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> <channel><title>Comments on: What are you afraid to ask about the Czech Republic ? / Co jste se o Ceske Republice vzdycky bali zeptat..</title> <atom:link href="http://czechmatediary.com/2009/06/08/what-you-were-always-afraid-to-ask-about-the-czech-republic/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://czechmatediary.com/2009/06/08/what-you-were-always-afraid-to-ask-about-the-czech-republic/</link> <description>Small Bohemian Steps to World Domination....</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:17:41 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>By: Vlastimil</title><link>http://czechmatediary.com/2009/06/08/what-you-were-always-afraid-to-ask-about-the-czech-republic/comment-page-1/#comment-17739</link> <dc:creator>Vlastimil</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:38:32 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://czechmatediary.com/?p=4942#comment-17739</guid> <description>Samozrejme se nikdo nepta na single ceskeho kluka....to prece je zbytecne...proste nejsou :)Ale kdo hleda najde....(i kdyz v hledani ceskych kluku nemam zadnou zkusenost, tak se mohu mylit :)
me uz nekolikrat bylo receno &quot;skoda, ze uz jses zenatej&quot; ;) (ono byt zenat je obcas docela sikovna vymluva ;)</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Samozrejme se nikdo nepta na single ceskeho kluka&#8230;.to prece je zbytecne&#8230;proste nejsou <img
src='http://czechmatediary.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /></p><p>Ale kdo hleda najde&#8230;.(i kdyz v hledani ceskych kluku nemam zadnou zkusenost, tak se mohu mylit <img
src='http://czechmatediary.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br
/> me uz nekolikrat bylo receno &#8220;skoda, ze uz jses zenatej&#8221; <img
src='http://czechmatediary.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> (ono byt zenat je obcas docela sikovna vymluva <img
src='http://czechmatediary.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Tanja</title><link>http://czechmatediary.com/2009/06/08/what-you-were-always-afraid-to-ask-about-the-czech-republic/comment-page-1/#comment-17736</link> <dc:creator>Tanja</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:33:44 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://czechmatediary.com/?p=4942#comment-17736</guid> <description>no, me se teda zadna kamaradka na ceskeho single kluka taky nezeptala...mozna ze je to jeste takove &quot;uncovered society secret&quot; (tedy ze cesti muzi jsou zadani):)</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>no, me se teda zadna kamaradka na ceskeho single kluka taky nezeptala&#8230;mozna ze je to jeste takove &#8220;uncovered society secret&#8221; (tedy ze cesti muzi jsou zadani):)</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: pavla</title><link>http://czechmatediary.com/2009/06/08/what-you-were-always-afraid-to-ask-about-the-czech-republic/comment-page-1/#comment-17731</link> <dc:creator>pavla</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:08:38 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://czechmatediary.com/?p=4942#comment-17731</guid> <description>I really enjoy her blocks.
It is very interesting the way she sees thinks.
Stuff which was part of our everyday lives she finds unusual.
I can&#039;t wait for a new one.
