UK, Ireland / Many British have inferiority complex [131]

zion, ask trev what the Italians think of Brazilians, I'd guess something along the lines "transvestite prostitutes" comes to mind

History / THE POLES ON THE FRONT LINES OF WWII [92]


Poland didn't participate in that war for the gold medal, so take your retarded remark elsewhere

Life / Compulsory National Service in Poland [26]

it was 2 years (even 3 in Navy), but the rules were quite liberal (after the communism fell), so many people never got drafted. Besides, school was a reason for not going to the army, you finished your high school (liceum) at the age of 19 yrs, then passed the exams to a university and as long as you were studying you were free. Before 1989 there were some military classes for university students (and probably even field training), but they dropped it as well (I started my studies in 1989, and we didn't have those classes). And I was never drafted, without any tricks (so common earlier, before 1989, people were obtaining false medical certifications of diseases/illnesses that made them formally unable to serve in the army). They simply didn't need me, I guess it was a little different with technical students (especially modern technologies, telecomunications, medicine etc.), they were probably more likely to get drafted even during the 90's or they still are.

Polish Army had reduced its size significantly after the fall of the Iron Curtain, so every year they neeeded less and less conscripts.

Language / Diminutive of Aniol [15]


1st - Nominative case
2nd - Vocative case

UK, Ireland / Why so many British can't spell ? [83]


Exactly, miranda.
Grzegorz_, can you prove it? Or is it just another piece of garbage you read in the Anglophobic press?

that gives me an idea for a game, everyone changes his forum persona for a day and tries to post in the way someone else does (prove it, Puzzler :)

Life / Problems with Gadu-Gadu Settings [24]


yes, indeed, I had been using GG for a year or so, but discontinued about 2 years ago, then last summer some old acquintance of mine he tried to contact me at my number and it already belonged to some guy from Germany :)

P.S. thanx for the teddy angel bear with flowers :)

Language / Duzy / wielki - synonyms? [44]


you'll be a grammar expert my ass :wink:
or should I use the comma?
you'll be a grammar expert, my ass

(with a dedication for those who always neglect commas, not osioł of course )

Language / Duzy / wielki - synonyms? [44]


przynieś osły – bring the donkeys!
(this verb requires Accusative, so you're correct in singular, because Acc=Gen, but incorrect in plural, where the two cases have different endings)

besides I'd use the verb "przyprowadź", not "przynieś" (przynosić means bring something that cannot walk by itself, "przynieś wódkę", "przynieś list", while przyprowadzić means bring something that can walk by itself, "przyprowadź dzieci", "przyprowadź dziewczynę", of course the kids love to be carried, so "przynieś dzieci" could be technically correct, but it would sound funny anyway)

Life / Problems with Gadu-Gadu Settings [24]


nice neologism :)

Life / Problems with Gadu-Gadu Settings [24]

*Settings > Comunicator (Messanger)
1. Display timestamp on arriving messages
2. Always on top (that's kinky :)
3. Pop-up notifications
4. Display the beginning of the message in the notification
5. Show incoming messages on taskbar
6. Status description below the contact list
7. Allow multiple instances
8. Start with the contact list expanded
9. Do not show information about the contact in the main window
10. Delete the conversation content on closing conversation window
11. Warn me before opening a link from the message

- Messages Archiv
Delete messages older than
Do not store messages
Accept graphic messages

**Settings > Sounds
Disable during a conversation with a sender

**Settings > Appearance
Fonts
Background of the window (actually it's the "inner part/inside of the window", so I'm not 100% sure it's the backgraound they mean, I don't gg)

Active element
Display emoticons
Display emoticons in the Edit window

**Settings > Connection
Enable receiving of files and audio connections

Travel / Traveling to Torun [19]

toruńskie pierniki

Life / Local Poles taking advantage of foreigners living in Poland [235]

this whole pushing discussion reminds me of a scene from Bareja's TV series, Alternatywy 4, when the "queue robot" is sent for the final test in a Polish shop to buy some meat. She almost makes it to the cashier and then gets gradually pushed by the other clients to the end of the line :)

UK, Ireland / Many British have inferiority complex [131]

explanation for serious posters:

I only changed titles of some threads on these forums
for example: https://polishforums.com/archives/2005-2009/life/poles-attracted-animals-15349/

(and many others, none was my original)
because I think it was the idea behind Grzegorz_ thread, to reverse some of stupid questions that appear now and then on these boards. So I wasn't really expecting any serious answers, just mocking.

for trolls:


you know the meaning of the word "human", don't you?

