News / Daffy and Donald aka Lech and Jarosław Kaczyński together on tape, thoughts? [26]

they were abducted by aliens?

I don't know Seanus - are Kaczynskis this unpalatable for the Westerners - what do you actually know about them - not just what you are being served by some international media? - they may have their wrongs and bads but still they are not half as cynical as Mr Tusk and his school

News / Why do Poland block the European Constitution? [68]

brilliant lesser, simply brilliant :)

UK, Ireland / Sad life of a Polish migrant in UK. Ch. 1 - Staring [43]

Ksysia you really are a magnet of insults ;)

be patient and forgiving Ksysia though

oh and that's me who called you a naive girl, remember ;)

oh and Ksysia I have no doubt you are Polish

Life / Poland's westernization [44]


what kind of horror stories - and what is so more horrific in them than from other countries??? :P :)

Life / Poland's westernization [44]


no - it's not even a potential danger Seanus - I have never seen a court verdict in Poland influenced by church pressure - I see other threats to justice here - if you don't follow Polish developments closely over longer period you are prone to not being aware of these

Life / Pre Paid Visa cards [27]


perhaps because of the costs involved in the implementation and not enough expected returns due to little interest in the public


it worked for me as a credit card on a couple of occasions buying on the internet
- can't say would work that way every time

Life / Does anyone here know anything about fiat 126p's / maluchs? [7]

the exhaust spraying oil?

or a leak under the car where the engine resides (resides buahahaha ;)

UK, Ireland / Sad life of a Polish migrant in UK. Ch. 1 - Staring [43]


weird, makes you think people these people are quite shallow

Life / Which Polish Season you love the most (weather) [12]


I do love winter say up to two months of it a year ;) but I hate thaws and cold-and-wet conditions - I love biking in the countryside

Life / Minisurvey about living in Tricity (Sopot, Gdynia, Gdansk) [26]


Hel is much too expensive (sort of elitist). Most Poles go to places like £eba, Ustka or places further west (Mielno, Kołobrzeg, Niechorze etc etc). I should also mention locations east of Gdańsk (like already mentioned here Sobieszewo which is within Gdańsk limits) Krynica Morska, Ustronie

Trixity

there is a company in Gdańsk near the airport which makes computer based learning systems and sells them in the whole Europe and even further something like Digital Youth - they employ people who translate things into English - with your IT background you can apply to them for a proofreader position -

ok checked them out - it's Young Digital Planet
be patient their website is pretty slow - they are based in Słowackiego 175 which is on the way from Wrzeszcz to the airport (on the right side of the road, new building complex, just behind a pretty big stretch of a forest and a railway crossing) - they have two business units - the one you could be interested in is Young Digital Planet International

News / Why do Poland block the European Constitution? [68]

yay to that ;)

Life / Which Polish Season you love the most (weather) [12]

especially when it is not raining everyday - then october can be really beautiful - I have some photos of a sunny october day a couple of years back - perhaps will leave links to them some time soon (or miniatures) - the colours may really be amazing

Love / Abuse in relationships (my first Polish girlfriend) [216]


well, I meant it's flawed :) was willing to write fast and somehow could not find a good word to describe relationship with violence involved (that tells something about my English skills one can observe hehehe - and I am a proud holder of CAE certificate, goodness me ;) heheh)

Love / Abuse in relationships (my first Polish girlfriend) [216]


yes this is exactly the thing I reckon - men don't hit back not only because they don't want to resort to violence (which many actually don't want) - but also because of fear of getting in trouble (courts in Poland are very feministic - means often not objective) - for most in this situation it would not be difficult to hit back - anyway any such relationship is crap

Language / Basic learning words and phrases for Polish Language [9]

hi Taamakurama

dzień dobry (djen dobri) - good morning/day

witaj (vitai/or vitay) - hello (or welcome)

cześc (cheshch) - hi (hello)

Travel / I am coming to Kolobrzeg!! [6]


she can also try Gdańsk

Language / Learning Polish Quickly [12]


I don't know- I can't say it isn't cause a couple years back I met two Mornon preachers in Opole (both Americans) and they spoke pretty reasonable Polish - I asked how long did they learn - and they replied a couple of weeks (was 8-10 from what I vaguely remember) - I was frankly quite impressed - they attended some intesive course but can't tell what was the method applied

History / Are Poles the ones who understand Russians better than anyone? [35]


hmm interesting view - but rather false - Slavic languages have nothing to do with Finno-Ugric language family - Slavic languages are Indo European while Finno-Ugric are not

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


"rzyć" (arse) does not sound the same as "szyć" (to saw)
rz is the same sound as ż

rz and sz sound the same at the end of words (because voiced conconants become voiceless in that position)

so piekarz (baker) sounds 'piekasz'

News / Should Poland let in refugees from USA ? [80]


noone really knows where does the name come from

might be that it comes from 'słowo' (a word) - meaning people who speak intelligible language as opposed to 'Niemcy' (dumb=unable to speak)

Travel / Zakopane in April [7]


and I mean really cold (for late May or early June) - not freezing but sure below 10 degrees (in the middle of a day)- combined with wet weather if you get soaked and you're out in the mountains it's hardly pleasant

this year April in Poland was sort of tropical - some 40 days of constant sunny weather well into May with temperatures up to 30 degrees - but it can be very different

Language / Polish dictionary that included English pronunciation [11]


roughly ;)

there are certain rules of pronounciation

Love / Traditional wedding rings in Poland [11]


the article in Polish about the very same thing (i.e. Polish wikipedia) gives a lot of examples where rings are worn on the right and where on the left hand

Work / Would it be hard to work in Poland if I don't speak Polish? [17]

I think it would be difficult for you to find a job in your field here - and yes - it is because of the language

but you can try - there is some gas and oil exploration (and soon development) going on by foreigh (British, American, Aussie) capital in Poland - try searching the internet for Kulczyk gas field Poznań for example or maybe search for Petrobaltic they have some small rigs in the Baltic sea

Travel / Gdansk - need some information about it [21]

Gdańsk - the home of Solidarity (the dockyard) has the biggest medieaval church in Poland (guess it's the biggest brick church in Poland) Mary's Church in the Old Town - can't remember the name of the street (also in the Old Town) which is called 'amber street' not far from the church - Gdańsk is pretty (or at least was in the old times) famous for its amber jewelry and similar - one important fact is that much of the Old Town has been rebuilt after substantial war damage (it was not actually damaged during combat but that's a different story) to emulate the looks it had before the war - you will personaly be able to jugde the result - Oliva borough of Gdańsk is a home of organ music festival (one of the biggest and oldest organ preserved in Poland)

Travel / Zakopane in April [7]


can be quite chilly with rain or even snow (also in May - cold streaks with wet weather can happen as late as the begining of June)

Love / Broken Heart, An amazing girl from Poland [139]


oh, man - I love your sense of humour heheheh


motoman - try to get in touch with her, and just keep in touch from time to time - don't revel so much in sorrow unless you feel better with that ;)

maybe one day she's free and you may have a chance with her then

Travel / Ski holiday - suggestions for ski resorts and chalet contacts [14]


Lasówka

Language / Verb forms and conjugation [28]


this one is terrible - I was once interviewed for a job in Germany by a Spanish lady - I don't know why they did such thing - she kept saying erweiten instead of arbeiten - I was completely lost and I did not qualify for the job


makes you think immersion and mimicking is the best way to learn Polish - well you need some reference from time to time of course (maybe constantly ;)

History / Poland war propaganda poster - can anyone explain this picture? [292]


this is actually a piece of German propaganda - they did is in Polish often aiming at Polish moods