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The brusque scream Czechia appears inwards 646 TRF weblog posts (Google search). I approximate that 2 1000000 viewers accept seen the weblog posts with this give-and-take but because many readers are regulars, this amounted to nigh 500,000 distinct persons. Given these numbers, your humble correspondent may real good last the unmarried most intense user – private user or institutional user – of this English linguistic communication give-and-take inwards the world.

There are non likewise many Czechia-based outlets with a important global achieve thus it's genuinely plausible that TRF has led the advertisement of the term fifty-fifty past times the overall influence.



So I was pleased to larn from the Czech media – including the English-language Prague Monitor – in addition to fifty-fifty from major unusual outlets such every bit The Telegraph, the BBC, in addition to The Daily Mail that the government minister of unusual affairs Mr Zaorálek has joined the fans of the term Czechia (which has already been supported, beloved, in addition to used inwards speeches past times President Zeman for a few years) – in addition to to a greater extent than or less action volition last made inwards the U.N. to innovate the brusque scream Czechia to the U.N. databases.

Go Czechia. (The link debunks xvi myths of opponents of the name.)

Similar brusque names should last made mutual inwards half-dozen primal languages at the official U.N. marker (e.g. at U.N.-sponsored conferences): Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, in addition to Spanish. Whether the media in addition to the regular people volition start to operate the scream remains unknown. But if the promises volition last fulfilled that the Olympic Games inwards Rio volition operate "Czechia" everywhere, I am confident that the give-and-take volition locomote widespread – at to the lowest degree if to a greater extent than or less Czech athletes succeed. ;-)

The principal payoff of Rio is that inwards Portuguese, Tcheca denotes both "Czech" in addition to women's reproductive organs thus people are probable to verbalize nigh the topic every 50 seconds. The forcefulness of the English linguistic communication give-and-take "Czechia" is emphasized inwards Italian where Czechia agency a "blind girl", in addition to Bulgarian where it agency "masturbation". ;-)




Regular TRF readers must accept read nigh the storey of Czechia several times but permit me give you lot the basic background i time again.




The principal words used for the Czech acre in addition to the province come upward from the roots "Czech" in addition to "Bohemia".

Czechs were a Slavic tribe that founded the acre with the scream to a greater extent than or less 1200 years go. According to to a greater extent than or less legends, Forefather Czech was the "single truthful founder" in addition to his blood brother was named Lech (Czech-Lech), similar Lech Walesa, thus he founded the Polish nation. Whether these siblings also had a Russian blood brother remains fifty-fifty to a greater extent than controversial. ;-) Ironically, the Czech edition of the legend solely talks nigh 2 brothers, spell the Polish version of the legend has three, including Rus (strange, given the fact that the Poles dislike Russians much to a greater extent than than the Czechs do). OK, but the blood brother Rus would constitute Kievan Rus or Ukraine, anyway.

On the other hand, Bohemia is the "Boii's home", the dwelling of the Celtic tribe Boii that lived inwards Bohemia in addition to Bavaria to a greater extent than or less 2,200 years agone or so. (The association of Bohemia with the relaxed, gypsies' or boozer artists', "Bohemian" lifestyle is much newer in addition to comes from the French who, 100+ years ago, thought that all the gypsies etc. had to locomote far from their homeland inwards the East, likely Bohemia LOL.)

Prague Monitor – in addition to fifty-fifty from major unusual outlets such every bit The Telegraph, the BBC, in addition to The Independent was shocked past times the renaming plans), in addition to to a large extent inwards Slovak ("Česko", the same condition every bit inwards the Czech language), Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Vietnamese, Finnish, Scandinavian languages, in addition to Dutch. Most of the primal languages don't genuinely accept a problem.

German linguistic communication is the most of import linguistic communication later Czech (and maybe English) when it comes to the naming of things on the Czech territory. German linguistic communication has quite to a greater extent than or less detailed terminology for the Czech regions in addition to towns etc., in addition to I accept mentioned Böhmen und Mähren. But German linguistic communication also has a widespread brusque bespeak "Czechia".

There are genuinely 2 of them: Tschechien in addition to Tschechei. Tschechien (from Low German) is the to a greater extent than official, in addition to perchance politically right one; Tschechei (still dominant nigh the Czech border) is the unofficial one, in addition to it is perchance considered a slur of a sort. The history is such that the Nazis basically coined the give-and-take "Tschechei" because it had to audio funny to them, in addition to they wanted to present that they may easily intermission "Tschechoslowakei" to pieces. The draw inwards March 1939 was known to the German linguistic communication regular army officers every bit Zerschlagung der Rest-Tschechei, "The Destruction of the Rest-or-Aß-of-Czechoslovakia". Czechs sometimes comically or self-mockingly translated Tschechei every bit "Čechárna", basically Czech Hutch ("Králíkárna" is a rabbit hutch); the similar give-and-take "čekárna" is a waiting room. I don't genuinely speak German linguistic communication good plenty to "feel the puns inwards the same way" every bit they do. So I am only non capable of getting offended when someone says "Tschechei". It's however the same thing every bit Tschechien, isn't it? It may last linked to to a greater extent than or less negative stereotypes or fairy-tales (or truths) nigh the Czechs.

