle toho. Takže na 4km dálnice je sjezd číslo 4.
to jsem ani nevedel...
You can find some czech recipes that are measured in cups, but probably not in the cup measurement used in the US. In that case you just grab one of your cups from a cupboard (average cup is around 250 ml - cca 8,45 oz) and there you go, no extra measurement tool needed. 🙂 These recipes are sometimes called "hrníčkové". 😁
Also we are using tea spoons, spoons, pinch, according to taste and so on :-D
It's just that, unlike American recipes, European recipes, especially ones for baking, usually go with weights rather than volumes for dry ingredients, because weights are far more reliable for baking.
Temperature is quite easy to learn.
There are two basic points.
0°C- freezing point (when water starts to freeze, so outside it could snow)
100°C- boiling point (water starts to boil)
Hi Jen! Very nice video as always :D For @ on czech keyboard you need to press left ALT and then 6 and 4 (alt + 64) or right alt + V . I'm left-handed, so I prefer alt + 64 :D
Thanks for the tip!☺
I use Czech QWERTY keyboard, I am sure that you phone/computer also offers it. Yes, QWERTZ is offered as default, but QWERTY is usually also offered.
She just has to install it in her Windows
Yes, querty has most of the special symbols same as American, just with right alt (and shift)
I also use Czech QWERTY. 😁
Czech QWERTY is the best invention since light bulb
I have never used dot between hunderds, since elementary school we use space or nothing.. :)
Americans: Down with the empire! Also americans: Imperial measures 4ever!
Teda, takovou dobu koukám na vaše videa a teď jsem úplně mimochodem zjistila, že můj přítel je vzdálený (velmi) příbuzný Honzy. Teda...asi.
Jedná se o rod Vetešníků z Vysočiny. Je to možné, nebo jsem mimo? :)
It kinda reminds me a scene from Pulp Fiction about "a little differences" when Vincent talks about Europe with Jules :D
And you know what they call a double cheeseburger over there? :))
@@jammmy30 And you know what they call quarterpound with cheese....royal with cheese and big Mac is Le big Mac.
@@771750 if I had a heart smiley I would use it right now :) “quarter pounder”... yes.. what is that actually? Is that more or less double cheeseburger? Like cheeseburger with extra meat n extra cheese? But yeah “Le Big Mac” is a kicker for sure! :))
You men Quarter punder - Royal? 😂
@@jammmy30 Well.. we actually saying "Cheeseburger" but Ok.. :D
2:24 correction, standard EU paper size A4 is 210x297mm = 21x29,7cm (8.2677"x11.6929")
7:40 personally I don't like to separate thousand with a dot, if I have to I rather use free space and I could say the same about my coworkers in work.
8:20 there are 3 types of Czech keyboard setting QWERTY, QWERTY(programming) and QWERTZ. As an American you can use QWERTY setting where Y and Z is not switched.
Space as thousands separator according to ISO, IEC, BIPM norms. I have never seen dot as the separator in Czech.
Tenhle standard je podstatně starší než EU :-)
@@jbrezmorf,
The digit-separating dot was common in Czech until mid-20ᵗʰ century. Communist schooling then emphasised ISO style. The dot has resurfaced since the fall of communism, however. Both styles are quite common nowadays.
@@jbrezmorf Já ji píšu běžně. Milióny čárka, tisíce tečka, desetiny čárka. Např. 5,250.400,25 :-)
@@aldebarantauri To asi jo, ale tak hledat kdy a kde to vzniklo se mně nechtělo :)
Napsal jsem to hlavně proto, že to platí v EU a ne jen v ČR.
I had no idea about the paper sizes...how riddiculous/annoying. Great video as usual :)
Jen,your videos are getting better and better,the quality,the camera...the content has been allways at the high standard,but technically you have made such a huge progress in that.thx for your yt videos,it is the best entertaiment tv for me,tom.
Aw, thanks! I'm glad you approve!
