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Joined: 13 Mar 2007 / Male ♂
Last Post: 3 Jul 2022
Threads: Total: 2 / In This Archive: 1
Posts: Total: 323 / In This Archive: 240
From: UK
Speaks Polish?: Tak, ale niedobrze = A little
Interests: Languages, design

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HAL9009   
6 Nov 2007
Feedback / Forum suggestion: What about Polonia - Ireland? [65]

Polonia - UK and Ireland it is

Bardzo Dobrze :)
Well done - I never got round to bringing up the previous heading..., now it's too late :D

I do not know of such a name for this northwest corner of Europe that keeps everyone in Britain and Ireland happy

"The British Isles" is a non-political, accurate geographical term for the islands. - It keeps some of the people happy most of the time!
HAL9009   
6 Nov 2007
Feedback / Polish characters for copy - pasting. [17]

look around to see a possible reason of my message

Nicely done Admin - this'll speed up my posting :)

Borg

Love that smiley Hueg
HAL9009   
6 Nov 2007
Language / Advice on a good Polish Dictionary [6]

You can download free quite a good Polish-English dictionary here: polish.slavic.pitt.edu/dictionary.pdf
HAL9009   
2 Nov 2007
UK, Ireland / Polish as Irelands Third Offical language? [123]

ta se tabhachtach

This bit doesn't work.
"is rud tabhachtach é" is what it should be...
Good effort though :)

no sanna

Not sure what this bit is trying to mean. As it stands it could have several possible meanings.

I speak Irish from time to time when I am in the west and north of the country.
There are a lot of people who speak and use it.
HAL9009   
29 Oct 2007
UK, Ireland / Polish as Irelands Third Offical language? [123]

No, there are not three languages in Ireland as very few people speak Irish.

Actually, quite a lot of people in Ireland still speak Irish, certainly enough for it to be regarded as one of Ireland's three main languages!
HAL9009   
28 Oct 2007
Language / Best cd/book course to Polish [11]

RosettaStone is a good starter course. It's Polish through Polish with pictures. It'll give you a reasonably good basic vocabulary and get you started on the cases.
HAL9009   
26 Oct 2007
UK, Ireland / Polish as Irelands Third Offical language? [123]

that sums it up nicely..

Yup, certainly does.

My only gripe is that it's taking me ages to learn Polish! - I should have started when i was younger, say age 3 or so :D
HAL9009   
26 Oct 2007
Language / Best cd/book course to Polish [11]

By the way does Pa Pa mean bye bye in Polish as per Michael Palin last Sunday night.

It must do, Michael Palin's never wrong :)
HAL9009   
26 Oct 2007
UK, Ireland / Polish as Irelands Third Offical language? [123]

knowing that when your kids go to school Polish will not be on the curriculum :)

mmm, I think it already is on the curriculum as an option :D
We were never any good at languages in the Irish schools. French and German were the main languages offered for a long time.
HAL9009   
25 Oct 2007
UK, Ireland / Polls for Poles in the UK [178]

And i've had it too, i'm off to bed.
I'll be back, as the Cyborg said in the movie....

There's a lot of points in post 121, but it'll have to wait for another day.
Dobranoc
HAL9009   
25 Oct 2007
UK, Ireland / Polls for Poles in the UK [178]

3 AM. Some of us slept for 4 hours after getting in from work and now can't even pretend to be tired... :)

I didn't - but I'm not tired - migh be that "Polish Tea" I had earlier....

So don't throw the 'ignorant' card at me because thats not the reason at all :)

You have to be clear in what you say then.
Because if you don't say accurately what you mean how can others know what you mean to say. The reader can only read the written words, not unwritten thoughts behind them.
HAL9009   
25 Oct 2007
UK, Ireland / Polls for Poles in the UK [178]

listen if they don't want to be British then they can sling their hooks its as simple as that :) i don't want people who don't want to be British.

This is a very stupid and ignorant comment, and I am sad to say the one I feared I would get. I'm going to leave it at that for now on the topic of Northern Ireland as it is not relevant here, except to say that you should read a little more about the history of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and N. Ireland, say from the reign of Henry the Seventh to the present. You might learn a lot more than you obviously don't know now. We can discuss it then if you like.

i mean people who were born in either of those countries, people who have citizenship after being in residence of the UK for 5-10 years or however long it takes i'm not sure.

same as my definition - we agree on something. Dobrze

If you guys are in the British Isles (a nice safe non-political geographical term that includes the Republic of Ireland and the UK) then it's 3am. Marathon session heh :)
HAL9009   
25 Oct 2007
UK, Ireland / Polls for Poles in the UK [178]

I'm sick and tired of all this. I wish we were not coming to UK. I wish all the Poles working there dumped their sh..tty jobs and came back to Poland, instead of taking all these insults.

