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Joined: 7 Apr 2008 / Male ♂
Last Post: 31 Jan 2009
Threads: Total: 38 / In This Archive: 34
Posts: Total: 233 / In This Archive: 183
From: Wakefield, England, U.K.
Speaks Polish?: A few words (but I keep trying!).
Interests: History, Reading, Organised Crime, Travelling, Film/TV and attempting to learn Polish.

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ArcticPaul   
15 Apr 2008
Work / Where to Advertise Conversational Lessons in Gdansk? [8]

A website called 'myngle.com' is where many teachers advertise their courses.

'myhappyplanet.com' is another place you could check out.

Then all and any website that is aimed at people with an interest in Poland/Polish.

Kracowlife.com
Gdansklife.com
I think there is a sub site for every major city under the blanket heading
Polish or Polandlife.com

Let me know if any of these are helpful.
ArcticPaul   
13 Apr 2008
UK, Ireland / Are the Poles in England hated? [450]

Yes. Why don't you Poles make Krakow and Zakopane into nice places?

Has anyone noticed that the anti-immigration posters seem quite stupid?
ArcticPaul   
12 Apr 2008
Language / A good learning book for Polish [44]

Basic Polish:A Grammar and Workbook by Dana Bielec
301 Polish Verbs by Klara Janecki
Oxford-PWN English-Polish dictionary*
Oxford-PWN Polish-English dictionary*
*(Two volumes. Very heavy, about £75 for the pair)
Collins Polish-English/English-Polish pocket dictionary.
(Because the above Oxford volumes are so large a lighter paperback is useful. I actually use my £5 Collins volume for 95% of the time. Maybe even possible to get by just with this dictionary, upto a certain level).

All the above are available at Amazon.com. Possible bargains at Abebooks.com

Lets all keep each other informed. There are precious few English speakers attempting to learn Polish so a small community of us could prove invaluable for suggestions, practise and moral support.
ArcticPaul   
11 Apr 2008
UK, Ireland / Are the Poles in England hated? [450]

I'm not left wing. I'm a nazi who as served time for hate crimes and I love the Polish!
ArcticPaul   
7 Apr 2008
UK, Ireland / iMMIGRATION: The Unspoken Truth [7]

Swietnie or Bardzo Dobzre are also positive but that doesn't alter my initial post.

Stara bida is, in my opinion, closest to English 'Same old ****'.
ArcticPaul   
7 Apr 2008
UK, Ireland / iMMIGRATION: The Unspoken Truth [7]

I am a Brit and I am sick of hearing anti-immigration cliches.
To my way of thinking the real issue is fear of competition from a group of people with a fantastic attitude and work ethic.
And Brits that complain about Poles being negative about this country simply don't know much about Poles. You only have to read a phrasebook and see the responses to 'Jak leci'. A few are possitive but most are negative.'Niespecjalnie' (Not so good), 'Bywało lepiej' (I'v been better), 'Fatalnie' (Very bad), 'Beznadziejnie' (Hopeless), 'Szkoda gadać' (It's not worth talking about), 'Lepiej nie pytaj' (better don't ask), 'Po staremu' (All the same) and, my favourite, 'Stara bida' (Same old poverty).

Like the Eskimo's with one word for earth and seventy-six for snow the Poles have few expressions for 'Great' and several for 'Terrible'. And, to my way of thinking, that's so much better than the 'have a nice day' Americano ******** that's slowly taking over the entire planet.

Long live Polish misery!