Real Estate / 15 reasons why the Polish real estate market will crash soon [258]


I'm not sure if I missed something, but where are the 15 reasons?

News / JEW YOUTH SHOULD CLEAN UP THEIR ACT IN POLAND [420]


Yes. The law that limits their denies them freedom of speech.


US Department of State. Not sure if they are so called "deniers" (what an idiotic term).


I chose not to test waters in that regards.

History / Responsibility for Murder of Catholic Poles during WWII ? [172]


That might depend whether someone is looking or not. But even then, they do show racial tendencies towards non-Jews.
news.yahoo/s/ap/20091027/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_jewish_school_1

News / JEW YOUTH SHOULD CLEAN UP THEIR ACT IN POLAND [420]


Yes. But it is in German, not in the US, where you cannot question historic dogmas. So again, there is no freedom of speech in Germany, and it's not just my opinion.


So those jailed in Germany and Austria were not really jailed?


More times than I can count.

News / JEW YOUTH SHOULD CLEAN UP THEIR ACT IN POLAND [420]


This has everything to do with free speech. He was arrested for what he said and wrote.

Of course he was stupid to go public in the country where there is no freedom of speech, and that lack of freedom is my point - not whether he is stupid or not, whether he is even correct in his scientific assessments, or even whether his assessments are indeed scientific. So you may as well give up the tactics of distraction.

The fact remains - there is no freedom of speech in Germany. Even the the US Dept. of State was critical of Germany for that. In a country where freedom of speech prevails he would have been debated and proven wrong, or right. In Germany he was being destroyed in the majesty of the German law.

News / JEW YOUTH SHOULD CLEAN UP THEIR ACT IN POLAND [420]

Oh, I do.

He says, and legally so, the same things while living in the US where he is protected by the First Amendment. In Germany he would rot in jail for what he can freely say in the US.

Now, got it?

News / JEW YOUTH SHOULD CLEAN UP THEIR ACT IN POLAND [420]


So that means there is no freedom of speech in Germany.


Study of history to bring hatred? Of whom?
There is no place for the study of history in this world?

News / JEW YOUTH SHOULD CLEAN UP THEIR ACT IN POLAND [420]

Nah, from those persecuted for speaking freely.
In Germany they still do what Hitler did - they burn books inconvenient for official policies.

How's that for freedom of speech?

News / JEW YOUTH SHOULD CLEAN UP THEIR ACT IN POLAND [420]


That number is completely bogus and all historians realize that - including Jewish ones. It's just that nobody wants to talk about it in public because some Jewish organizations would viciously destroy any person discussing facts. It is also illegal to debate history in some countries where freedom of speech is nonexistent (Germany, France). Parts, some important, of so called holocaust are a myth that has little to nothing to do with facts.

Yes, Jews were murdered, and so were others. It's just that we simply do not know how many Jews were killed during WW2, and we may never find out because (as mentioned earlier) the study of history is illegal in some countries.

In 1970's and most of the 1980's we were fed the propaganda that there were 6 million Jews killed during WW2. That number included just a little over 4 million Jews who were allegedly killed in Auschwitz alone. Then, when the USSR released their WW documents it turned out that the total number of deaths in Auschwitz was about 1.1 million. That's about 3 million less that they had lied about before, and yet the total of 6 million is still used in propaganda materials aka TV, radio and newspapers. Where are the missing 3 million dead Jews?

Love / Why are Polish girls constantly ill? [166]


Not sure if they are really ill. Often the issue is cultural rather than factual.

In the US and Canada the "How are you" question is not really a question. It is an invitation to saying "I'm great, thank you. And how are you". The answer will be the same even if the person just lost the job, got diagnosed with cancer, her husband has been arrested for communicating with a prostitute, the kids all got failing grades in their final exams, bills pile up beyond manageable levels but hey! I'm great! And how are you?

It seems that in Poland, if you ask a question you may as well expect an answer.

Love / Girls in Poland so desperate for$ Poland has the greatest no of Prostitutes [135]


How so?

First, Spain, a nation of 40,525,002 has a ratio of men to women of 0.96 to 1 (cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sp.html). That makes your figure of 20 million of Spanish women a lie.

Second, the numbers I offered were a quote from an article. Of course you do not bother to notice the source I quoted, but rather jump into conclusions you pull out of your rear end, which leads us to:

Third, who said that all prostitutes in Spain are Spanish women? Had you bothered to look for and read the article mentioned in the quote you would have realized that only 10 percent of prostitutes in Spain (as per the article) are Spanish women. That clearly shows that only about 50,000 of Spanish women are prostitutes, i.e. 1 in about 810 Spanish women work as prostitutes.

Instead of checking facts, you opted for an attempt to ridicule and you ended up looking silly.

Love / Girls in Poland so desperate for$ Poland has the greatest no of Prostitutes [135]


Germany:
"An estimated 400,000 prostitutes work in Germany, and 1.2 million customers are said to use their services daily. Revenues are estimated at 6 billion euros every year - equivalent to those of companies like Porsche and Adidas.

Poland:
"According to police, there were an estimated 3,200 prostitutes in the country; however, NGOs estimated that the number of women in all elements of the sex industry was significantly higher, from 18,000-20,000.

Spain:
Spain has been dubbed the 'brothel of Europe,' with up to 500,000 women working as prostitutes. Every day, 1.5 million men buy sex in Spain, said Maribel Montano of the governing Socialist Party

prostitution.procon.org/viewresource.asp?resourceID=000772

News / nasza klasa in the news. [11]


There is no difference between GG and MSN since MSN is not an original idea either.