Haha :D Czech "no" is so funny. Thanks to my foreigner boyfriend I could realize how horrible it is. Actually "no" sometimes mean yes, sometimes maybe and sometimes it means no when you want to avoid to say directly "ne". :D
it's kind of "aha" "aha" .. yeah yeah .. the no ..no.. yo .. yo ...slang for yes ..strange .. i forgot about that too after 21 years in UK :D
Ne to me is yes in Greek just to be even more confusing.
So its basically the czech version of Aladeen
@@MrVenomae exactly :-D :-D
@@luciefoglova2755 What about phrase "no.. ne" :D
A co se týče formátu papíru, Češi nepoužívají žádný svůj český formát, ale mezinárodní standard ISO 216, který se používá všude na světě kromě několika málo zemí, které ze zásady všechny mezinárodní standardy ignorují.
Ahahaha :))) “malý zemi” :) seriously? :))
@@jammmy30 Nastudujte rozdíl mezi počtem a velikostí. Několik málo velkých zemí je něco jiného než malé země.
@@breznik1197 so what you are saying is “few” and than “few” again? Několik = few and “málo” also few? So few-few?
@@jammmy30 "few countries" is not a "small country" "Malý" is an adjective, not a numeral. (Btw. několik = several.)
@@breznik1197 hmm... ok.. I have never been a grammar person and since you are a native speaker you must be right, but... I went to the dictionary to double check and yes both of the words “několik” and “málo” have “few” as one of their possible meanings in English. Now, let’s try to understand what you actually said. This part “kromě několika málo zemí”, how do you say that in English?
I am Czech living in New Zealand and can relate to so many of your frustrations :))......many years ago, I learnt to hold the Alt key and at the same time type 64 on your number pad. That will give you the zavináč. I use this all the time.
"zavinac" you can get by press simultaneously left ALT and then gradually on numeric keyboard buttons [6] and [4]
Or ALT+V
@@veronikaczr1105 Right ALT
1km = 1000m
1m = 10dm
1dm = 10cm
1cm=10mm
1ft = 12in
1yd = 3ft
1mi = 1760 yd = 5280 ft
Are you really sure which is clearer? : D
1 ox = 248 cat = 12858 ants
Another underrated comment.
Hi Jen! I came across your channel only few days ago and I just ❤️it! Everything you talk about is right on the $! And I also really appreciate your fabulous sense of humor. .....I am Czech living in the USA ( currently St. Croix , 🇻🇮 US Virgin Islands). I was born and raised in the CZ & I moved to USA at the age of 21, which was 20 something years ago. My family still lives there.
Anyhow, my point is this: it took me yeaaaaars (like 10 or more) to get used to the imperial measuring system. HOWEVER, when it comes to temperatures , ugh just forget about it! One little thing that I figured out and helps me tremendously is to remember that 28°C = 82°F. Kind of like backwards 82. And as you know 1°C = 2°F so if the temperature is around 28°C you can do the conversion quickly in your head . Hope it makes sense!? And hope it helps! Barbara
Great hint. Thanks! I always hated crazy Farenheits, but this is cool.
Celsius to Fahrenheit has formula Fahrenheit = (Celsius * 1,8 + 32), basically you start on 32°F (0°C) and adds 1,8 per celsius... So conversion back is Celsius = ((Fahrenheit - 32) / 1,8)
@@CodexHnF But for the reasonable range of "normal weather temperatures" between 10 to 40 Celsius is Barbaras simplification better working.
@@mareksykora779 Thank you! I am glad you too found it helpful !
You made my day! Google recommendation algorithm can be weird and spooky, but this time it nailed it. Subscribed.
Jen, to type in "@" on Czech keyboard just hold down "right alt" and press "V". Also I strongly recommend to set secondary English keyboard layout on your Czech computer or wise versa. You can quickly switch between CZ/EN layout by pressing "Left alt" + "left shift".
Hey Jen, zavináč (@) is written by pressing AltGr (right alt) + V and there are more symbols which are written by AltGr + something, you can try it almost every symbol from alphabetic part of keyboard was some hidden symbol.
There are also symbols which are written by using Alt (left alt) + number and these symbols are unified, that means that they are same in CZ, USA or China. For example Atl+1 is ☺, Alt+35 is # etc.
