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z_darius   
18 Mar 2008
Life / Cool Polish names [133]

Does any one like Agnieszka???
this is really nice name, isnt it?

It is a very cool name, but the English equivalent (Agnes) is not so much.
z_darius   
18 Mar 2008
Language / misleading differences between Polish and English languages [92]

ok...could you give me a few more examples?

No tak (it doesn't mean "yes yes")
No... siadaj (well, sit down)
No i co ja mu powiem? (and what am I going to tell him?)
No i sie spierdolilo (and so it got fvucked up)
z_darius   
18 Mar 2008
Language / Meaning of "zafraskany" [9]

Michal appears to know words that do not exists :)

In a way though, he is right. Someone used the word so it exists, but it seems to be a personal jargon of one author, so in the large scheme of things the word exists as much as does Michal's favorite "oczów". Except that the latter was in fact used by general population, while the former is used only by one author. Therefore, declaring the spelling of "zafraskany" as correct or incorrect is a mute point.

The exact meaning of the word is not defined precisely either, although it does suggest a negative connotation, such as suggested in some posts above. The reason native Poles can "feel" (rather than "know") the meaning of the word has to do with linguistic competence (not to be confused with knowledge of a bunch of words and grammatical rules, regardless of how wide and in depth that knowledge is).
z_darius   
17 Mar 2008
Love / Polish-Islam Relationship Union [450]

your an idiot

I will make sure they are all words are spelled correctly

I can't see that happening :)

Back to the quote from NT. It describes intent, not something that was already in place before the arrival of JC.

Quron

Do you mean Quran or Kuroń?
z_darius   
17 Mar 2008
Love / Polish-Islam Relationship Union [450]

Have you heard of a dictionary???????

I have, but I can't find one that contains your "differance" or "sentances". Please, help.
z_darius   
17 Mar 2008
Love / Polish-Islam Relationship Union [450]

it would be pointless, you can't even the differance between the two sentances.

Of course I can't. Unless you define those words for me.

If you want English grammer assistance than take a ESL class.

I don't know a thing about English "grammer". Besides, I thought we were talking about English grammar.
z_darius   
17 Mar 2008
Love / Polish-Islam Relationship Union [450]

Learn English.... If you can't see the dinstinction between the two.....

Show me the rules of grammar.

From our peace loving friends from Iran.

What does bunch of bandits have to do with English grammar? Are you that desperate?
z_darius   
17 Mar 2008
Love / Polish-Islam Relationship Union [450]

WOW, you are being serious......... LOL

Read the sentence, not your priests sermons.

I wish you the best of luck

I don't count on luck. You shouldn't either.
z_darius   
17 Mar 2008
Love / Polish-Islam Relationship Union [450]

your not reading it properly.

Are you sure it's me?

The sentence clearly states a purpose.
z_darius   
17 Mar 2008
Love / Polish-Islam Relationship Union [450]

'always' isn't actually a very long time, unless of course you are wanting to go back to the days of the Crusades.

You got it.
And then you have a fairly long history of Turkish influence and ME-Israel situation.
z_darius   
17 Mar 2008
Love / Polish-Islam Relationship Union [450]

Did Jesus say go pick up a sword? the answer is no to that question.

Neither did he bring the owner's manual, or maintenance supplies. He said: I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.. Do you think one needs instructional video to know what this means?
z_darius   
17 Mar 2008
Love / Polish-Islam Relationship Union [450]

Either way that quote is not telling us to kill.

It doesn't mention the word kill but it mentions the word sword. Do you think the sword was to be used as a toothpick?
z_darius   
17 Mar 2008
Love / Polish-Islam Relationship Union [450]

i wudnt kno hu the father was..n so 2 avoid conflict between husbands n families etc women are only allowed 1 husband but a man is allowed 4 wives

It's a pity that family members are so violent that legitimate marital arrangements might cause issues. But I am relieved to see that the peaceful religion of Islam prevents such conflicts at all cost, huh ;)

Sneaky, but surely effective.
z_darius   
17 Mar 2008
Travel / Wroclaw Train station to the Airport [15]

The distance did shrink but so did the bus.

I haven't factored that in, but the bus must have shrunk more than the rails ;)
z_darius   
17 Mar 2008
Travel / Wroclaw Train station to the Airport [15]

Took me about 40 minutes in January.

That's surprising. Cold causes shrinkage, so the distance should shrink too.
z_darius   
17 Mar 2008
Life / Polish people with learning difficulties? [42]

z_darius.. who is Michal????

I was just kidding. He's a part of our local folklore on this forum.

Sorry, I can't help in any serious way. All I know is that kids with learning difficulties used to attend separate schools, where curriculum was designed especially for them.
z_darius   
17 Mar 2008
Love / 5 ways how to pick up (cute Polish) guys? [146]

5 ways how to pick up (cute Polish) guys?

5???
Why make life so complicated. Polish fellas are no different than others: Show Up Naked, Bring Beer!
z_darius   
17 Mar 2008
Language / misleading differences between Polish and English languages [92]

wrote:
combine - join
kombinować - contrive

actually, kombinować as contrive is of secondary or tertiary meaning. Kombinowac primarilly has exactly the same meaning as English combine i.e. łączyć różne elementy w określoną całość. In both languages the word is of Latin origin.

When Polish says akurat it means no,you are wrong

I dunno. It MAY mean that, but this is not the primary meaning of the word. Kinda like English "yeah, right".

Back to misleading ones:

Polish kant
English cunt

Polish PiS
English piss (these actually seem to be synonyms at times)

Polish mak
English muck
z_darius   
17 Mar 2008
Language / Polglish - mixture of Polish and English [34]

Pinglish is fun and it's nothing new really.
One classics, from E. Stachura, is bojsy faitowali sie na sajdloku (boys were fighting on the sidewalk)
z_darius   
17 Mar 2008
UK, Ireland / Gang attack Polish man with knife [87]

Wow, says the Scottish man who himself is a racist! How hypocritical of you.

No, isthatu is right.
When I was a kid they didn't write an newspaper article every time a bunch of kids scratched themselves while shaving their juvenile facial hair.
z_darius   
17 Mar 2008
UK, Ireland / My fellow brits here - are "traitors" by not dating English girls? [103]

look English girls are by and large....classless, and this behaviour they are showing you, is both jealous and classless....

Many of those in any country, or you simply had a long streak of bad luck. At times similar people seem to attract each other. Could this be it?

It was a long time ago, indeed, but I found English girls to be desirable. One of them even more so than others. Oh, and was she ever a looker!
z_darius   
17 Mar 2008
Life / Culture & Women [80]

I see one cultural difference - i.e. even asking the above. Of course the girl should defend herself, and/or ask others for help. The other(s) should beat the living $hit out of the drunk (breaking his nose or a limb would only make it more memorable to the fvcker, or whoever misbehaves that way) and then call the cops on him. Needless to say, the gentle person of the affected girl should be protected from any questionable aesthetics of the sights that may accompany such an event.

I know this may sound simplistic but I really see little room for discussion here. That's how I was brought up by my father. But then, I come from Kieleckie, which sometimes is (used to be?) known in Poland as the country of flying pocket knives.

. When I lived in Astoria, NY I noticed Italians and Greeks had the same approach to the issue. Greeks, Italians and Poles seemed to get along quite well.
z_darius   
15 Mar 2008
News / The polish Zloty getting stronger versus British pound? [15]

Poland is not doing so much better overall than all these other countries to explain this...

Could it be Poland's reasonably strong economic growth?

it has to be an artificial valuation and that simply cannot last forever

Nothing lasts forever, and the only sure thing is change.