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Joined: 20 Jul 2006 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 24 Jul 2013
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Speaks Polish?: yes, though Polska język trudna język. ;)

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Matyjasz   
18 Jul 2009
Life / Why build a supermarket with 20 checkouts with only 3 till staff? [46]

When they say goodbye, it's not done with any emotion or sense of meaning it.

That's true, and we have the cheek to criticize you that you are not sincere with your "how do you do's". :)

Ohh, and I was being polite when I said polite. I guess that youz guyz are afraid of confrontations. I guess that you have your social norms that do the trick.

At least that is how the English and Irish are in my experience. Don’t know about the Scots, as I didn’t have the pleasure to meet many. The same is for Welsh, but than again, I wouldn’t recognize a Welsh guy even if I would trample over him. ;)

I might try that, Matyjasz, but I like to drift through life spokojnie. Let them think that way, it just lowers my estimation of them.

Well than you are just like me. Or maybe I am just like you? ;)

Generally, if I can ignore it, I ignore it. But when it is something big it's better to react than to think about it the whole day. It's better for our health.
Matyjasz   
18 Jul 2009
Life / Why build a supermarket with 20 checkouts with only 3 till staff? [46]

I should've fuc*ed with their heads for doing that but I didn't.

And this is the problem with you people fro the Isles, you are too polite, even in situations that call for some drastic approach. Next time, seanus, let it go. It really helps. Of course you don't have to strangle those people, but say calmly what you think.

Is this situation mentioned by OP general in Poland and in all supermarkets? My only experience is in Kraków, at the Kaufland of Krowodrza Górka and the Alma of Galeria Każimierz. Never had to wait too long there, always a sufficient number of tills on duty.

Of course not in all supermarkets, but I would say that it is quite common here in Pl. Unfortunately. The same thing is with the problems with change. It all comes down to the laziness of the people responsible for ordering money before the opening of the store. It's always easier to count the money if the banknotes are of bigger nominal than when they are coins, right?

Seanus is right about the "don't care attitude".
Matyjasz   
11 Jul 2009
Language / CARBON-COPY POLISH SPREADING? [30]

The tendency to directly translate words and notions, usually from English, seems to be spreading in Polish, especially in adverts, and comemrcialism rules our modern world. Is this of any concern to you as a native speaker of Polish? Are you concerned about language purity or just accept this as normal?

Polish, just like any other language in the world, isn't a static, unchangeable monolith. It evolves and develops and the current borrowings from English are not something new and unique in it's long history.

Polish was heavily influenced from Czech when Piast dynasty accepted Christianity from Czech kingdom making most of today’s vocabulary related to liturgy and church Czech based.

Polish was heavily influenced from Latin as this was the lingua franca of the middle age ect...

Polish was heavily influenced by German as it was from them where we took codified law and the courtly culture: (gen) rathaus --> (pol) ratusz (town hall), (gen) ritter --> (pol) rycerz (knight), ect...

Then it was fashionable to add some French words in the 17-18th century and now it's English.

Many of the words you probably consider pure polish are of foreign background. In fact, if you would like to exclude all the words that came to Polish from outside we probably could not communicate with each other. Anyhow, in few decades those foreign sounding words of today will be the pure polish sounding words of tomorrow, so let us not get too excited on this, shall we? There is not much we can do about it anyway.
Matyjasz   
21 Jun 2009
History / World War II - a tragic story for Poland and the World [489]

Who? Just because You know something it doesnt mean its internationally famous

Boxers. Quite famous actually. Never heard about Lvivske beer though. I will be on the look out for it. Tried Magnat recently, and it was quite decent.
Matyjasz   
21 Jun 2009
History / World War II - a tragic story for Poland and the World [489]

Where did I apologize to you? What lies are you talking about?

I was talking in advance, me friend.

As for what lies? Focus Nathan. We started our little chit-chat about you not mentioning Polish-Lithuanian forces in the battle of Khotyn, even though, as you yourself later on admitted, they sonsituted half of the army.