UK, Ireland / Many British have inferiority complex [131]

so next topics are:
Why are Brits so attracted to animals?
Was there any famous British composer (except for Haydn who doesn't count as British)?
Will British sportsmen ever win an important competiton?
Local Brits taking advantage of foreigners (Poles) living and working in UK.
"I can smell a Brit a mile away" - British cuisine?
British man finds his wife is a 100% slut

USA, Canada / Looking to buy a book "Rok 1984" in Polish [4]

I found it on merlin.com.pl, but the prices at domksiazki are better (in Poland it's $10/14 for soft/hard cover, and probably 10$ for shipping to USA).

Language / Diminutive of Aniol [15]

you want to raise your cat as bilingual?

UK, Ireland / Polish kids in UK education system [57]


FINALLY, Michal wrote something I can sign under with my both hands :)

Food / Whats your favourate hot alcoholic drink? [26]

once or twice I drank also warm mead (just normal Polish mead, but hot and probably with some spices, but I don't remember what), it was good, although I generally hate sweet alcohol, so I drink it very rarely.

Language / Common mistakes made by foreigners in Polish [90]

yes, the ch** word you used is in Vocative case (Wołacz), and calling names makes really a great use of the vocative case, which is logical, but I never realized it before, thanks, osiołku :)

News / City of Warsaw has a new praeambulum [17]


thanks for providing me with the link to the English Wiki article about Solidarność, I couldn't find it without your help :)

you were under the impression, and I've lived through those times (born in 1970, never emigrated), so, hopefully I know what I'm talking about.


then you need to look harder (or maybe in the right place)

Language / Common mistakes made by foreigners in Polish [90]

Vocative: Ośle, podaj mi sól.

Language / Common mistakes made by foreigners in Polish [90]

most of the masculine nouns ending in -a are hardly exceptions, it's a common heritage of the Latin:
poeta, artysta/artista, komunista/comunista etc. are all masculine gender in Polish, Italian, Spanish, despite the -a ending.

Travel / Donkey visits Poland [76]

finally, I realize now what was the original idea behind Manneken pis!




(osioł, it's "Idę w krzaki")

News / City of Warsaw has a new praeambulum [17]


thank you for your input, but if it hadn't been for this combination, we (Poland) would be probably still governed by some pseudo-socialist post-communist regime that would win every "free election" with 80-90% of votes (like in today's Belorussia or Russia).

So, being an atheist for 20 years, I don't mind those words about God in the preamble.

Life / Do Polish people tend to stick together? [49]

well, I can't say how it looks today, but when I was abroad to work (in Norway, 1991, so soon after the communism fell down) then the things looked exactly like described by Seanus and Matyjasz.

Language / Share Perfective and Imperfective Polish verbs [105]

Imperfective and perfective verbs are not a simple point of Polish grammar, so STFU, Michale

Travel / Katowice bus service direct to Zakapane ? [5]

taxi - about 200 PLN, maybe less during the daytime.

alternative ways (I never used the service of the companies mentioned below, so I have no idea how true all the information is):

katowice-airport.com/eng/index.html?page=dojazdy,1

(AWOS and CarPolonia offer even direct transfers with shuttlefrom the airport to Zakopane, but there must be more passengers, otherwise it's too expensive, for example

Pyrzowce Zakopane
400.00 PLN za samochod (for a car) = do 8 osob (up to 8 persons)

katowice-airport.com/eng/index.html?page=dojazdy,4

(there's a bus to the city center, and Matuszek offers transfer to Cracow, which is probably on your way to Zakopane anyway)

by train (if you somehow get from the airport to the train station): nowy-rozklad.tktelekom.pl/bin/query.exe/en? (in english)

useful abbreviations:
PKP = Polskie Koleje Państwowe (Polish Railways)
PKS = buses (previously a nation-wide state-owned company, now probably privite and divided into regional branches)

Life / Polish Songs related to Hope [29]

On Michal's future tombstone:

He is dead anyway. He was also a jerk when he was alive. We have some of his photos at home and sometimes even look at them though very rarely these days. We do not like russian jerks at home very much.

_____________Wife and children

Language / What language do you like better, Polish or English? [71]


hmm, nationalities with big letters!
so correct is:
Witaj, Turczynko! (to a female)
Witaj, Turku! (to a male)

Study / Polish school holiday calendar by region [5]

I guess you mean the movable winter holidays for primary (podstawowe) and secondary (gimnazjum + liceum) schools (universities make their holidays regardless of the schedule for those schools, so no calendar by region)


12 do 27 stycznia (12 - 27 Jan)


26 stycznia do 10 lutego (26 Jan - 10 Feb)

full info (in Polish) here:
wiadomosci24.pl/artykul/juz_niedlugo_ferie_zimowe_w_szkolach_54385.html