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Ahoj! Thatā€™s hello in Czech! I started digging into the Czechia culture to become closer to my roots, and I thought Iā€™d take you guys along for the ride. As you probably know, Chechia used to be part of Chezhoslovakia until the Austro-Hungarian empire was dissolved. Due to this, they borrowed things from Austria and Germany, but from what Iā€™ve seen, the language looks very Polish. More to come later, and feel free to chip in with your own knowledge! @Discussions

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Wow. Thatā€™sā€¦a lot of meat.

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Ok, the Polish similarities make sense. Itā€™s actually Russia, as Czechoslovakia was part of the USSR.

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Czechā€¦?

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Yeah! Itā€™s a country.

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The similarities between Czech and Polish are because theyā€™re both West Slavic languages, nothing to do with the Soviet Union

Russian is an East Slavic language, but since theyā€™re all Slavic languages, there is some mutual intelligibility between them, which is why they sound similar

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Right, exactly. Czechia was still Part of the USSR, though.

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My mom compared it to Stockholm Syndrome.

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No. They werenā€™t. Czechoslovakia was an independent nation-state. During USSR times there was a communist government however, and they had close ties with the USSR. I believe they even got ā€˜invadedā€™, but still never were part of the USSR officially.

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Oh, really? That would make sense. I remember learning about it and that invasion still would explain the Russian undertones.

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Looks like I need to tell my mom that too, as she was the one who told me.

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Except the modern Czech language predates the creation of the Soviet Union

They have similar sounds because they belong to the same family of languages

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OH. Right. Czechoslovakia dates back to the 9th Century, I think.

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Dobry večer! Thatā€™s good evening. At least, it is in my timezone.

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Iā€™ve been to Prague before, does that count?

Also, tweaked the tags.
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Iā€™d say so! How was it?

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An amazingly beautiful city. Though after the third day, I think we both realised we were there too long. HAHAHA

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Apparently thereā€™s a bone chandelier in the catacombs.

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Yeah but thatā€™s not exactly in Prague. Itā€™s more in Czechia. As we didnā€™t rent a car for our trip and itā€™s either an hourā€™s drive away or a 4 trip on public transport. HA

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I couldā€™ve sworn it was Pragueā€¦

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'Tis near it. So youā€™re not wrong.

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