UK, Ireland / What will the Polish give the UK? [58]


Always! It is fun to watch them in the markets. The English and the Germans look at old books, magazines and war medals whilst the Poles look at screw drivers and the Polish lassies look at jeans, shirts and socks!


I am sure when it comes to culture, everybody can make a long list of Russian poets and writers. Try to name even one Pole!

UK, Ireland / What will the Polish give the UK? [58]

Yes, Polish people can be hard working when they want to be. They enjoy using their hands to make things but they are not really lovers of culture, opera and classical music and deep culture. They enjoy welding and riveting things together more than literature and deep philosophy.

UK, Ireland / Polish as Irelands Third Offical language? [123]


No, there are not three languages in Ireland as very few people speak Irish. In Wales their language is still strong with almost a million speakers but who speaks Irish? A few on the West Coast perhaps?

UK, Ireland / What will the Polish give the UK? [58]

When you look at the size of the British Empire encompassing one quarter of the World at one time, it is surprising how very few foreign words have entered the English vocabulary, i.e. Indian words ect. When I watch M jak Milosc, a series produced in Poland, it is surprising how many English words are being mixed with Polish so it is more likely that Poland via American commercial ventures will pick up overseas habits not only foreign motor cars, Japaneses technology, English words (sorry, fair, break, sure the list is almost endless), McDonalds and Pizza Hut and all these new stupid t.v. series such as the Polish version of Blind Date and Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Polish culture leaves very little of itself in other cultures as the Poles learn from others and not vis versa, that is, us from them, so it is natural for the looser, culturally at least, for that to be Poland. Poland lacks a sense of strong national identity and always tries to emulate other countries.

UK, Ireland / Polish as Irelands Third Offical language? [123]


You are always offensive so it should come quite naturally for you!

UK, Ireland / Sending a parcel to Poland from UK [30]

Best of all is to find someone who is going to Poland. They may be prepared to take the parcel to Poland and then post it on at a fraction of the price.

UK, Ireland / Sending a parcel to Poland from UK [30]

The trouble is, is that you do not know what is happening to your property once inside Poland. There are a lot of very dishonest people in Poland and things do go missing all the time.

Language / "ksiegarnia" = "bookshop"? [14]

The actual word has nothing to do with books as such and I imagine historically comes from the root word ksiegowosc meaning in todays terms accounting.

Language / "ksiegarnia" = "bookshop"? [14]

In Russia they used to call it simply 'knigi'.

Language / "ksiegarnia" = "bookshop"? [14]

kszengurnyu is about the nearest thing you will get to it in English spelling and yes it is a book shop in Polish.

UK, Ireland / Polish Londoners get free courses & help from London Development Agency [6]


In the evenings they run, or at least ran 'O' and 'A' level Polish Language courses. It is based near to Ravenscourt Underground Station.

Life / Why are the Poles picked on there is no reason to do this to them [108]


Not always. On this Forum, it just leads to rude remarks most of the time.

Language / Best cd/book course to Polish [11]

Depending on where you live, if you live in a large city, you may find your local city library has a good selection of courses with tapes that you may be able to take out on loan. The trouble is, of course, you will always have to take them back! A three week loan period to read a noval is all very well but when you are trying to learn a language...?

Language / Polish Language Pronunciation - Example Words and Phrases [220]

j (as in jam) plus e (as the 'e' in get) plus ts (as in gets) plus ko, thus dziecko. The final 'o' is a short o like the o in concrete not an open 'o' in the word 'so' for example.

News / Polish Tourists wrestle and kill attacking bear! [39]

When do I complain?

Life / Why are the Poles picked on there is no reason to do this to them [108]

There are good and bad people everywhere and you can not always get on with everyone. It was simply an instance in a restaurant when I met these two super young lovely Polish girls and it brought back so many memories when there were so many more of these nice type of people around. I should visit Poland again one day and see how things look today before I say more.

News / British moved to POLAND on BBC tonight [74]

I just told you not to respond. Why respond then?

News / Polish Tourists wrestle and kill attacking bear! [39]


I still do not get it as it has nothing whatsoever to do with Putin. Anyway, who cares about a little bear? The Japanese have killed all the whales in the sea yet everybody still buys Nikon cameras, Nissan, Mutsibishi and Honda motor cars. Nobody complains, do they?

News / Polish Tourists wrestle and kill attacking bear! [39]

What has it got to do with Putin? Is Putin in charge of Poland?

News / British moved to POLAND on BBC tonight [74]

Then do not bother as it really does not matter at all in the least just like your Polish O.C.R. certificate.

Life / Why are the Poles picked on there is no reason to do this to them [108]

Again, it just goes to show how these forum members are not in any way representative of so many normal Poles. 'You stink' such big words over an internet access but face to face you would simply walk away and hide.

Life / Why are the Poles picked on there is no reason to do this to them [108]


Sorry about the keying error. At least in saved me from one fault though!

Life / Why are the Poles picked on there is no reason to do this to them [108]

I have been on holiday for a few days and we went and stayed in Newark. I drove to a Chinese restaurant in Grantham, where, incidentally Margaret Thatcher was born so many years ago!one evening as they have a 'happy hour' between five and six in the evening. There, in the restaurant, they now employ two young gorgeous Polish girls from Krakow! We got talking and I was telling them about my memories of Krakow in the old days and they were telling me how things have changed for the better. I think they just wanted to talk in Polish as it can be a bit daunting overseas for a long time away from home. They would speak in English until the topic became too difficult and then we would revert to Polish. Somehow, it returned to me some of my old faith in Polish nature and how some of the young generation can be so nice, in this retrospect they have to be I suppose as it is, after all, their job. However, it would be nice to go back and see the old place again and it also showed me how so many of the so called 'Polish' people on this forum who are rude, sarcastic and are simply aggressive are not in any way representative of all true nice young Polish people.

News / British moved to POLAND on BBC tonight [74]

I saw the programme too. There was the scene with the English fireman who is already well known. I have heard him on the radio in Warsaw as he has a Language slot of English idioms, or at least, he used to. Otherwise, I thought that Palin showed very little of real Poland.


Lech Walesa had nothing to do with bringing down Communism in Poland.

Language / Best cd/book course to Polish [11]

We have had this question several times before. There are various books such as teach Yourself and the Colloquial Polish Course by B.W. Mazur. The best courses are the old ones, now sadly long out of print. The old Linguaphone Polish Course, was also a very good course, if you can get hold of a copy, try e-bay.

Language / Polish Language Pronunciation - Example Words and Phrases [220]


It simply comes from the very urozmaicic, which means change or variety.

Love / I reckon I've met a right plonker here - your thoughts please [44]


Getting power from riding a horse is not in itself a sport. You tend to find women who prefer horses to men tend to be a bit strange, or at least that is my observation. In fact, I work with someone who is now related to a female vet, ans she has told him the same thing. She meets these people all the time through her work and she finds these women an odd bunch!

Love / I reckon I've met a right plonker here - your thoughts please [44]


Yes, I agree. You know he is lying and you feel he is lying. I suspect that the fact that you bring all this up here only proves that you want us to come to the same opinion yourself and you want to 'test the water' by seeing if we come to the same conclusion. He admitted his addiction to drugs off his own back which is to his credit. As for women with horses, they are a strange breed indeed! Find a decent English bloke instead.

News / My view on Poland's Future [22]

Voting makes no difference at all as you are all voting for internal solutions to external problems. Why not try Lech Walesa again, he could repaint the shipyards!

Genealogy / Szrajba, Sreiberis, Kisiel [4]


This is a Lithuanian surname. The 's' should have a hook over the top of it.