My first "word of the day is: "Ahoj!"
Now, I have already explained that it means "hi" in my last post, a fact that most of you reading this would already have known anyway, if only because it sounds like a pirate greeting. If you think about this, it is quite odd that the Czechs, being a landlocked nation, should have adapted a seafaring term as a greeting! It is true that it is an adoption of the English term, despite some sources claiming the other way around. ( anyone studying Czech is instantly taught that the only Czech words in English is robot, and, possibly, pistol). Apparently it was adapted through the boy scouts and tourists and became popular during the 1930s. Now it is one of the most common greetings in both the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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