Michal2
4 Nov 2008
Life / Do we have TV in Poland? [38]
Is Russia joined on to Ireland then?
No it is not, look at Russia and get back to me :)
Is Russia joined on to Ireland then?
Michal2
3 Nov 2008
Michal2
3 Nov 2008
Life / Do we have TV in Poland? [38]
Actually, that is not really true. If you look at a map of Ireland and compare it to England, you will not find a great deal of difference in actual size. To call Ireland a small island in the middle of the Atlantic is quite false.
But as for Ireland being a tiny Island in the Atlantic, I am also surprised how much people know about it.
Actually, that is not really true. If you look at a map of Ireland and compare it to England, you will not find a great deal of difference in actual size. To call Ireland a small island in the middle of the Atlantic is quite false.
Michal2
3 Nov 2008
Life / Do we have TV in Poland? [38]
No, that is not fair at all. People have a right to be honest and if they do not know something then they have a right to ask and learn from that experience. Many years ago, I was in South Africa and drove in to the countryside and stopped my car by some little wattle huts to take a photograph. I was surrounded by men who asked me where I came from. I said that I am from London. Blank faces. "You know, where Buckingham Palace is" I added. Still blank faces. You can speak the same language but there has to be conceptulisation. I was driving through Germany in the late 1970's along the motorways in my old Volkswagen car and I kept seeing arrows with the word langsam and I thought to myself, God, it must be a big town for the same direction to be continually shown for miles and miles! It is embarasing for me to admit it now with hindsight but I also remember being in Moscow when the Americans invaded the Island of Granada. The Russian media on the television showed a map of mainland Spain with the town iof Granada which is also there!
nly fools ask stupid questions, and that's what that person asked.
No, that is not fair at all. People have a right to be honest and if they do not know something then they have a right to ask and learn from that experience. Many years ago, I was in South Africa and drove in to the countryside and stopped my car by some little wattle huts to take a photograph. I was surrounded by men who asked me where I came from. I said that I am from London. Blank faces. "You know, where Buckingham Palace is" I added. Still blank faces. You can speak the same language but there has to be conceptulisation. I was driving through Germany in the late 1970's along the motorways in my old Volkswagen car and I kept seeing arrows with the word langsam and I thought to myself, God, it must be a big town for the same direction to be continually shown for miles and miles! It is embarasing for me to admit it now with hindsight but I also remember being in Moscow when the Americans invaded the Island of Granada. The Russian media on the television showed a map of mainland Spain with the town iof Granada which is also there!
Michal2
22 Oct 2008
News / Oil in Poland [12]
The only oil to be found in Poland will be on the road surface from the engines of all those clapped out old Syrenka motor cars.
The only oil to be found in Poland will be on the road surface from the engines of all those clapped out old Syrenka motor cars.
Michal2
11 Oct 2008
News / Poles Ranks First in Computer Coding [47]
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Where do these figures come from? Who can be so precise?
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Where do these figures come from? Who can be so precise?
Michal2
10 Oct 2008
News / Poles Ranks First in Computer Coding [47]
yes, for some odd reason, the Poles love playing cards. I imagine it is due to the long cold winters when they do not want to go outside. However, it is not true that the Poles are in first place in computer work, there are far more Russians experienced than the Poles.
Another area where Poles excel is in the highly intuitive card game of Bridge.
yes, for some odd reason, the Poles love playing cards. I imagine it is due to the long cold winters when they do not want to go outside. However, it is not true that the Poles are in first place in computer work, there are far more Russians experienced than the Poles.
Michal2
2 Oct 2008
Love / Fidelity of Polish women [63]
How can she be a married polish woman, having an affair with you yet be faithful at the same time?
affair with a married polish woman and I think she was quite faithful to me.
How can she be a married polish woman, having an affair with you yet be faithful at the same time?
Michal2
30 Sep 2008
Love / Fidelity of Polish women [63]
I think that there must be one or two nice real Polish girls out there but sadly, I have never met one. They only think of money and self advancement.
I think that there must be one or two nice real Polish girls out there but sadly, I have never met one. They only think of money and self advancement.
Michal2
29 Sep 2008
Love / Fidelity of Polish women [63]
You and your bank account is one of the same things when it comes to all these lovely Polish girls.
about YOU and not your checking accou
You and your bank account is one of the same things when it comes to all these lovely Polish girls.
Michal2
28 Sep 2008
Language / Madralo - is it insulting? [16]
I think that the word angol is, in fact, a Hungarian word.
