Name Czech

A short look at why no one calls the Czech Republic by its short name.

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Based on "History of and Popular Attitutes Towards Names for the Czech-Speaking Territory"

#Czechia #CzechRepublic #Name #Česko #ČeskáRepublika

[LL-ydzz]

This is the cleanest pronunciation of "Česko", "Československo" and "Česká Republika" I heard by someone who doesn't speak the language, that was better than like over half of actual native speakers, I think a tear came to my eye.

[raleight]

Me who is Czech and is just happy that someone even remembered my country...

[nixl_]

Ngl, Prof. Dr. Dr. Smith-Lancaster-Cronkenshonks-Thethirdfromtheleft-Nonotthatone-Yeahthatone-Thiscantbearealname-Youmustbejoking—Islington-Smith-Upon-Smitheroo-Akinfenwa, BA seems like a nice guy

[blazeeer]

I'm from Czechia, the way you pronounced "Česko and "Československo" (and "Česká Republika") Literally made me tear up. I was so excited because I've never heard any foreigner have such a clean pronunciation. Great video, I enjoyed it! :)

[adak]

I am from Slovakia and the way you pronounced "Československo" is amazingly perfect, I'm proud of you mate

[brunothedev]

If czechia became a monarchy, i see the people, "kingdom of czech republic"

[KC-Mitch]

Random story:
I once worked at Universal and some lady came up and asked "Hablas Espanol?" I said "Si, muy poquito" and tried talking to her about her issue (fairly poorly). She rudely interrupts me and says "Nevermind, just do it in English. I speak five languages. English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Czech."

And Czech? AND CZECH?!?! That was the most random flex I've ever had in my life. I wasn't even mad. I was so curious as to how some could be fluent in English, three romance languages, and then randomly Czech! I bet that lady didn't think she'd leave such an impact on me, but oh she did alright.

[AverytheCubanAmerican]

"Please try this new name" he said.
"No!", said everybody.
"Try it!" he said.
"NO!" said everybody again, louder this time.

[Mbeluba]

As a Polish man, every time someone mentions Czechy, my heart melts like if someone mentioned a cute kitten. Love the Knedliczki peoples.

[petern.j.]

That pronunciation of "Československo" is surprisingly good!

[speLelog]

We are so hilarious nation that we even had some kind of a contest in 1990s where the names were submitted by public. One of the most weird names was "Morče" (english: guinea pig), which was supposed to represent "MORava-ČEchy".

Also, hello to all Czechs that got this video suggested by YouTube algorithm. Most of us really enjoy watching english videos that are explaining our country and our culture.

[Ember_art]

Omg někdo si na nás vzpomenul a udělal o nás video to je tak hezkej pocit ♥️🤩🇨🇿

[vitstanek]

It is also because in english lessons in school, we were learned to say "I live in Czech Republic" not Czechia. I actually discovered that my country is also called Czechia only a few years ago, because I've never heard anybody say it before.

[Greghouse]

I guess the easiest way to explain it is:
The Czech government: Hey, people, let's call our country "Czechia".
and people were like: "Meh ... "

[lynnixvarjo]

Interesting, as a German I grew up with calling it "Tschechien" so basically "Czechia" and wasn't even aware that was an issue at all

[PcInterShow]

, ,This video is now property of Czechia gang" 😂😂 Určitě, ale musím pochválit za velice čistou výslovnost Česka. Opravdu to zní jak kdyby to říkal čech ;) Pozdravuji z Česka z moravy !

[jerma]

obligatory native speaker commenting about how good your pronunciation is

[eliswerekio]

As a Czech person: This warmed my heart.

It's funny how it only sounds weird in the English language, but in other languages, the short form is commonly used.

[noahisamathnerd]

That Patreon intro was very similar to the intros to PBS (America’s Public Broadcasting Service) programs. Thanks for the huge nostalgia hit.