Real Estate / What is a "jard" [10]


100 square meters

Real Estate / What is a "jard" [10]


This looks like Polish spelling of "yard".

News / March of Tolerance in Krakow [478]


The same could be said about cancer, avian flu, HIV and thousand others.

Therefore, using your nevertheless interesting and smart argument, there are no diseases at all, and it's all just a part of evolution. Medical science is such a waste or time and money.

Life / Where to do laundry in Krakow? [24]


Simply maintain the highest level of personal cleanliness and you won't need a washing machine, or even soap. Ever.

News / March of Tolerance in Krakow [478]


But it does make them dysfunctional and many seek treatment.
Some cancer patients are homosexual. Please, don't try to ask me if being a cancer patient makes one a homosexual. I'm sure you can do better than that line of debate.

You just want to find a whole where there isn't one.

You asked about any justifications to consider homosexuality abnormal. I gave you what I consider a solid biological reason for that approach. Pure and total homosexuality within any population based solely on sexual interaction between two opposite genders is doomed and headed for extintion. That goes against the very definition of life.

Nothing more nothing less.

News / March of Tolerance in Krakow [478]

The point is not what they want. The point is how their brains are hardwired to screw without any hope to ensure the survival of the species.

Many men with low sperm count also want to be parents. That doesn't make them healthy in regards to their procreation functions.

Life / Is Ritalin available in Poland? [22]


There is a low tech alternative

News / March of Tolerance in Krakow [478]


since this is about sex then we certainly shouldn't forget about in and out ;)

News / March of Tolerance in Krakow [478]


This is an absurd statement.

There is no such thing as reversal of evolution. Evolution happens but it has no predefined direction or sense of right or wrong, good or bad, forward or backward.

News / March of Tolerance in Krakow [478]


while not directed at me, I'll try;

Nearly all accepted definitions of life make procreation as one of the fundamental parts of the definition of life. Every single species has a mechanism to create new individuals, be it through some form of cell division or sexuality. If a representative of a species is unable to participate in the further expansion of its numbers then the individual is deemed dysfunctional/aberrant/ill (pick one, all, or come up with another synonym)

When a man has low sperm count, or a woman has a malformed internal sexual organs then they are said to be ill/dysfunctional - in a word, they have a problem and (some) seek treatment.

Homosexuals do not have the natural drive to do what it takes to maintain the human species. If all of us suddenly turned into homosexuals then in roughly 100 years from now the last representative of homo sapiens would mark the end of the human race. In that respect, on a wide scale, homosexuality is a disorder.

As for morality, I don't care. There are far more serious things going on in the world than two guys in a doggy style embrace.

Love / Polish women are known for their beauty, but men are so ugly (most of).. [250]

I dunno if I would agree.
The mix of Turks and Übermensch created some hot looking offspring.

Love / Polish women are known for their beauty, but men are so ugly (most of).. [250]


agreed.

That's why (as a few already suggested) the whole thing about Polish men this, Polish women that, is just a pile or garbage and pretty simplistic attempt at useless and false generalizations.

Most interpersonal issues that I see here are mismatches between people - not between national backgrounds - a lighthearted chick and a deeply loving fella, or the other way around. That happens among Poles, Brits and Americans. I see no reason why the same shouldn't happen between Poles and Brits and between Poles and others.

As for the superficial, I still find my wife beautiful after 24 years, and yes, she is Polish. But I can certainly appreciate how beautiful and worthwhile are the women of other ethnic backgrounds.

Study / University in Poland is too easy [68]


OK mauro, I apologize for my lighthearted remarks.

Here's what I think.

In order manage whatever it is that you want manage you need to understand the nature of it on all level. I'll give you an example.

I work as an IT fella. Normally I just click through the day (having checked all the servers, issues etc). I also have to develop some software for various departments. Right now I completed an asset management proggie that will make it easier and faster to log anything to do with the municipal infrastructure (roads, drains, road signs etc) by use of electronic mapping, GPS and sshit.

