The more I speak Czech to my daughter the more I am finding myself saying bad words. I mean, they are not bad in Czech language but they sound bad to the English ear. Here are some examples:
CZ: Cim vic mluvim s mou 2-letou dcerkou Hanickou cesky, tim casteji se nachazim v situaci, kdy rikam sprosta slova. Ne ze by byla sprosta v cestine, ale bohuzel zni sproste v anglickem jazyce. Tady jsou uvdene nejake priklady:
- bic (whip) sounds like bitch
- du-du (binkie) sounds like du-du (poop)
- pi-pi (bird sound) sounds like pee-pee (urine)
- fakt (really?) sounds like fu***d
- kakat (to poop) ; slightly offensive word for poop
- pusa (mouth) sounds like pu**y
- mimi (baby) sounds like my friends name (her name is Mimi)
Got anything else to add to the list?
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se seznamem souhlasim aazbudu v lepsi kondici nez usinaci popremyslim o dalsich slovech.
Jinak nasefakt? – vyhrava nacely care:D
Ja to rikam jeste jinak a to triska vsema stejne dobre. Fakt jo? A s rychlou cestinou se vetsinou i to T na konci vynechava.
Jannney: pockej, co myslis tim “vyhrava nacely care”?
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Lenka: No vidis, na to jsem ani neprisla, to je tak sila
Ano, souhlasim. Zrovna vcera jsem v obchodnim dome kricela na manzela, ktery nesl nasi pacici dceru: “Wait, I have DUDU!!” We both gor a good laugh about it but people were turning around … I am not sure what they were thinking …
I am soooo embarrassed to say “mouth” in czech that I use the archaic sounding “usta”. Which makes me sound like a crazy poet or something. Next thing I should teach my son to say “Luna” isntead of “mesic”. A je to…
I know that is the worst word…and “pusinka” is even worse!!!
But I did not get ‘mesic’ – what’s wrong with that word???
oh, “mesic” is perfectly innocent. But “luna” sounds silly enough in Czech to go with “usta”….so my kid is going to walk around sounding like Karel Hynek Macha.
Tanjo, “vyhrava na cely care” – tim je mysleno,ze je to bezkonkurencne nejlepsi..(v tomto pripade – nejoblibenejsi a rozesmeje kazdeho)
jo, jo, uz tomu rozumim, vubec nevim, proc jsem tomu poprve neporozumnela…divny
asi jsi to, Tanjo, cetla anglicky “najsly ker”
Jeste jsem si vzpomnela na jedno slovo, nad kterym se hodne Americanu pozastavilo, a to kdyz se mne zeptali, jak bude moje dcera rikat me mamce a ja rekla, ze babicko. Vzdycky z toho zachytili jen to “BITCH” … Moje matka od te doby trva pouze na kratkem osloveni “babi”. …
Ahoj Nikolo, no vidis to, to mi vubec ani neprislo! Zeptala jsem se na to manzela (americana) a on rikal, ze mu to taky neprislo a to asi proto, protoze uz znal slovo ‘babuska’ a babicka zni skoro stejne..
What’s a “binkie”?
binkie is a pacifier
Ahoj, to jsem rada ze jsem Vas nasla! A ten seznam me docela rozesmal. Bohuzel moc cesky posledni dobou nemluvim (manzelovy deti zacaly bydlet s nami a cesky neumi vubec, tak me prestalo bavit jecet na vsechny deti dvojjazycne)…. takze nikoho moc do rozpaku neuvadim (krome toho kdyz jsem u telefonu se sestrou)
Ale deti se muzou potrhat smichy kdyz se z kuchyne ozve “Who went to sneak into the cabinet to get cereal and did not close the box or the cabinet? MORCEC HADRY PARDYJE KOPYTO!!!!)
Ahoj Magdo!! Taky jsem rada, ze jsi nas nasla! Tvoje posledni veta me fakt rozesmala
)))) Pockej, ale nemelo to byt ‘mordec’??? Nebo vy rikate ‘morcec’ – odvozenina od zvirete morcete??? 
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Ale, kdybych se mohla primluvit, snaz se s tou cestinou zapasit, at ji uplne nezapomenes!!