Angol was used on a daily basis
I think that the word angol is, in fact, a Hungarian word.
Michal2
28 Sep 2008
News / Why the American economy is not going to fail - take a lesson from Poland [48]
Frankly, these statements are idiotic. America too has had a poor economic time in the 1930's when people really suffered-far more than a few silly Poles under Communism in the 1980's. Poland always has a 'thing' about itself. Only Poland knows hardship and sorrow and yet the fault is never Polands, only other peoples.
large respectable EU world economy. In 20 years Poland developed very fast. There is not way the US will ever come close to the hard times Poland had and even if it did, look at Poland now.
Frankly, these statements are idiotic. America too has had a poor economic time in the 1930's when people really suffered-far more than a few silly Poles under Communism in the 1980's. Poland always has a 'thing' about itself. Only Poland knows hardship and sorrow and yet the fault is never Polands, only other peoples.
Michal2
27 Sep 2008
News / Women's average earnings as a percentage of men's. Poland's near top. [50]
In Poland it has to be remembered that most women work in the home and of those working, some may be in private business. The working mentality in Poland is totally different to that of England and so therefore any statistical comparison is basically meaningless.
In Poland it has to be remembered that most women work in the home and of those working, some may be in private business. The working mentality in Poland is totally different to that of England and so therefore any statistical comparison is basically meaningless.
Michal2
26 Sep 2008
UK, Ireland / What is in Poland that England doesn't have? [142]
I seriously can not understand how anybody could or would prefer life in Poland to that in England. All Poland has that England does not is an abundance of grave yards!
I seriously can not understand how anybody could or would prefer life in Poland to that in England. All Poland has that England does not is an abundance of grave yards!
Michal2
25 Sep 2008
Work / praca magisterska (master's degree) - any impact on career in Poland [13]
None whatsoever. Most Polish qualifications are not recognized in the West except for Kraków University and the Politechnic of Waszawa. In England there are loads of so called educated Poles who are sweeping the streets.
t achieve their praca magisterska, how (if at all) will this affect their career and life prospects?
None whatsoever. Most Polish qualifications are not recognized in the West except for Kraków University and the Politechnic of Waszawa. In England there are loads of so called educated Poles who are sweeping the streets.
Michal2
23 Sep 2008
Language / Instrumental form in Polish [65]
Yes it does. In the good old days of Communism, Polish people had to apply for a visa to visit the United Kingdom. That is just one very good example of a 'good obstacle'. I am sure that you too could think of many more should you sit down and think hard and long enough.
r heard of good and bad obstacles. It just doesn't go together.
Yes it does. In the good old days of Communism, Polish people had to apply for a visa to visit the United Kingdom. That is just one very good example of a 'good obstacle'. I am sure that you too could think of many more should you sit down and think hard and long enough.
Michal2
22 Sep 2008
Language / Instrumental form in Polish [65]
Yes, and that might be what was meant.
't. "Najlepszą" means "the best".
Yes, and that might be what was meant.
Michal2
22 Sep 2008
Language / Instrumental form in Polish [65]
It can also be najlepszą depending on the context.
ajlepszą przeszkodą był Kościoł. How
It can also be najlepszą depending on the context.
Michal2
20 Sep 2008
Love / DO POLISH GAYS ALSO DIE YOUNG? [56]
Yes, I did, in June as it happens. I dreamt it? Are you not dreaming about this super job in Poland that does not even exist?
Yes, I did, in June as it happens. I dreamt it? Are you not dreaming about this super job in Poland that does not even exist?
Michal2
20 Sep 2008
Love / DO POLISH GAYS ALSO DIE YOUNG? [56]
In Poland everybody dies young. This is due to the bad air they breath as well as cigarettes and alcohol. The driving is the worst in Europe so many die young on the roads too. I avoid the country like the plague!
In Poland everybody dies young. This is due to the bad air they breath as well as cigarettes and alcohol. The driving is the worst in Europe so many die young on the roads too. I avoid the country like the plague!
Michal2
19 Sep 2008
News / Main Polish newspapers in English popular in Poland [13]
There are many uneducated educated Brits who have been to university. Like the new A levels everybody passes and there used to be the old adage 'educated idiots'. Education at university is no guarantee in itself that an English native speaker has a good knowledge of anything. I always remember when at university myself and I met a man studying German. Later I met him in London and we were waiting for an underground train and in conversation, I can not remember now even what we were talking about but he built a sentence including...'that is even worser than what...'even as he said it, it so stuck out and I simply cringed!
using university-educated Brits
There are many uneducated educated Brits who have been to university. Like the new A levels everybody passes and there used to be the old adage 'educated idiots'. Education at university is no guarantee in itself that an English native speaker has a good knowledge of anything. I always remember when at university myself and I met a man studying German. Later I met him in London and we were waiting for an underground train and in conversation, I can not remember now even what we were talking about but he built a sentence including...'that is even worser than what...'even as he said it, it so stuck out and I simply cringed!