I can't write a proggie about things I have little idea about so I requested a truck (red one, with flashing lights an' all) and a few days on the road with public roads people. I put on steel toe boots, hard hat and I had to learn as much as possible of what is relevant to what I was expected to do. The world seen from an office looks different than the world seen from a truck or a bottom of a ditch.

My next project is cemetery management. Yes, I will go to funerals, follow the whole process from when a death certificate is issued to when a person is interred. Perhaps they'll let me dig a grave or push a button of the cremation furnace. Hopefully, I won;t have to be inside the cremation chamber at the time.

Again, I need to know the entire process on all levels if I want to be able to help them.

I worked for a department of state, a hydraulics company, a galvanizing plant, child and family services, hospitality industry, to name a few. Each time I had to learn the specific industry from ground up. And very fast at that.

I dunno any specifics of tourism studies, so again, I'd have live it for a few days to tell you what's gonna happen and what the use of drawing lakes is for your profession.

When you expect to deal with marketting and management then you need to study business and administration, and then possibly specialize in tourism.

At times I had doubts as to why certain topic were taught but as time went by I was able to appreciate the wisdom of those who came up with the curriculum. I guess jumping to conclusions might be a little early in the game.

What is the course name where they ask you to draw all those lakes?

I can't say how hard or how basic your curriculum will be in Poland, but in my experience, Polish universities were more demanding than those in the US and Canada. Your mileage may certainly vary.

Love / Polish women are known for their beauty, but men are so ugly (most of).. [250]


in psychology it's called habituation, or in simple terms - you get used to it ;)


some men like it rough and want to show they are brave and won't back off from even the mightiest and most terrible monsters. ;) (j/k)

Travel / My trip to Poland - I hated Katowice, loved Krakow, and adored Bielsko [59]


Here they come:

Katowice sucks. It can be compared to Hamilton, ON, which is sometimes believed to be Ontario's bare ass exposed to the rest of the province.

Love / Polish men vs German men: Who is hotter? [513]


But they can march like no others.

Study / University in Poland is too easy [68]


sorry, I can't help it.

Study / University in Poland is too easy [68]


I think drawing lakes is OK then. What else would you like to draw? Perhaps the moon, but it's in senior years.


OK, now I have a better idea about education in Italy.
In Poland I would not be accepted into English Department with the level of English you are displaying AFTER receiving a degree.

Study / University in Poland is too easy [68]


what's the course name?

Study / University in Poland is too easy [68]


I lost faith in the rigour of the top notch American university. How rigorous can they be if this thing has degrees from them:

UK, Ireland / Integrating Polish people into the British society [150]


How about those who commit good crimes?

News / Poles Ranks First in Computer Coding [47]

Started with psychology, then after 2nd year I took concurrent English philology. These were at two different cities so I just came for tests and exams in the psych department.

In Poland English philology comprised of linguistics and English lit. Quite different than in the US and Canada where English lit departments are separate from linguistics. I got an invite from Vanderbilt so I did English lit in the US (until money ran out) and Canada.

Eventually I got pissed off with the schematics of it all. I decided I didn't really give a damn about history of literature and who said what and why, and how it related to what someone else had said 100 or 1000 years before. Over 10 years of studies just for fun, you might say.

Finally, I settled for computer science and that's what puts bread on my table, and I couldn't be happier. I love 'em bits and bytes :)

Language / CIZIA & KOCIAK? [17]


First, some girls in short look really terrible.

Second, what kind of sexy stuff is wearing shorts? Are you a nun?

Third, how do you know what men think? I know mommy must have warned you about men but forgot to tell you there are different kinds of them ;)

Language / Pronunciation difference between Ź and Ż / RZ [83]


No shit. All IE have voice vowels. Every single one of them.



What are you guys smoking tonight?
There is no such thing as unvoiced or voiceless vowels in English or Polish. None, Zero. Simple as that. It's not rocket science but linguistics 101, very very basic.