Does it ring a bell, Nathan?

You still think others were lying on the floor while Poles fought?

Oi, Nathan! "Lying" means to tell lies, and not to lay on the floor. Actually I'm still confused with the lie word. Stupid language! ;)
Matyjasz   
21 Jun 2009
History / World War II - a tragic story for Poland and the World [489]

In all the forums you present yourself as the only nation out there to invent everything, to be generous and so on. Pure BS. Are you programmed?

Taking under consideration this forum, yes very much so. But how exactly is that answering my initial question about Ukrainians?

And you say Poland saved Europe

I'm pretty sure I never said that Poles single-handly saved Europe at the battle of Vienna but I would love to see you prove me wrong.

As for the "Ukrainians saved the Commonwealth at Khotyn" statement, it's good that you finally acknowledged other nationalities also. You don't have to apologize to me. Just try not to lie in the future, ok?

Oh, and you seem to be a very angry man, Nathan.

why would they be lying on the floor? lol

And have you ever seen anyone telling lies on a ceiling? Duuhh.... ;) .
Matyjasz   
18 Jun 2009
History / World War II - a tragic story for Poland and the World [489]

Ukrainians saved you against Turks - Battle of Khotyn (1621) against Ottoman empire

Every time I meet an Ukrainian I'm 100% sure he is going to mention that Cossacks saved the Commonwealth in 1621 at the battle of Khotyn... It's as if you people were programmed to do so.

Unfortunately, aside of the 20 000 Cossacks that took part in the battle there were also Lithuanians and Poles, who made up about 30 000 troops plus over 6 000 German infantry, but I'm sure they all were just lying on the floor and resting.
Matyjasz   
9 Jun 2009
News / Does Poland count in Europe or is it ignored? [427]

It is so called 'Walesism' :))

Haha... Yeah, but I do believe it to be true. We are to big of a country to be neglected, like Lithuania for example, but cannot be counted on par with the big shots of EU, like Germany, France and GB.
Matyjasz   
9 Jun 2009
News / Does Poland count in Europe or is it ignored? [427]

No, it was the US under Bush.
He showed how easy it was to crack the EU and bribe some members to do as THEY want, wasn't it...

But you do know that at the time of the invasion on Iraq Poland was not a member of EU right?
Matyjasz   
27 May 2009
History / Poland: dont blame us its the Germans. [174]

Most Germans are!
Only because the anti-american-lefties and their media are the loudest doesn't mean they are the majority!

Of course, this is the impresion I got from your anti-american-leftie media, but also from Germans that I had the opportunity to meet in my life. BTW, it also includes those that I have met in virtual reality, like you for example.

Either way, if Germans can criticize "Bush's America", despite all the aid USA provided to USA, why can't Poles do the same with Germany? Wouldn't that make those Gremans hypocrites?

Ohh, and what is worth mentioning here, not everyone agrees with Kaczyński brothers, to their dissatisfaction of course.
Matyjasz   
27 May 2009
History / Poland: dont blame us its the Germans. [174]

The help, the support is the bone of contention.
The EU (and to a big part Germany) is now doing to Poland what the US had done to their zone of occupation to get them on their feet.
But somehow the Poles are not happy about it...:(
Many are still grumbling and mumbling and resenting and whatnot..no fair!

Germany also doesn't seem to be thankful for the help America granted it after WWII with all it's anti-american sentiments, treating USA as a greater danger for Europe than Russia.
Matyjasz   
21 May 2009
History / Germans Exiles & Museum in Berlin in the eyes of Poles and UE nationals. [106]

He wasn't part of the invading army, he was part of the army that was sent to invaded and pacified Poland.

Ohhh, riiight, of course, we take everything back. We are sometimes too blind to spot those subtle nuances.

