| | | Ok, so.. here's a great way to get a laugh from a Czech person. It really brightens up their day.
You've seen those stands in Palac Flora and Andel Shopping Centre (Smichov) which have language software for teaching English to Czech people? Go right up there and stand looking very interested in what they're selling. Wait about 5 seconds and that nice girl on the stand will come to you and ask you, in Czech of course, if you're interested. "Ano". Say this in as neutral an accent as you can. She'll talk to you for about 5 or 10 minutes about this wonderful software they're selling. Just keeping saying short simple Czech positive words .. "Ano", "Super!", etc.
Now, eventually, she's going to ask you a question and if, like me, you don't understand a word of Czech, you're just gonna blindly answer "Ano" or somesuch. Keep watching her face for befuddlement. When it finally happens, just respond "I'm sorry, I don't speak a word of Czech, do you speak English?" and stand back.
Now just hope that the poor girl has a sense of humour. | | |   |
Member: #243
| | | | | Bob,
All the fun of the fair. This type of jape should really be done on people who deserve it. That fat blonde bitch barmaid in Zlata Hvezda as a case in point. Pulling off the "I've wasted your time" stunt is a nice revenge for terrible service but can you look Czech convincingly? And if so, how?
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| | | The best way to look like a Czech man, imho, is to just look completely vacant. Never make eye contact on trams or metro. Look at your feet a lot. Think to yourself about how the world might end in the next 5 minutes. Do this and you're half-way Czech already. | | |
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Member: #243
| | | | | I was wandering why inspectors don't check my ticket any more. I think you've hit the nail on the head. Get me outtahere.
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Member: #2891
| | | | He he he - that is cool  )) You sound like you know how to have a fun.
Try that in these vietnamiese markets )) They have hard time speak Czech, what about answering "Ano" "Ano" and than ask them in English ))) | | |
| | | Ah, those wonderful Viatnamese. The next time I wonder how they manage to sell things so damn cheap I'll remember the time my apartment in Zizkov almost burnt down from those ridiculously inexpensive Christmas lights.. They looked so nice, too. | | |
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Member: #2488
| | | | I'm learning Czech at the local school. There's me, a Spanish guy & 3 Vietnamiese.
One of the vietnamiese guys speaks a tiny bit of English & spends all his time during the 15 min break trying to talk to me. The prob is he has a terrible stutter, which makes any sort of conversation 'like pulling teeth'
Now I just pretend I'm writing an important sms for 15 min's, but really I'm playing Back Gammon 
Oh, and for future reference, Its not a Chineese resturant, its Vietnamiese . Chineese food is nice, vietnamiese is bland crap......
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