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    FYI, it means “týden”, or week in Czech, not a ton. If any major countries except English-speaking ones adopted imperial units, the world would be like this. We would have “pc” meaning “palec” (inch) or 25.4 mm in Czech texts or parsec (3.09 × 10¹⁹ mm) in English texts.






  • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orgtoTransfem@lemmy.blahaj.zoneCity girl
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    No, there is another category between “city” (velkoměsto) and “village” (vesnice): “town” (město). Legally, there’s the categories obec, městys (both are basically villages) and město (town/city), plus some can have different roles (s rozšířenou působností, okresní, krajské, hlavní), not to mention non-self-governing settlements can be named obec areas for road traffic purposes only. The Brno thing is just my opinion: a song by Nightwork considers even Aš to be a velkoměsto despite not making the top 100 with <13k residents and there being multiple bigger ones fitting the syllabic pattern like Hradec (94k), Ústí (91k) or Cheb (33k). Prague would fit too but the city center does not match the song’s vibe (although its local centers like near the metro stations of some minor quarters arguably do).

    Realistically, the “is Brno a city?” question splits the Czech population about like this:

    • 30% “Yes, Brno is a city.”
      • This percentage is notably higher in Brno.
    • 30% “No, Brno is a town/village/curve in the D1 highway with no noteworthy settlements around/actually called Šaliningrad.”
      • This percentage is notably higher in Prague.
    • 40% “No opinion/Neumím anglicky
      • People who don’t speak A2 English should not be included because velkoměsto is a subset of město (duh, velko- is just a qualifier meaning “big”) so there’s no 1:1 correspondence between the two languages.



  • I still consider it a feminine name

    That’s not stupid. Every “Péťa” I know is a woman so that’s a feminine name in my mind. Just pointing out that these two are very popular among trans people here for a reason, and it’s alright if you chose it for a different reason.

    I also have some transphobic relatives, they denied gender consulting to my AFAB-but-super-masculine cousin: it’s not too late for them though, and I’ll make sure to support them whether they turn out to be a tomboy or trans man. However, your look, front and back, is making anyone misgendering you look not just like an asshole but just plain stupid.



  • Maybe they meant “to have a body like you” not “to look at or touch your body”. Both are very much desirable, not gonna lie. If your boyfriend accepts you for who you are and you’re comfortable around him, as you indicated in other comments, he definitely deserves to see your body, and you deserve to have it. Make the most out of it: use clothing, hairstyle and makeup true to your self and while being able to strike a seductive pose is never a disadvantage, don’t think you need to hold it uncomfortably. Congratulations and don’t internalize mean comments/looks people IRL (rural areas and towns but occasionally even in Prague) sometimes give you. Shrug them off, confidence is half the battle of passing: women’s bodies come in all shapes and sizes, being comfortable with what you have (again, thinking you have it too good to deserve doesn’t help) will signal “that’s how I was meant to be”, which is important advice for cis women too. Your boyfriend should be able to help with confidence training, don’t be afraid to ask. But he’s a man, and so am I, so what do I know? Make sure to meet some friendly women too, it would be unreasonable to expect him to research “girl secrets” for you. There is no single “correct” way to be a woman, and a good group of friends will happily accept a femme or butch, prude or slut, all the same. Yes, your shoulders are unusually broad but clothing can be used to emphasize other parts of your body. That’s up to you though: a woman can pull off a look that intimidates Nazis too (however, in the Czech Republic, the best response to strangers making you uncomfortable is generally to make them look laughable for getting offended by however you chose to look that day).

    And it can’t be ruled out that you might be intersex. Quite a few people, cis or trans, have bodies with mixed characteristics even without HRT or surgery and live happily undiagnosed* for years or their entire lives.

    * The word has negative connotations so to be clear: It is a medical condition but not a disorder, there are rarely any negative effects.

    Edit: the “broad shoulders” were just a perspective trick. Your elevator selfie is 100% femme.




  • Yes, things change. No country used metric in medieval times, now It’s mostly just the US that refuses to. It’s their lack of experience that leads to abominations like “kph”, “sqm”, “kgf”, “cc” or “MFD” (micro? milli? megafarad?). Only minor updates have needed to be made to the metric system: most recently the kilogram is no longer based on a piece if metal in Paris but constants of the universe. Unless you’re weighing to 8+ significant figures, there is no difference. Meanwhile the US ton/metric ton (10%) and mile/nautical mile (15%) difference causes confusion somewhere every day.