Since we are at the subject, do you guys know if Goebbels and Hitler were counted in the expellees list? I mean, they didn't come with the invading army but to an already occupied Poland, which obviously makes a tremendous difference. :D
Matyjasz   
14 May 2009
Life / Wanna buy a rubber/condom (in Rossmann in Poznan)? [51]

you're way too graphic Ksysia it's not a nice read, the stuff you post. you're trying to be the condom pro on here ha ha?

The part about the breth was weird... but she is right about all the rest.
Matyjasz   
3 May 2009
UK, Ireland / POLES SUPERIOR TO BRITS? [260]

But we all know that Poland DOES have the best juice in the world.

Plus those cardboard boxes. You can't beat a polish juice cardboard box. All the other cardboard boxes are inferior. I thought it was obvious.

You will have to come up with a different example, dannyboy. ;)
Matyjasz   
3 May 2009
UK, Ireland / Poles flee N. Irleand homes after World Cup riots [70]

yeah,what I meant to say begaun to turn into a four page essay so you got the abridged,super abridged is,walk a mile in my shoes before telling me you feel the pain of my bunions :)

I beg your pardon?

Do you know what are you talking about?
No, you dont, just being smartass, dont you?

I would say both.

And what exactly don't you like about my post?

Some of our Irish friends here gave us a lesson about the tough history of Ireland and the indefatigable Irish spirit. It's always good to learn.

What I wanted to say is that even though it seems every Irish in Belfast is from some paramilitary organization, carries a saber and has a hidden Klingon vessel hidden at his backyard, a group of some low life yobs from Poland came and started making trouble. What is more preposterous , they even got away with it. The cheek of it, innit?

I'm not saying they were right. Every person in his right mind detest those low lifes as much as those thugs that later on attacked some Polish immigrant families. It's just that this whole conversation is pointless and could be summed up in one single sentence:

F*** all bastards that intimidate innocent people, whoever they may be.
Matyjasz   
3 May 2009
History / Poland and Ukraine [240]

Well, since Poles can look for their roots in the Polan tribe, I don't see why Ukrainians could do the same in Cossacks, or even earlier in Kievan Rus.

However, I do see selectivity in regards to who they see as fit for being their predecessors. Yaroslav I the Wise and his nobles, certainly, but Ruthenian nobles in times of Rzeczpopsolita, no certainly not. That would, God forbid, mean that their forefathers also had something to do with the fate of Cossacs and Ukrainian peasants.

After all, what would an Ukrainian be without his Polish Pan. ;)

Well, since Poles can look for their roots in the Polan tribe, I don't see why Ukrainians could do the same in Cossacks, or even earlier in Kievan Rus.

It shoueld have read:

Well, since Poles can look for their roots in the Polan tribe, I don't see why Ukrainians couldn't do the same with Cossacks, or even earlier with Kievan Rus.
Matyjasz   
3 May 2009
UK, Ireland / POLES SUPERIOR TO BRITS? [260]

Marie Curie was Polish, she contributed a fair bit...

Not only she, however that's not the case. When it comes to the question,which country had a bigger impact on the world, we could say without a doubt that Great Britain wins hands down. Which doesn't mean that Poles didn't have anything to be proud of, because we have.

Personally I'm surprised that so many of you took seriously this tread. I mean, common. The arguments ranged from polish women being good wives to Polish Kings policy towards religious minorities in XVI century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Woahh!

I think I know who is one of those PF freelancers who get paid by Admin for their contribution to PF.
Matyjasz   
2 May 2009
UK, Ireland / Poles flee N. Irleand homes after World Cup riots [70]

I suspected for years that the Poles as a whole were pretty much on a level with your average American when it came to an understanding of the situation in NI,ie,clueless.

We are pretty much ignorant about it till this day.

When youve lived with a civil war on your streets since birth come back and tell us how the residents of say Praga would have reacted,untill then,if your interested,educate yourself,if not,shush.

You lost me here so whatever you say mate...