Repeat after me:

ALL VOWELS IN ENGLISH AND POLISH ARE VOICED


When you whisper all phonemes are devoiced.
When and you sneeze while speaking all sounds are plosives.

News / Poles Ranks First in Computer Coding [47]


I never said such thing, and I certainly read my own post properly. You can interpret this any way you want. Just, please, no more Hopkins :)


You might say I have. Until the age of 25. I was born in Poland. I went there to primary school, secondary school and got myself 2 university degrees. I'm as Polish as can be. Gotcha, eh?


No such claims have been made by Poles in this thread.


They can, and they did, in football(soccer). I couldn't care less about basketball.


My posts were in response to doubts expressed by you (among others) and they all referred to computer science (see the topic of this thread). You practically asked about that info.

Now, I see that you want the last word. Go ahead, I'm done here.

Language / Pronunciation difference between Ź and Ż / RZ [83]


The issue is not the process but the effect.

"rz" can and does sound as "sz". In official manuals of Polish grammar taught to Poles in primary and secondary schools this was clearly stated. The rule states that the sound "sz" after "p" is spelled "rz" with notable exceptions of "pszenica" and "pszczola". Further to the rule, there is absolutely no difference between the phonemes "sz" and "rz" in this context - both are voiceless.


Nothing can be further from the truth. There is no such thing as voiceless vowels in either Polish or English. In fact, with the exception of whisper and in Quebec French, not a single Indo-European language has voiceless vowels.


I can't argue about the because I haven't met or heard most native speakers (of English). Still, that point is pretty much irrelevant to the learning of Polish, other than a teacher aware of the problem, may point out the pitfalls. Germans for instance are usually on a devoicing spree. They often go as far as calling themselves "chairman" instead of "german". Not sure is this is a language or personality problem though ;)

Language / CIZIA & KOCIAK? [17]


For instance by not fully understanding what and why others say and calling them names?


Oh shit. A social science student?

Calling someone kociak may be just saying like it is. According to Slownik Jezyka Polskiego kociak: młoda, ładna dziewczyna o kokieteryjnym wyglądzie i zachowaniu. Therefore the onus is on the girl who chooses to be sexually objectified.


You have no idea what gentlemen say when you're not around.

Language / CIZIA & KOCIAK? [17]


In my neck of the woods is meant a very experienced girl, wink, wink ;) At times it just mean a pretty, attractive girl.


He appears to be more fluent than you. "kociak" is colloquial but not vulgar. It means a young flirty (in appearance or behavior) girl, a coquette.

Language / Pronunciation difference between Ź and Ż / RZ [83]


"rz" can definitely be voiceless, and it is in many everyday words in the Polish language. There is no magic to "rz". It is subject to the same voicing rules as other voice Polish consonants.


No, it's not. It's a digraph i.e. two graphemes which produce one phoneme.


Brilliant! :))

News / Poles Ranks First in Computer Coding [47]


What are you smoking now? What does the pretty boring history of Canada have to do with computer programming?


As a matter of fact, a big part of that glorious British history was created on the backs of others - Canadians included. In WW2 of a population of approximately 11.5 million, 1.1 million Canadians served in the armed forces. That's probably the highest percentage of an entire population, except for Germany in WW2.

Canadian input in WW2 is of course claimed as that of United Kingdom.

So yeah, Canada's role in the world is tiny.

Btw. I am Polish and not a culturally starved Canadian, as you were so quick to imply.


Wow! Impressive. So wales has the same power as pretty much any small town and village in North America. Congrats!


Again, how do a bunch of Welsh entertainers make the original's posters claims false?

What's really interesting is how you eventually reacted by listing some of the famous people of Welsh origin. Nobody asked you to and yet you thought you had to, huh? Do some thinking and then, next time when you hear some Poles being proud of their heritage, remember this thread and your own national pride before criticizing them for doing so.