Oh for Vlastimil- jsem nevedela, ze cesti muzi jsou tak zadani ;)
O ceskych zenach se rika, ze jsou krasne a mnoho mych neceskych kamaradu se me pta jestli mam nejakou &quot;single&quot; kamaradku. Ale mozna- me se zadna kamaradka na ceskeho chlapa jeste nezeptala.:)</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really enjoy her blocks.<br
/> It is very interesting the way she sees thinks.<br
/> Stuff which was part of our everyday lives she finds unusual.<br
/> I can&#8217;t wait for a new one.<br
/> Oh for Vlastimil- jsem nevedela, ze cesti muzi jsou tak zadani <img
src='http://czechmatediary.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /><br
/> O ceskych zenach se rika, ze jsou krasne a mnoho mych neceskych kamaradu se me pta jestli mam nejakou &#8220;single&#8221; kamaradku. Ale mozna- me se zadna kamaradka na ceskeho chlapa jeste nezeptala.:)</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Vlastimil</title><link>http://czechmatediary.com/2009/06/08/what-you-were-always-afraid-to-ask-about-the-czech-republic/comment-page-1/#comment-17716</link> <dc:creator>Vlastimil</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:40:19 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://czechmatediary.com/?p=4942#comment-17716</guid> <description>To Tanja:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Czech_origin</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To Tanja:</p><p> <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Czech_origin" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Czech_origin</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Tanja</title><link>http://czechmatediary.com/2009/06/08/what-you-were-always-afraid-to-ask-about-the-czech-republic/comment-page-1/#comment-17714</link> <dc:creator>Tanja</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:21:15 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://czechmatediary.com/?p=4942#comment-17714</guid> <description>the world could not exist without sugar cubes :)</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the world could not exist without sugar cubes <img
src='http://czechmatediary.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Tanja</title><link>http://czechmatediary.com/2009/06/08/what-you-were-always-afraid-to-ask-about-the-czech-republic/comment-page-1/#comment-17713</link> <dc:creator>Tanja</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:20:45 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://czechmatediary.com/?p=4942#comment-17713</guid> <description>wow, impressive Vlastimil! Can you tell me the exact source on this? I would love to make a post about this!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>wow, impressive Vlastimil! Can you tell me the exact source on this? I would love to make a post about this!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Vlastimil</title><link>http://czechmatediary.com/2009/06/08/what-you-were-always-afraid-to-ask-about-the-czech-republic/comment-page-1/#comment-17710</link> <dc:creator>Vlastimil</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:26:36 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://czechmatediary.com/?p=4942#comment-17710</guid> <description>I would say to all non-Czech girls and women ...
We, Czech men, are very sexy and in a high demand..
Act now! Tomorrow can be too late ;)</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would say to all non-Czech girls and women &#8230;<br
/> We, Czech men, are very sexy and in a high demand..<br
/> Act now! Tomorrow can be too late <img
src='http://czechmatediary.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Vlastimil</title><link>http://czechmatediary.com/2009/06/08/what-you-were-always-afraid-to-ask-about-the-czech-republic/comment-page-1/#comment-17709</link> <dc:creator>Vlastimil</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:23:16 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://czechmatediary.com/?p=4942#comment-17709</guid> <description>English language language would not be complete without words of Czech origin ;)   (taken from wikipedia):Absurdistan (in Czech Absurdistán) - word created by
Eastern Bloc dissidents, passed into English mainly
through works of Václav Havel.
Budweiser - after Budweis, the German name of Budějovice,
a city in southern Bohemia
dollar - from German thaler, a nickname for the silver
coins that were minted from the ore found in Jáchymov in
western Bohemia, called Joachimsthal in German
(literally Joachim&#039;s Valley)
háček - a diacritical mark, literally &quot;little hook&quot;, e.g.
č is letter c having háček. Also known as &quot;caron&quot;.
howitzer - from houfnice, a 15th century Hussite catapult;
houf meaning crowd or band
kolache – from koláč or koláček.
pils, pilsner, pilsener - after Pilsen, the German name of
Plzeň, a Czech city. The name of the city is derived
from Old Czech plz (damp, moist)
pistol - from píšťala, an 15th century Hussite firearm
(disputed—alternative sources have been suggested)
polka - from Polák or polský, a Czech dance named in
remembrance of the November Uprising of 1830; or from Půlka, in English half because of its tempo
remoska - is a small electrical cooker made in Czech
republic, sold and well-known in UK. Its origin is in
the name of company which made it - REMOS which is
bbreviation (revize, elektro, montáže, opravy, servis =
revisions, electro, assembly, repairing, service).
robot - from Czech robota (labour, drudgery), introduced
in Karel Čapek&#039;s play R.U.R. from the 1920s.
semtex - a plastic explosive named after Semtín, part of
the city of Pardubice, Czech Republic, location of its
manufacturer.