And abou our pronunciation symbols: this symbol ´ (used for example: ú) is used for longering (extensioning) when speaking, that means that ú is speaken as longer u and ˇ (ř,...) this symbol is making letter softer.
Have a nice day
PS: If you find some mistake please write it to me so I can learn from it.
Its /left alt+64/... or you can swap your keyboard language seting by pressing /left alt+shift/ and then @ is on the same position as on english keyboard /shift+'(the key 2 positions right from L)/.
Its really common to quickly swap from czech to english keyboard and back while writing... for example I have no clue where is < and > on czech keyboard.
Also I now use german keyboard with czech and english seting for work. Its really funny to watch someone else trying (and failing) to use it.
@@Mprokess to help you, these symbols are hidden behind AltGr and own key when writing in english (. and ,) in czech layout
@@marekvojta9648 I am not sure if she spoke about a PC keyboard or mobile phone (cell phone). For PC I am used to use ASCI codes for @ (left ALT +64), # (ALT +35), ß (ALT +225), ♥ (ALT +3), ♫ (ALT + 14), ♪ (ALT + 13) etc. It is easier for me than anything else. Some I remember a some I have to search (I don´t know exactly which number but I know about which number it could be). For example ä (ALT + 132).
Or left ctrl + left alt + v
alt + ů = $
Hilarious,miluju vaše videa! Děkuji,vždy se výborně pobavím a dovím něco nového..vždy mě fascinovalo když cizinci chtěli (chtějí )zit v Čechách;) jste úžasná!
On a highway: I usually count 2km in a minute. It is slightly more but doesn't really matter. Also if you are doing exactly 130km/h according to your speedometer, the actual speed is around 122.
Funny and entertaining as always... Thanks a lot!
But there is this one thing.... @ - OMG! Really? Never heard about key shortcuts? :-) right ALT+V and there you go (sometimes marked as Alt Gr) on MS Windows systems, not sure about MacOS and Linux.
Or - you can hold down the left ALt key and strike 64 on numeric keyboard.
Keep going, your videos are great!
I think after 9 years you should really embrace metric units, it is not that hard :))) when I was in the US, I have quickly got used to imperial units and I was fully ok with that while I was there. If you can't beat them, join them 👍
non-metric measurements is an idiotism. It used only Americans and Reunion(?)
I agree, this woman seems a little daft...
@@KS-gv8xxReunion Island uses metric system too (it's still France, still EU even if it's outside Europe) If you mean 'that' Reunion 🙂
@@KS-gv8xx It is said that Liberia and Burma/Myanmar does not use metric also, but it is myth, they do not have laws for using metric, but almost anyone uses metric with mixture of their ancient measuring units, which is still in use in everyday life and sales in bazaar etc.
I am surprised you haven't mentioned date formatting. Drives me nuts i am always like.. oh new month already when did that happen 🤦♂️
you mean DD/MM/YYYY and how americans use MM/DD/YYYY?
because that is the one that make so much sense that it is not bothering her at all ? xD
The worst is to work in an international company with a lot of Czech co-workers where someone is using Czech date system and someone American date system. Then some dates are really confusing because you cannot be sure which month it actually is :D
@@MajklAstarin In international conversation, only correct way is writte month as word, not as number. When you writte 14th October 2020, it can't be confused, but problem is on other side, even some Americans are using european system beause they think you are european so better use european system, but you expect american way because they are americans, it's pretty confusing and annoying.
The international standard is YYYY-MM-DD. For daily convenience, the flipped order is useful and logical too. And every other way is wrong. :)
Hi, Jen, just to maybe make your cooking experience more enjoyable. ;) There are cooking books in Czech that use cups as the basic measurement tool. You might want to check some of those. They are usually called Hrníčková / hrnková kuchařka.
And with the greater numbers, it is just fine to use space only afrer every 3 digits (you count it from the back to make easier. (1 000; 1 000 000; 1 000 000 000. ) The comma is used for decimals.
Thanks a loot for your videos, it´s inspiring to see what others see in us. ;))
I had same problem with the keyboard. Because I spend 9 years in Ireland. Quick advice in Windows or mac there is keyboard which is in flouting window on screen. Usually in accessibility settings. Very handy.