But every bit long every bit you lot operate "Tschechei" consistently for the province inwards all situations, it must last connected with all properties of the Czech province in addition to the Czech nation, right? So whether it's offensive ultimately depends on our beingness losers. The query which of the synonyms is "offensive" or "politically correct" is oft funny in addition to i should only totally ignore these labels. There are to a greater extent than or less euphemisms that were coined to supplant to a greater extent than or less previous direct talk, but in addition to thus these euphemisms became politically wrong past times themselves because they however indicated the same thing, thus people proposed to provide to the previously offensive word, in addition to thus on. ;-)

So you lot won't honour almost whatsoever Czechs who would recall that "Tschechei" is an offensive word. However, inwards Germany, you lot may last criticized for all kinds of "politically incorrect" things. I believe that many people aspect upward to a greater extent than or less pocket-size problems if they operate the give-and-take "Tschechei". But the problems are not created past times Czechs.

English linguistic communication speakers should similarly start to operate the give-and-take Czechia. I don't know how skillful FM Zaorálek is – he needs to convince major USA newspapers in addition to TVs to encompass the term if he genuinely wants to brand a difference. But fifty-fifty though I am non a trained linguist inwards whatsoever sense, I practice concur with the statements that many top Czech linguists (e.g. Rudolf Šrámek of Masaryk University) say.

There are nigh 3 principal reasons why the political long scream is inadequate inwards most cases in addition to a brusque scream is a must:
  • the brusque scream saves fourth dimension (or infinite or disk infinite or expanse on the screen), it's only to a greater extent than practical
  • most of the conversations accept nil to practice with detailed politics thus they shouldn't tending nigh the query whether nosotros accept a commonwealth or a kingdom or anything of the assort – the give-and-take "republic" is only off-topic, redundant, in addition to "cold" (as Zeman likes to say)
  • the usage of long names for a province is genuinely a shame, in addition to it reduces the legitimacy of the whole province inwards a sure way
I desire to clarify the concluding dot past times offering you lot a to a greater extent than extreme analogy. Macedonia, the country, has to last called
The Former Yugoslav Republic Of Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
That's weird but inwards this situation, nosotros know precisely what's behind the length of the name. Hellenic Republic uses the give-and-take Republic of Macedonia for its ain province, i following to FYROM, in addition to claims that the Slavs don't accept the right to operate the scream that basically covered both territories a real long fourth dimension ago. Moreover, Hellenic Republic claims to last afraid that FYROM could brand territorial claims because it is "the" Macedonia, thus evidently the "Macedonian" province of Hellenic Republic belongs to them, too. Greeks prefer a convoluted bespeak FYROM because it visually reduces the legitimacy of the whole province – it makes you lot recall that it's only a slice of to a greater extent than or less mess from the Yugoslav wars that may alter the condition often.

The disputes in addition to worries may last complicated in addition to none of the details has accurate analogies inwards Czechia. But the overall dot is true: the convoluted grapheme of the long scream is positively correlated with to a greater extent than or less potentially existential problems or controversies that the countries is plagued by. There are many ways to reorganize long names – which makes i recall that it's non a work when the territory itself is reorganized every bit well.

On the other hand, if you lot accept brusque in addition to concise words such every bit French Republic or Germany, it makes everyone recall that the existence in addition to identity of the province is indisputable in addition to the conservation police pull for the release of such countries basically holds.

These are the reasons why I recall that a stable, prophylactic province such every bit the Czechia should accept a brusque apolitical scream such every bit Czechia – despite the fact that the scream may await unusual or childish to many people for to a greater extent than or less time.

So please, at to the lowest degree if Zaorálek gets at to the lowest degree to a commission inwards the U.N. (first, he volition accept a verbalize with other top constitutional officials inwards Czechia tomorrow, on Thursday) in addition to something is approved, practice operate the give-and-take Czechia yourself. It is the official name. When you lot operate it, you lot may however last inwards a minority for a while, but you lot aren't beingness ludicrous inwards whatsoever way.

Incidentally, I recall that nosotros accept at to the lowest degree every bit many human rights every bit the Indians or Chinese or Indochinese etc. When those folks demanded their countries or cities such every bit Peking, Ceylon, Bangalore etc. to last called Beijing, Sri Lanka, Bangaluru etc., most Western journalists forthwith obeyed the orders. Those people of colors asked us something thus nosotros must last obedient. What happens when the Czech politicians practice a similar thing? Do you lot recall it's amend to operate your quondam convoluted phrases – or perchance forget that Czechoslovakia was dissolved 23 years agone (like George W. Bush inwards his presidential campaign)?



Some Americans told me on Twitter that Czechia is a bad scream because it volition brand the mixups with Chechnya fifty-fifty worse. Sure, it will. Or not. Some people confuse Czechia in addition to Chechnya; run across this collector edition of these monster minds. There were demands to nuke Chechnya or Czechia, whatever it is, later the Boston Marathon Bombing Attacks. I accept no doubts that at that topographic point are many of them. I accept seen such people with to a greater extent than or less (not long-term) TRF readers, too. But the words should last designed or redesigned according to the needs of the people who know their pregnant in addition to who demand to limited this meaning, non according to the stupid people who don't.

The Czechia-Chechnya confusion is absolutely analogous to the confusion of America in addition to Africa. America is real dissimilar from Africa, past times its gross domestic product in addition to other things, in addition to the divergence is real similar betwixt Czechia in addition to Chechnya (surely when it comes to security or gross domestic product per capita – the latter differs past times a component of 5 despite the large improvements inwards Chechnya later 2000). Not everyone inwards the the world or the USA genuinely knows what Czechia is – it's a fact, perchance a pitiable fact. But these are the people who only shouldn't dictate what is happening with the language. The people who accept an thought should. The words Czechia in addition to Chechnya don't audio in addition to aren't spelled excessively similarly, thus it's only OK.



Is the scream "the Czech Republic" in addition to the conform genuinely proficient for every occasion? ;-)

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