tunelling - a colloquial term for financial fraud
committed by company&#039;s own management or major
shareholders. Widely used in the Czech Republic (and
Slovakia) since the first half of 1990s to describe the
massive asset stripping during transition from planned
economy.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>English language language would not be complete without words of Czech origin <img
src='http://czechmatediary.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> (taken from wikipedia):</p><p>Absurdistan (in Czech Absurdistán) &#8211; word created by<br
/> Eastern Bloc dissidents, passed into English mainly<br
/> through works of Václav Havel.<br
/> Budweiser &#8211; after Budweis, the German name of Budějovice,<br
/> a city in southern Bohemia<br
/> dollar &#8211; from German thaler, a nickname for the silver<br
/> coins that were minted from the ore found in Jáchymov in<br
/> western Bohemia, called Joachimsthal in German<br
/> (literally Joachim&#8217;s Valley)<br
/> háček &#8211; a diacritical mark, literally &#8220;little hook&#8221;, e.g.<br
/> č is letter c having háček. Also known as &#8220;caron&#8221;.<br
/> howitzer &#8211; from houfnice, a 15th century Hussite catapult;<br
/> houf meaning crowd or band<br
/> kolache – from koláč or koláček.<br
/> pils, pilsner, pilsener &#8211; after Pilsen, the German name of<br
/> Plzeň, a Czech city. The name of the city is derived<br
/> from Old Czech plz (damp, moist)<br
/> pistol &#8211; from píšťala, an 15th century Hussite firearm<br
/> (disputed—alternative sources have been suggested)<br
/> polka &#8211; from Polák or polský, a Czech dance named in<br
/> remembrance of the November Uprising of 1830; or from Půlka, in English half because of its tempo<br
/> remoska &#8211; is a small electrical cooker made in Czech<br
/> republic, sold and well-known in UK. Its origin is in<br
/> the name of company which made it &#8211; REMOS which is<br
/> bbreviation (revize, elektro, montáže, opravy, servis =<br
/> revisions, electro, assembly, repairing, service).<br
/> robot &#8211; from Czech robota (labour, drudgery), introduced<br
/> in Karel Čapek&#8217;s play R.U.R. from the 1920s.<br
/> semtex &#8211; a plastic explosive named after Semtín, part of<br
/> the city of Pardubice, Czech Republic, location of its<br
/> manufacturer.<br
/> tunelling &#8211; a colloquial term for financial fraud<br
/> committed by company&#8217;s own management or major<br
/> shareholders. Widely used in the Czech Republic (and<br
/> Slovakia) since the first half of 1990s to describe the<br
/> massive asset stripping during transition from planned<br
/> economy.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Jana V</title><link>http://czechmatediary.com/2009/06/08/what-you-were-always-afraid-to-ask-about-the-czech-republic/comment-page-1/#comment-17708</link> <dc:creator>Jana V</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:12:14 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://czechmatediary.com/?p=4942#comment-17708</guid> <description>sugar cubes, the word robot are also czech inventions.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>sugar cubes, the word robot are also czech inventions.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Vlastimil</title><link>http://czechmatediary.com/2009/06/08/what-you-were-always-afraid-to-ask-about-the-czech-republic/comment-page-1/#comment-17707</link> <dc:creator>Vlastimil</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:06:55 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://czechmatediary.com/?p=4942#comment-17707</guid> <description>I was wrong, Chinese invented the pistol..I always mix Chechens, Czechs and Chinese ;)Etymology of &quot;pistol&quot;
Hand Cannon from the Chinese Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368).The word &quot;pistol&quot; is derived from the French pistole (or pistolet), which has these possible origins:1) From the Czech pistole and this one from the Czech píšťala (flute or pipe, referring to the shape of a Hussite firearm), from Middle High German pischulle or from Middle French pistole.
2) From the city of Pistoia, Italy, where hand-held guns (designed to be fired from horseback) were first produced in the 1540s.[6]
3) That early pistols were carried by cavalry in holsters hung from the pommel (or pistallo in medieval French) of a horse&#039;s saddle.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was wrong, Chinese invented the pistol..I always mix Chechens, Czechs and Chinese <img
src='http://czechmatediary.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /></p><p>Etymology of &#8220;pistol&#8221;</p><p>Hand Cannon from the Chinese Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368).The word &#8220;pistol&#8221; is derived from the French pistole (or pistolet), which has these possible origins:</p><p>1) From the Czech pistole and this one from the Czech píšťala (flute or pipe, referring to the shape of a Hussite firearm), from Middle High German pischulle or from Middle French pistole.<br
/> 2) From the city of Pistoia, Italy, where hand-held guns (designed to be fired from horseback) were first produced in the 1540s.[6]<br
/> 3) That early pistols were carried by cavalry in holsters hung from the pommel (or pistallo in medieval French) of a horse&#8217;s saddle.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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