OK, you have not mastered Celsius scale yet, but you are really good at complaining as every proper Czech should. So you are doing well on main points, do not sweat the details :). Have you started to respond to greetings this way: "How are you doing?" "The same old crap, you know it well."
Jenn 0 is the temperature of freezing (ie when water changes its state), 100 is the temperature of evaporation (ie when water changes its state again) and all in between is a simple linear progression. 37 is a temp of the human body... that is all you need to know. Now, could you help me get used to F?
37°C is already mild fever for most of people. :-) They created standard 37°C in the past, but it's not correct, but it's old standard so they still following that shit. Normal body temperature is around 36.4°C or something like that. I was always curious why I have still so low temperature (around 36), so I googled it and 37°C standard is really outdated.
@@Pidalin 36.6 if I'm not mistaken.
@@Pidalin Prostě do 37° ti nic není :-)
@ Something like that, but when you have only 36 or even little less, it's still normal for smaller person. We have antibiotics in food (we even don't know about that) etc...doctors and scientists are saying that average temperature of human body is decreasing.
@@Pidalin some studies are showing that normal human variance ranges between 36.1C - 37.2C, most of the thermometers are configured to signal (beep) for the increased temperature at 37.5C. From a medical standpoint, fewer is anything above 38C. My normal temp is around 36.8C.
Nice video. By the way, switched Y and Z are from german keyboard layout (I believe). On most systems (mac, Windows) you can switch to Czech Qwerty layout. Zavináč @ is ALT + 2 and yes, any “blind” keyboard is hell (with different markings than used), in early computer times there were no czech keyboards and it was mess in text coding (god bless unicode) 😃
For the Zavináč @ just hold ALT and type 64 😉 works on any keyboard 👍
or right ALT + V ;)
8:29
**cries in Ctrl+Alt+V**
right Alt+64
Great! I've learned third way to type @
Alt Gr + V
Alt + 64
Ctrl + Alt + V
4.457,89 ... I'd read it as 4 times 457.89 :-) because in Czech we don't use dot every 3 numbers, we use space :-) Dot is for multiplication :-) ..... and try ALT + 64, works with all keyboards US and CZ
7:22 To je čtyři tisíce pětset-šedesát-sedm celých osmdesát-devět. Zavináč (@) napíšete tak že kliknete zároveň na písmeno "V" a na mezerník 💕🥰
This was so relatable, although I'm Czech xD Different units are a pain, whether I find an interesting recipe online, or just watching a movie/reading a book and have no idea how far it is (though the math is not so hard here) or how hot/cold it is (impossible to convert from Fahrenheit to Celsius and visa versa just in your head). The dot/comma is a pain as well and! my bf, although Czech himself, has QWERTY on his laptop a so I get the perks of getting frustrated over this as well, so in conclusion, you are very valid and relatable
the Fahrenheit measures has always fascinated me. Does it make your life any easier? It seems so intuitive to measure temperature referring to the state of water..
Weather forecasts in °F did I find really easy to adjust to. With °C, weather presenters usually need to specify a range of expected values. With °F, they will just say “sixties”, “upper seventies” or things like that, and people will know what to expect and how to dress.
@@marekj1100 Yup, from what I understood, it's been designed for weather. Basically 0°F Means your balls are gonna freeze and fall off and 100°F means you're gonna catch fire. In other words, most forecasts never need to leave the range of [0,100] °F.
@Sergei Nosov But yeah, water freezing at 32°F is pretty confusing. So If I were to have a specific scale just for weather (say the Real Feel temperature) I'd go with Farenheit for sure. While using the same scale for all temperatures however, there's no better choice then Celsius and actually the whole metric system... It's a shame that native speakers of the most used language in the world also happen to be metricly impaired...
I think that when is temperature in degrees Celsius it's really simple and logical because when is temperature on 0 degrees water strats freezing and when it's on 100 degrees water starts boiling. (Sorry for my bad English, I hope you get it😊)
Also 70°F is close to 20°C which is a comfortable temperature where coats are definitely optional.
