# Are there any Dopers from the Czech Republic? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 22, 2002, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dopers-from-the-czech-republic/115365 "2002-06-22T00:39:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![flapcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@flapcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flapcats)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dopers-from-the-czech-republic/115365/1 "2002-06-22T00:39:33Z")
Ahoj!.. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dopers-from-the-czech-republic/115365/2 "2002-06-22T00:56:34Z")
Ahoj, flapcatse. Mluvis cesky? Nejsem cesky, ale bydlyl jsem v Praze maly cas. Jeste mluvim cesky spatny, promin. ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dopers-from-the-czech-republic/115365/3 "2002-06-22T01:10:02Z")
Tomcat is from the Czech Republic. And he is also a dollface. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dopers-from-the-czech-republic/115365/4 "2002-06-22T01:44:22Z")
I had a neighbour from the Czech Republic. She was really pretty, good cook, and a really nice person. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dopers-from-the-czech-republic/115365/5 "2002-06-22T16:26:22Z")
Ahoj, flapcats a pravnik! Ja take nejsem cesky, ale studovala jsem cesky na univerzite. Mluvim velmi spatne. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dopers-from-the-czech-republic/115365/6 "2002-06-22T16:33:39Z")
Not like, originally, but my family came from there. I’m 2nd generation born in America. I did a web search the other day on my last name, and I think I found some relatives still Over There. They apparently run a business renting out forklifts and trucks and such. ---
**Author:** ![tritone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@tritone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tritone)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dopers-from-the-czech-republic/115365/7 "2002-06-22T16:41:28Z")
Well, no, but I’ve been to Prague, and loved it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dopers-from-the-czech-republic/115365/8 "2002-06-22T20:06:30Z")
> [@](#): > > … nejsem cesky… Znamenam, nejsem cesk_a_. Jsem divka, ne chlap. And damn, I _really_ can’t speak this language… ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dopers-from-the-czech-republic/115365/9 "2002-06-23T01:06:29Z")
To jedno, myslim mluvis dobre. Tesi me, Fretful Porpentine a flapcatse! Fretful, have you had the chance to visit the Czech Republic to test your czech? ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dopers-from-the-czech-republic/115365/10 "2002-06-23T17:58:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pravnik \* > \*\*To jedno, myslim mluvis dobre. Tesi me, Fretful Porpentine a flapcatse! > > Fretful, have you had the chance to visit the Czech Republic to test your czech? \*\* Dekuju! Well, yes and no – I made the mistake of going to the country and _then_ enrolling in the language class, when any sensible person would have done it the other way around. Oh well, I expect I’ll be back someday. ---
**Author:** ![d12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71c47a/32.png) [@d12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d12)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dopers-from-the-czech-republic/115365/11 "2002-06-24T02:12:47Z")
Does anyone know where I can learn Czech online for free? ---
**Author:** ![flapcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@flapcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flapcats)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dopers-from-the-czech-republic/115365/12 "2002-06-24T09:26:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pravnik \* > \*\*Ahoj, flapcatse. Mluvis cesky? > \*\* Asi ne… Protoze ja sem Karel Gott! ---
**Author:** ![GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f1d935/32.png) [@GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GSV_Consolation_of_Dreams)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dopers-from-the-czech-republic/115365/13 "2002-06-24T09:41:43Z")
**d12** , try [http://www.bohemica.com](http://www.bohemica.com) Lots of info on the language and culture. ~atarian. Mluvím trochu èesky. Moje manželka je èeška. We were over there visiting family last week in fact. Those storms on Friday were really something weren’t they? ---
**Author:** ![GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f1d935/32.png) [@GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GSV_Consolation_of_Dreams)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dopers-from-the-czech-republic/115365/14 "2002-06-24T09:43:52Z")
Ha, that’s what you get for trying to use the Character Map. MS Windows P.O.S Those accented es (assuming they look that way to everyone else) should be cs with little hooks over them. ---
**Author:** ![flapcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@flapcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flapcats)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dopers-from-the-czech-republic/115365/15 "2002-06-24T15:29:22Z")
Atarian… Does she make you say the equivalent of ‘Three hundred and thirty three’ infront of her friends? Ja nemluvim! Prosimte. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Punkyova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@The\_Punkyova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Punkyova)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dopers-from-the-czech-republic/115365/16 "2002-06-24T16:30:47Z")
Nesom ceska, ale byvala som na Slovensku. Su tu slovaci?