It's a sick world we're living in, where media psychopaths are allowed to spread their hate with total impunity.

Don't be, you should always stand up for your point of view. Know which side you are on and argue for it :)
HAL9009   
25 Oct 2007
UK, Ireland / Polls for Poles in the UK [178]

Its that simple

Actually, it isn't that simple.
Firstly, more than 30% of people in Northern Ireland regard themselves as being Irish.

people who are, Nothern Irish, English, Scottish and Welsh

Do you mean citizens of these nationalities, ie persons who have the right to vote (and therefore wouold be voting in the referendum anyway)?

then we will just agree to disagree. however i would be interested on what you think the result of a referendum on this situation would be??

It would be very interesting, and close, but I think that Britain would stay in the EU, by 55 to 45 or something like that. It would probably be down to who runs the best media campaign that would decide the result.
HAL9009   
25 Oct 2007
UK, Ireland / Polls for Poles in the UK [178]

Tornado, Would you be in favour of the UK not being in the EU?

personally yes,

I can't agree with you here. i think it's very important that Britain remains in the EU.

Traditionally Europe has always been dominated by Britain France and Germany, with one of the two being allied against the other. Currently France and Germany are in the driving seat because Britain has partially opted out (of the Euro for example). I prefer the British ideal of a looser EU of co-operating Sovereign nation states rather than the French idea of a movement towards ever closer centralised integration (which is how France is run).

Don't forget either why the EU was created, to prevent another big war by being nice to each other and co-operating on trade for the prosperity of all, also to anbchor Germany firmly in the West as an ally rather than in the middle as a potentially hostile foe.

I think that it is vital that Britain plays a leading role in the EU. Just my 2cents (or pence) worth.
Leaving the EU would also be bad for Britain's trade.
HAL9009   
25 Oct 2007
UK, Ireland / Polls for Poles in the UK [178]

Tornado, Would you be in favour of the UK not being in the EU?

i think immigrants building little communities, not speaking English etc do that anyway :)

Are you afraid of this?
HAL9009   
25 Oct 2007
UK, Ireland / Polls for Poles in the UK [178]

you big man you :)

...you seem to be unable to defend your point of view without resorting to comments that might be interpreted a being gratutiously hostile.

If you are going to make points like those that you have made you have to be prepared for the possibility of having them being challenged. You ought to be able to defend your point of view without becoming annoyed at being challenged. What is there to become annoyed about?
HAL9009   
25 Oct 2007
UK, Ireland / Polls for Poles in the UK [178]

[quote=tornado2007] If your just going to get personal whats the point, you want to start trading qualifications, [quote=tornado2007]

Not getting personal at all. I was just wondering what it was you were studying. That's all. No trading, no worries, no hostility from my end.

I'm just interested in trying understanding where you are comming from.
HAL9009   
25 Oct 2007
UK, Ireland / Polls for Poles in the UK [178]

i think immigrants building little communities, not speaking English etc do that anyway

Are you afraid of this?

not all the changes are for the better

True

i yet again disagree with an EU law

Would you be in favour of the UK not being in the EU?

sunshine

I object to this term. It is agressive. I consider it offensive and unecessary.
HAL9009   
25 Oct 2007
Language / Polish Language Basic Guide [19]

Nicely done Janusz. :D

Perhaps a movie covering verbs of motion in all tenses, perfective and imperfective versions of each - so that the student could see them in action. Or is this too complex for a Basic guide.

A movie on how to tell the time would be useful,
or one that goes through each of the cases so that the student can compare and contrast the cases in action.
HAL9009   
25 Oct 2007
Language / Pimsleur language learning system, is it any good? [33]

I just bought the Pimsleur Polish Comprehensive CD set... 30 lessons.

I listened once to a Pimsleur lesson.
I thought it odd that "ą" and "ę" are pronounced as "a" and "e" respectively. Perhaps accented characters frighten the Americans...

Let us know how you find the entire Pimsleur course StaryDom when you reach lesson 30.
HAL9009   
25 Oct 2007
UK, Ireland / Polish Restaurants in Dublin, Ireland [8]

Most of the businesses in Georges' St Upr in DLE seem to have gone bust. The place has a look of dereliction about it. Maybe the rents are too high...

I always reckoned that Dublin could support at least one good Polish cafe/bar/restaurant, not in DLE though!
HAL9009   
25 Oct 2007
Food / What do you eat with Golabki? [37]

just looked on the Golabki jar .... and there's a picture of golabki with ......... potatoes !!

LOL there u go!
I'll have to try them now...