Yeah, it's logical *especially* when dealing with weather! From 0°C down -> water freezes -> there should be snow and ice instead of rain and wet road. Who the hell is gonna remember some random number like 32°F for the snow starting to fall? :-D
Metric vs. Imperial, Celsius vs. Fahrenheit is timeless, but "funky sized paper" made me laugh really hard! Thank you! 😁👍
Being from America I am finding it extremely hard in JUST ABOUT everything I am trying to learn in the Czech Republic and everything you discussed is exactly right!! Keep up the good videos!! I need the help! Right now we are trying to get our Census Forms but cannot seem to find them! Went to the Post Office today and could not find them, the site is not helping so I do get all the confusion!! A Census Form? Common as night and day! Oh well!!
Sorry you§re struggling with the Census form! The deadline for online was extended to May, so perhaps you can try again. Good for you for making the effort though!
Hilarious how you nailed the office workers "legally forbidden to give a helping hint ". That is so very true here in eastern parts of EU.
Eastern part of EU is represented (IMHO) by Slovakia, Estonia, Romania, Bulgaria...we are much closer to the "core", than you might think, Fero.
@@4mageo Slovakia is also in Central Europe. Estonia is in Northern Europe.
@@Petaxis my post was reply to location in EU. EU isnt Europe.
@@4mageo Evropa sahá až k Uralu. EU o kus méně ...
Imagine living in 19th century, when all European countries had the measures with the same name (miles, feet etc.) but with different values. :-D The unification must have been a huge improvement for the global economy.
Exactly. Too bad some countries (looking at you, US) just refuse to finish that unification. :-) For instance, a "cup" or a "spoon" as measurements are still used, but there is no unified size for them. :-D
hi :) you can have 2 keyboard layouts installed and switch between them alt + shift. with z / y problem
so you can use cz querty instead of qwertz :)
I know how you feel, I moved to the UK from the Czech republic and some of these things are very confusing. Especially measurements including stones, keyboard thing when I use my laptop from back home or work pc and directions when you are told after 10 mins turn right and their 10 mins is my 5 xD
I once bought a US “Paleo” cookbook. What can I say, the measurement units gave Grok a headache and he went back to his cave.
210 x 297 mm ! Just straight out my head. BTW I was similary upset when in US when I wrote numbers 1 and 7 and locals were correcting me, because their way must be only correct way.
For the tags you could try just snipping off the corners. Those are usually the sharpest so rounding them at the place where the tag is bent usually does the trick.
Also for @ just use the Alt+64. It works on both keyboards :D
Hi, Jen, nice video. :) "Lovely decorations" for ď,ť and others was funny :D I love these decorations. It´s so Czech.
THE KEYBORAD Y/Z: Well the "Qwertz" row comes from Germany when the inventer of the typewriter set the letters for a reason, according to their frequent use in German. In Czech, it's similar. But in English speaking countries, the use of Y is much more common than in German, while Z is not that frequent. That's why the "Qwerty" row exists, it's a modification for more effective writing in English. :-)
I heard the Y in the top line comes from salesmen to be able to type TYPEWRITER easily when presenting the machine to potential buyers - all the letters are in the first line.
You don't need to write the @gmail.com part when logging in to Gmail. ;)
You just have to remember that you don't need to write the @gmail.com part when logging in to Gmail....
Haha this is hilarious!! I struggled with most of these things in the US too :D Now I am in the UK and they like to mix and match things. Temperature in Celcius but distance in yards and miles and weight in stones. No idea how much I weigh in stones to this day. But when at a building merchant's, they have everything in millimeters. Keeps you on your toes all the time for sure :)
Cizinec: "Co to znamená 'všim si si'?"
Čech: "Noo, to je jako esi si si všim."
But that bloody English is so hard as well! It can be understood through tough thorough thought though. :D
English is hell, I don't know how any of you learn it.
@@DreamPrague It takes practice. Lots of practice to speak and understand English well. (Conversely, it takes only months to learn the basic grammar which makes English look deceptively easy, at least until you find the first phrasal verb and face the first idiom...)