Michal2
17 Sep 2008
Michal2
16 Sep 2008
Language / Dokonany/Niedokonany - Perfective/Imperfective [46]
Try speaking Polish after drinking a few wodkas! All you can do is practice but I very much doubt if you will ever be able to loose it completely. I hear Poles in England who have been here for like thousands of years and they still sound really dreadful when they open their mounths and speak in English.
sh, I have been told that I have an extremely strong accent. I would like to lose my english accent to make my Polish sound more fluent. Does anyone have any suggestions??
Try speaking Polish after drinking a few wodkas! All you can do is practice but I very much doubt if you will ever be able to loose it completely. I hear Poles in England who have been here for like thousands of years and they still sound really dreadful when they open their mounths and speak in English.
Michal2
16 Sep 2008
News / Main Polish newspapers in English popular in Poland [13]
I think the problem as well is language. The Poles write a text in English from a Polish source and then an English corrector makes it sound more genuine but the Poles are crafty because they will not show the English Corrector the original text. That is why there are so many lies. It is easy for an Englishman to correct and improve a text but he should be allowed to translate from the original not a Poles version of the truth!
Come on, press is press. Show me a national press that projects only the truth and I'll show u the cave where Bin Ladin is playing the latest PS2 game
I think the problem as well is language. The Poles write a text in English from a Polish source and then an English corrector makes it sound more genuine but the Poles are crafty because they will not show the English Corrector the original text. That is why there are so many lies. It is easy for an Englishman to correct and improve a text but he should be allowed to translate from the original not a Poles version of the truth!
Michal2
13 Sep 2008
News / What are the economical chances of Poland? [30]
Only wodka and the Polonez motor car.
oland to offer to the world's market?
Only wodka and the Polonez motor car.
Michal2
9 Sep 2008
News / Venezuela is voted happiest place to live ,Poland? [33]
The answer to this is never. I arrived by train once in Poland and there were lots of people, all of themn Polish looking down from a railways carriage. One of them said, "look, he must be foreign, he looks happy!"
Do Polish smile often?
The answer to this is never. I arrived by train once in Poland and there were lots of people, all of themn Polish looking down from a railways carriage. One of them said, "look, he must be foreign, he looks happy!"
Michal2
7 Sep 2008
Language / Adjective and adverb comparison [19]
It is also used as an adjective being najwyższy from which the Polish expression najwyższy czas-'its high time to do something' comes to mind.
It is also used as an adjective being najwyższy from which the Polish expression najwyższy czas-'its high time to do something' comes to mind.
Michal2
6 Sep 2008
News / Poland boycotts German goods? [266]
You draw something out and you pull water from a well. If your English is so bad stop trying to learn Polish. Incidentally, have you learn the language and bought your one way ticket yet? Are you not supposed to be working in a Polish hospital helping people/ Polish Forums is certainly a long way off that dream.
You write about the soil is simple'-is that English ziemia jest prosta-what does that mean? Is it Chinese?
needs to be drawn out? water is drawn out of a well, pus is drawn out of a boil.
You draw something out and you pull water from a well. If your English is so bad stop trying to learn Polish. Incidentally, have you learn the language and bought your one way ticket yet? Are you not supposed to be working in a Polish hospital helping people/ Polish Forums is certainly a long way off that dream.
You write about the soil is simple'-is that English ziemia jest prosta-what does that mean? Is it Chinese?
Michal2
6 Sep 2008
News / Poland boycotts German goods? [266]
Should read...it is simple....are you so stupid that we have to draw it out for you?
Rather like your example of cartoonish. Mind you, I invent Polish words from time to time too for that matter.
It simply is... are you so stupid that we have to paint you that... ?
Should read...it is simple....are you so stupid that we have to draw it out for you?
Rather like your example of cartoonish. Mind you, I invent Polish words from time to time too for that matter.
Michal2
5 Sep 2008
News / Poland boycotts German goods? [266]
Why, is it Polish soil you dumbass?
not the soil in Szczecin, you dumbass
Why, is it Polish soil you dumbass?