Life / The "Ski" surname in American Movies [21]

What about the Big Lebowski?
I've never seen it by the way.


Welsh, even though there is no J in Welsh.

USA, Canada / The 2nd Amendment (USA), the right to own guns [261]



Sharp tongued? Well evolved? A wandering mind?

Food / Is there McDonalds, KFC, Pizza Hut etc in Poland? Food survey. [222]


I don't believe I have, although I am not entirely sure what it is.

Language / The sound of the Polish 'R' [33]


Why?

Food / Is there McDonalds, KFC, Pizza Hut etc in Poland? Food survey. [222]

McBigos, McPierogi, McFlaki anyone?

Life / What is the Drum n Bass scene like in Poland [13]


Not true.


When sampling, you're not actually creating. Computers can do some great things, but if you want a guitar sound, use a guitar; if you want a thumb piano sound, use a thumb piano; if you want a kazoo, seek psychiatric assistance.

Drum and bass with real instruments can be very good.

USA, Canada / BILL CLINTON - what do Poles think about him? [25]


Liberalism allows you to make statements like this.


What's your favourite colour of crayon?
How about that one then?

USA, Canada / BILL CLINTON - what do Poles think about him? [25]


So, is a liberal specifically someone who likes Bill Clinton?

Life / What is the Drum n Bass scene like in Poland [13]

So, is it that Drum & Bass isn't big in Poland, or is it just not as big as it used to be?


Tried it both ways. I prefer life without drugs, even with drum and bass.


Drum and bass is not actually techno.


No. Better still: drum, bass and banjo - bluegrass hardstep.

Life / Can you have guns in Poland? [25]


Guns were made illegal, so a huge load of gun ownsers suddenlt became criminalised, therefore crime went up?

Life / Polish attitudes towards drinking alcohol [72]


Electro-convulsive therapy?

Actually, one of the most common adverse side-effects would be lethargy.

and example of this would be excessive use of etc.
etc. etc. etc.

Life / Polish attitudes towards drinking alcohol [72]


But how many actually do?


Utter bollocks.

Life / Trance music (which i love!) seems pretty big in Poland??... [67]

The wobbly bassline era was the best. Less of the MC bellowing a load of shite over the top though!

Life / Styles in Poland: What do people wear? [65]

If I say something about green being a good, neutral colour for those of the equine family, will you tell me that they only see in black and white? Cause this particular donkey can see in infra-red, ultra-violet, and even occasionally FM radio.


This can put your very life in danger. Only the threat of a stick can ward off this kind of harm.


They seem to go through phases - sometimes they can be good. At other times, there is absolutely nothing you'd want to be seen in. Especially the china tea sets and fair-trade teabags and other stuff they sell. Put the kettle on! Nah - doesn't suit me.

Life / Trance music (which i love!) seems pretty big in Poland??... [67]

No - it just became illegal - you know what those ravers could be like back in the day (and maybe even now) - they get to the stage they dance to anything polyrhythmic - hooves included. I preferred drum and bass anyway - those humans don't really have enough legs for it. Then again, the Melbourne shuffle doesn't work on four legs.

Life / Trance music (which i love!) seems pretty big in Poland??... [67]


After which I had to walk with a lopsided gait for fear of producing repetitive beats.

Language / What does "czy" mean? [37]

It is obvious - Polish-speaking Giant Pandas.

Language / What does "czy" mean? [37]

It depends whether they donkey's here or not.

Language / What does "czy" mean? [37]



Zależy od osioł jest tutaj (czy nie)?
Like that?

Language / What does "czy" mean? [37]


'Tak' albo 'Nie'... or 'Może tak, może nie' as I often have to say in repsonse.
Perhaps even 'No' - the Polish one, not the English one.
Must learn how to say 'It depends on...'

Law / Making proper sausages (ex-pat expers in Poland)? [32]

I did once have a sausage I put the fork in and up came a fountain of watery grease.

Anyway, after a hearty breakfast and four hours hard work, I do need a light lunch - ideal time for kiełbasa.

But could there really be much of a market anywhere in Poland for the traditional British sausage.
From my observations, Polish people make the mistake of comparing the two things,
and inevitably saying that theirs is better, which in a way, it often is!


That's one way of putting it. Unless you really are just referring to stairs, in which case... No.
You spend your bangers and mash on what you want, just don't spend it all in one bottle of pop.
Or you spend your Crosby, Stils and Nash on what you want, but don't spend it all in one bucket and mop.

Life / Racist violence in Poland [172]


There must be plenty of people who only ever see a black man with his voice being spoken over by a lektor.
Oh! Or people like Tupac (not that he visited Poland very often).

Law / Making proper sausages (ex-pat expers in Poland)? [32]

I'm just cooking my full English breakfast with the finest quality English sausages. My butcher has a wide choice of hand-made sausages - traditional ones both more meaty and more rusky, pork and leek, guinea fowl and ginger, Lancashire, chilli and garlic, wild boar and apple and one or two others.

Anyway, I will be interested in how to make kiełbasa, but only once I have finished building my smoker. I reckon it will be complete in about three years time judging by the rate I'm working on it.

USA, Canada / 2008 U.S. Presidential Election according to Polish and foreign people [90]


He's bin laden with a huge responsibiliy?

Language / What does "czy" mean? [37]


Someone help me out too, please.

Czy tamta jest żona pan Jacek?

What form should Mr. Jacek's name or the wife-word take?

Language / What does "czy" mean? [37]

Sorry - I edited my answer back in. I got all confused!
You may wish to use the edit feature yourself! edir: I'm always editing! I'm not having a dig - just now I've answered the post with just the word 'What?' may look a little out of place!

I'd hope some real Polish speakers might get involved here - don't listen to me, I'm a donkey.

I'm not sure about Czy to jest żona... either.

Language / What does "czy" mean? [37]


If you're tryiong to say: Is it very old or very pretty, then ale should be czy.
Otherwise, you might be right, but I am a simple beginner (how long have I been saying that?)

Life / Paying two phone bills - story from Poland [6]

Like it.

But how long did you take at the counter?

Love / What make Polish girls better than American girls [106]


I reckon that does make a difference.


Different cultures have different standards, different way of doing things.
I look at America as something a that's a bit weird on not the kind of thing I'd want to have happened to me.

Poland is a bit more different to what I have experienced again, only I find it more interesting.

I'll have to wait until not only has my flatmate got his sister a job at the place where we work, but also until I meet an American girl for comparison. There is a mysterious lack of Polish girls round here, and a much less mysterious lack of American girls.

Language / Learnign Polish...any tips!? [33]

The nominative, found as the dictionary form is the first, and often only one you find.
The plural of this and of the genitive, used in counting is fairly easy to come by.
The vocative (said to be slowly disappearing) is a good one to work on if, like me, you have someone around you can call various (often unpleasant) names without them minding.

Beyond that, working through the language case-by-case, gender-by-gender, tense-by-tense is the way I'm trying to do things.
This all falls down because to engage in conversation, you'll need just about all of these cases, tenses and so on. And a shedload more.


They won't know how bad you are. They might even think you're really good.