Czech is a grammar hell (I/Y, S/Z, short/long, exceptions, etc.) but I believe the pronunciation is much more 'literal' (not 100% but waaay closer than in English). That's why you almost never have to spell words or names to someone in Czech. It's usually clear how to write something based on its pronunciation. You just speak slowly and exaggerate I vs Y using high or low voice. :)
@@DreamPrague To je ironie, nebo to myslíte vážně?
The keyboard switch trips me up too; I study in London so most of the things I write are in English so then when I all of a sudden need to write an email in Czech I find myself writing y instead of z and vice versa all the time. It's the most annoying thing ever.
hello, i am not sure but i think you can download software, which would swap Y and Z back to how english keyboards have it
When you are choosing your Input language, you have an option to choose from Default Czech or Qwerty Czech!
Jen, I couldn't help it, but I just had to laugh out loud! I understand your issues, but believe me, it works both ways. We look the same way at US temperature/volume/distance/dates/whatever measurements. They just make no sense to us! And they are so illogical! I mean, with metric system, it's all about dividing/multiplying bu 10. Oh, and don't make me start about the dates! How many headaches that gave me at work! :D :D :D But all in all, it was hilarious. Great job conveying your experience to us! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I'm a Canadian who came to Prague 20 years ago and now have Czech citizenship. I'm with you on the Czech keyboard - it was one of my first culture shocks. On the day I came here, I found an Internet cafe on Jindrisska Street to write an e-mail home, and couldn't log into Hotmail. Finally, the attendant would have switched over the keyboard to the English one for me, but I wasn't aware of the difference and it was frustrating.
As a Canadian, I understand both Metric and many Imperial / American Customary Units, so no problem there (off topic, but I actually don't get Fahrenheit). Here are some little things that have annoyed me living here:
-The security measures on buildings, which seem paranoid to me and which just slow down access. Private homes normally have a fence with a gate that you have to get through (they don't typically in the Toronto area) before you access the main door...in order to get inside your home or your apartment, you need a key. You can't leave your door unlocked. When you close it, the bolt goes in a small distance (zabouchnout) and then you can lock the door more firmly (zamknout) by turning the key and moving the bolt even further in. My understanding is that this is a measure against burglary required by insurance companies. IMHO it is paranoid - it basically means I'm not allowed to leave my door unlocked in my own house! Imagine I forget my key inside when I close the front door. Houston, we've got a problem! Second example: when you go to an office building in Toronto, in my experience (going back to 2018, I don't know how it is in newer buildings), you walk in, go past the reception and ignore the security guard there, go to the elevator and to the business unit you are accessing, and the owner of that business can decide whether to leave their door unlocked or have you ring a bell to be let in. In Prague, OTOH, all the office buildings have a system where you have to state your business at the reception, and then they will direct you to that place and in modern buildings typically give you an access card that applies only to a certain wing of the building. THEN you have to ring the bell of the business unit and wait to be let in by the receptionist. It makes getting in and out harder, and slows things down when you're a TEFL teacher going for F2F lessons.
-Another thing about doors: I don't really like how they're built in this country. usually, they have a handle, not a knob. This thing can get loose easily, and I tend to snag my coat on them. And they don't go in as much as North American doors do, so they sometimes don't close well.
-And then there's that weird feature where the floor isn't level throughout a storey, but is suddenly raised at doorways. It sometimes causes me to stumble, rarely nowadays, but it happens. I really don't get that one.
There is one cultural thing that I really don't like and which has become more than a "little" annoyance for me. It's the polite use of the plural "you" ("Vy" instead of "Ty"). This custom exists in many languages, not just Czech, and it used to exist in English too, but English did away with it (the reason why we don't use "thou" anymore is because people thought that it was a lowly way to talk to a person, and so started using the formerly plural "you" with everyone), and Swedish, Finnish and Norwegian have apparently pretty much adopted the use of solely their singular "you" (and in Quebec, the use of the equivalent "Vous" in French is apparently on the way to dying out, or at least much more restricted today). But in Czech, the custom still persists to address all strangers, most elders, and (it varies as to company) many colleagues and superiors at work with "Vy", as if they were two people. Without going into a whole essay on the subject, I deeply dislike this custom, in brief because I find it unnatural to address one person as if they're two, because I don't want to be forced to articulate deference to anyone (we are in a democracy, after all), and because I don't see the necessity to orally signal distance between individuals (and quite resent it if done by a colleague at work). In short, I find the use of the plural "you" a reactionary and completely needless custom. I use "Ty" with people wherever I think I can get away with it, and I am currently writing the content for a Czech-language website that aims to promote the abandonment of "Vy" and he sole use of "Ty" when addressing any individual, be they your best buddy or the President.
