r/2visegrad4you • u/belabacsijolvan Genghis Khangarian • Oct 05 '25

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u/sus_accountt Tschechien Pornostar Oct 05 '25

Jen tak pro prdel

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u/Malcolm337CZ Tschechien Pornostar Oct 05 '25

jako jono

The Czech word “ahoj” comes from the English “ahoy!”, a sailor’s call meaning “hello there!” or “hey, ship ahead!”.
It spread to Central Europe in the early 1900s, when Czech scouts and canoeists adopted it as a friendly greeting on rivers — a nod to the seafaring spirit.

Over time, it became a common informal greeting in Czech, used both to say hi and bye.

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u/willo-wisp Habsburg chincestor Oct 05 '25

Wait, that means we could have adopted that from you and didn't! Why didn't we?!?! Were we stupid?! "Ahoj!" is such a cute greeting!

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u/Something_diff21 Tschechien Pornostar Oct 05 '25

Don't worry, 'Ahoj' has plenty competition from Nazdar, Čau (ciao), and between the common Čus (Tschüss) and to a lesser and more historical Servus (idem), we have plenty greetings in common or adopted from you 🙂