Instant messaging predates the Internet itself. The first Windows based IM was in use a couple years before Microsoft's famous statement that they did not see the Internet as a part of their long term strategy.

Language / Nice way to say the name? [22]


I am not arguing. You are.
I'm stating facts, so try your own medicine and chill out yourself.

Magdzia would have been as good as Madga as diminutives for Magdalena. They would be very rarely used for Malgorzata.

So let's check the Great Book of First Names (Słownik Encyklopedyczny. Wielka księga imion, Wydawnictwo Europa)

Magda:
ZDROBNIENIA (diminutives): Macha, Mada, Madzia, Magda, Magdalenka, Magdusia, Magduszka, Magdzia, Lena. INNE FORMY: Madlena, Magda, Maria, Marlena.
mamdziecko.interia.pl/ksiega-imion/szukaj/haslo/span-classfoundmagdalenaspan,264918

Malgorzata:
ZDROBNIENIA (diminutives): Gocha, Gosia, Gośka, Macha, Machna, Mana, Małgorzatka, Małgosia, Małgoś, Małgośka, Masza, Maszka. INNE FORMY: Margareta, Margot, Maneta, Greta.

mamdziecko.interia.pl/ksiega-imion/szukaj/haslo/malgorzata,264932

Language / Nice way to say the name? [22]

I'm pretty sure most Poles think that way.
I'd never say that Madzia is a form of Magda/Magdalena.

Language / Polish and Russian - learning by a beginner [30]

If you're not somewhat of a linguistic genius (or a freak, for that matter) then hoping to tackle both at the same time is as good as hoping the trees in your back yard will bear $100 bills next Spring. OK, take that back, US$ may actually be worth as much as leaves on trees by next Spring, but I think you get the point.

Many linguists agree that learning two or more language from the same linguistic group at the same time is very likely to slow the learning process for both - too much confusion. Concentrating on one of them for now, and then picking up the other is a good move.

USA, Canada / Budka Suflera Toronto in November [6]

One of the best Polish bands and a huge part of Poland's music scene. Their mood is very different than that of Hanna Montana for sure. But then, Budka Suflera's music is not for little primary school girls, and not really a good as a background noise while driving to work.

They had some weak moments when the they had a different guy for the vocals. Cugowski can't be beat for the mood and for the poetry in their music.

Language / How does Polish sound to you? How to make Polish sound more pleasurable? [100]

Poets or not, I have always perceived German as a soft and poetic language once I started listening to it beyond WW movies.

Oh, and I like Swedish too. Very melodic.

Language / Polish Language Pronunciation - Example Words and Phrases [178]


so how would you tell a difference between words in these pairs if the difference between ć and ci is pure phantasmagoria?

wić - wici
nić - nici
tyć - tyci

Love / Do not marry Polish woman [212]


So buy a minivan, get a set of plumber's wrenches and off you go to fixing your marriage. If that fails you'll at least will have acquired a trade.

Oh, before you take off to get a minivan... did she mention the make and model?

Language / Polish grammar exercises from hell [130]


You tricked me ;)
Seriously, I understand your point and I agree. Still, the structure is a remnant of "czas zaprzeszly"

Language / Polish grammar exercises from hell [130]


That still doesn't prove that czas zaprzeszly is a translation from other languages.


What is it about?


How so?
How would you explain the following then?

- jutro ide na slub
- powiniens kupic kwiaty dla panny mlodej.

What does "powinienes" have to do with the past here?

Language / Polish grammar exercises from hell [130]


Pluperfect aka "czas zaprzeszly", considering that Polish is one of IE languages, is as much a translation from other languages as other languages also translate it from other sources.

The use of "pluperfect" in Polish had a very wide use, if one has ready anything older than modern literature. Older Polish texts are dotted with the use tense. Indeed, at times a modern Polish reader will struggle with the understanding of some sentences as the "pluperfect" is not as frequently used anymore, but still not absent form daily use.

There is a distinct difference between:

Powinienes uwazac. (make sure you're careful)
Powinienes byl uwazac. (kinda too late now)

Food / Is it just me, or is the Polish diet rather unhealthy? [119]


There are plenty of Summer dishes - chlodnik, fruit pierogis, fruit soups, a myriad of veggie salads, baked goods etc. Of course meat is eaten in Summer too, much like anywhere where meat is eaten. Same goes for potatoes and other staple foods.

Language / Polish grammar exercises from hell [130]


Wielki Slownik Poprawnej Polszczyzny disagrees.

According to the book only "dwoch ludzi" is correct and only in reference to all males. Otherwise it's "dwoje ludzi".

News / European Quality Of Life Index: Poland in the middle [29]

When did that happen?
Wasn't Poland near the bottom of EU? Like 2 from the end of thereabouts?

Language / Polish grammar exercises from hell [130]

It certainly possible to say that, but these would not be correct.

History / Matters of Propaganda...Or: how was the West portrayed in Poland? [150]


arguing about the roots of nudism is a little on a hilarious side :)

History / Matters of Propaganda...Or: how was the West portrayed in Poland? [150]


The exact reason for the visit of the DDR's ministry of education rep. During one of the indoctrination meetings we were supposed to sing The International. The Germans did. We sang Rota. It was a huuuge mess :)

It felt good though.

Language / Polish grammar exercises from hell [130]

In general English language gurus cannot reach a consensus in the matter of people vs. persons.

The guidelines I follow are that persons is mostly used in legal contexts, and also to emphasize that each member of the group of people is being considered individually. Otherwise people is just fine.

As with so many other words some contextual exceptions, stylistic rather than grammatical, apply.