By the way, your impression of a reluctant Czech civil servant was spot-on. They're not all like that anymore, but 20 years ago, the fossils that had probably gotten their jobs during Communism were often like that or worse.
Great video! I'm an American also from So. Cal. that's been living in Czech for almost 13 years and I have experienced 100% of those annoyances. These are some you missed in your video. 1. It's a pain to return things here compared to the "no questions asked" policy at Walmart for example. 2. Czechs don't understand what deodorant is. But maybe that's not a problem in Prague - it is in Frydek-Mistek. 3. Whenever you need to buy something you need it doesn't exist in Czech. Thank goodness for Amazon.de. 4. The date is day first month second. Hate that! 5. My phone is set to region-USA which means I can't download the Lidle app! 6. I also became a runner when I came here, but people think I'm on a break when I tell them I ran only 5k, which is a pretty big achievement for me. 7. THE LIGHT SWITCH IS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BATHROOM! WHY!!!! 8. The title of the food product will often be in English, but the ingredients on the back never are. 9. Getting yelled at by the "small shop" worker for not grabbing a hand basket when I walk in. What's that about? 10. No right turn on red lights. Ugh.
No right turn on red is because of pedestrians. That's also why it's not allowed in NYC. It may be more obvious in Prague than in F-M. The bathroom light switch on the outside prevents embarrassing moments when you close the bathroom door and then try to find the switch in total dark... Have you considered changing the Region setting of your phone?
@@paulselinger6658 Thanks! I need my phone region to be US. Wish it could be both.
@@paulselinger6658 and... You can yield on green going left at the same time pedestrians are crossing. So you have to wait for the oncoming car to pass and then for the pedestrians to move! It's chaos. But no right on red. 🤦♂️
@@hebraist Boy am I glad that at least the bathroom light switch made it unharmed! LOL
I feel like the commas are better because you can't overlook them so easy and then you make the little dots just for you to don't get lost in those big numbers.
Commas are also easier to write using pencil or fountain pen.
Hi Jen, I'm Czech and living in Prague and working in big company where we have teams accross the globe - I cooperate with India and USA.
• Two weeks gap also annoys me when we are trying schedule meetings. Luckily Teams (chat app) can compensate and will shift it accordingly.
• Keayboard. You can switch to Czech QWERTZ or Czech QWERTY, whatever suits you in your OS (Operation System) :) . For @ I usually switch to English keyboard via Alt+TAB and hit Shift+2. Or do the AltGr (right Alt) + V on Czech one. Or hit left Alt + 64 on numeric keyboard regardless the layout.
• Numbers. Yeah, as a software developer I constantly need to deal with this. Czechs usually really use nothing or space as a thousands separator. It's not lazy, it's convinient - especially in software world.
But let's face it. USA needs to be special in many ways accross the globe (e.g. there are like 4 countries which uses F° degrees and USA is among them).
;)
haha, no one knows what to wear according to the temperature number :D
about the zavináč, you can try (listed chronologically as it appeared in my life):
> switch to EN keyboard and use Shift+ě (2 you know), than switch back to CS again
> ALT+64 on Num keyboard
>ALTGr+v (this one is a life-changing one!)
thanks for your sharing, it always makes my day :)
Time to learn civilized units after decade:))
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:D:D I did the "copy and paste" thing with zavináč for quite some time too :D It´s "right ALT+V" @ :)
ALT+64, ATLT +V neudělá zavináč, jen ALTGR+V = @, a CTRL & ALT = @. Stačí si trochu zapamatovat ASCII tabulku.
Správně je pravé Alt+V
@@vaclavplachta6539 - No a pravý ALT je ALT GR.
Ještě doplním; pravý ALT je Alt Gr = alternate graphics.
@@novakvlcz No vidíte, já jsem si až teď všimla, že pravý Alt je AltGr... zase jsem chytřejší :)
@ is added ctrl+left alt+v or right alt+V and if we feel professional left alt+64 (I hold alt and press 6 and 4 or I hold right alt and press V, or I hold ctrl and left alt and press V.) unfortunately, some methods do not work on some pages or applications.
When we're talking about those numbers, I've never seen a dot between thousands and hundreds, we usually leave it blank with a little gap between them. And since we don't use cents (haléře) we usually just say 4 thousands 5 hunded 67 crownds and 89.
ENG and CZE keyboards are confusing for me too, but you can quckly switch between them using Shift+Alt and @ on Czech keyboard is made via Ctrl+alt+v. Simple as that :)
Finaly about those tempetures in Celsius, 0°C is when water freezes (so eveything below is freaking cold) and 100°C is when water is starting to boil (ur probably dead if outside is anything around that number). :D
But overall very good video I enjoyed it si much and laughed a lot. Thumb up, Subcribed... :D
Aw, thanks for the subscription! Honestly, Celsius makes so much more sense, but when you grow up with a different measurement system, it's just so hard to let go! Guess my old brain can't learn new tricks ;)
@@DreamPrague I can imagine that, but hey, don't stop trying! 😉😄
When it comes to NO, it can mean million things. Examples: Pojedeme o víkendu k babičce? No. (agreement) / Chtěl bys kafe? No (=hestitation, to be pronounced with longer o), spíš čaj. / No (empghasis) nemůžeš mít tři zmrzliny! / Kdo mi snědl dort? No?! urging people to answer. / No ne (astonishment)! Vy máte krásnou zahradu. / No no no (warning), nemysli, že ne mě budeš kričet.
And many others.
But English also has it´s specifics. A few years ago I was teachiing a group of Lybian students and we were practising various meanings of words like bat, mean, tablet or minute. Suddenly one of them declared he wasn´t going to learn a language in which one word can mean two or even more things and left the classroom.
I can assure you that you would still suffer most of your problems in any European country and Canada. The 'special' one is the United States. I am suffering similar problems, but I was a European and I am living in Florida.
Her video essentially says "the most annoying thing about being in Czechia is being an American". :-D
Letter size paper - don't even get me started :D I nearly commissioned a paper cutting service to make it for me (super expensive), to then find the paper from a supplier in Italy. Now you can get it via Amazon in Germany, so that was a relief.
Regarding the metric system, kilometers per hour and distance from your theoretical highway exit - the best practise is usually to look out the windshield when you're driving so you don't miss your exits. :) And I don't mean to be rude, it's a genuine suggestion to improve your perception while driving. There are plenty of huge signs telling you quite often how far is your exit.
Obálky jsou fakt zábavné .-) Co tak přeložit papír na čtvrtiny a používat jeden druh? .-) Osobně píši částky 1856912,50 - žádné tečky, čárky ani mezery (ještě by mi tam někdo něco dopsal xD)
Hurá. Konečně slušná kupka aspoň maličkých stížností. Počešťování úspěšně pokračuje.
Keyboards: software keyboard has QWERTZ and QWERTY version. Swap it to which suits you the most. On windows, zavináč is Alt+64 on the numeric keyboard or Alt+V on the non-numeric one. Have good time and thank you for all you videos.
You can use right alt + V to write @ on the czech keyboard.
Also there's a czech QWERTY keyboard layout in Windows 10. (I don't know about mac, can't help there)
A keď príde na Slovensko:
"Môžem sa ta niečo spýtať?"
"Hej."
"Pomozes mi?"
"No."
"Znamená to áno?"
"Uhm."
Já jsem v práci jednou něco vysvětloval jednomu slovákovi a on akorát řekl "No do piče!" A šel pryč. Musel jsem se ho jít zeptat, jestli to znamená, že to chápe, co mu říkám a nebo ne. Znamenalo to, že to chápe a že rozumí.