osiol
2 Sep 2007
History / Memories of the Polish communist era [115]
Maybe this is the solution:
Coventry.
allowing these posts
Maybe this is the solution:
Michal
Coventry.
osiol
4 Sep 2007
Language / Should I learn both Polish and German [147]
I have heard that it's not a very popular subject - they's rather be learning Spanish, French or German.
But in Wales, their language is more popular now than it's been for a couple of hundred years.
I met an Irish girl in a Welsh pub. She was shocked at how everyone, young and old, were speaking Welsh.
But it is also true that there are no monolingual Welsh speakers.
It is not in the same category as Polish, the learning of which has far more uses.
One of the very few though I imagine that Irish is taught in schools in the Irish republic as a compulsory subject
I have heard that it's not a very popular subject - they's rather be learning Spanish, French or German.
But in Wales, their language is more popular now than it's been for a couple of hundred years.
I met an Irish girl in a Welsh pub. She was shocked at how everyone, young and old, were speaking Welsh.
But it is also true that there are no monolingual Welsh speakers.
It is not in the same category as Polish, the learning of which has far more uses.
osiol
5 Sep 2007
Language / Correct Polish spelling [69]
Osiol = Donkey.
There should be a line through the L, making it sound like an English W. (or like a typical SE England L when there's no vowel after it)
The SI is pronounced like the Enlgish SH.
Osh-o-w
Osiol = Donkey.
There should be a line through the L, making it sound like an English W. (or like a typical SE England L when there's no vowel after it)
The SI is pronounced like the Enlgish SH.
Osh-o-w
osiol
5 Sep 2007
Language / Correct Polish spelling [69]
I agree.
Children are much more receptive to foreign languages.
At the age of 5, he should be able to pick up quite a lot quite easily.
For words he's less likely to pick up from his peers, pictures would be a better bet.
Trying to use Polish yourself may lead him into expecting you to use Polish you don't know.
I agree.
Children are much more receptive to foreign languages.
At the age of 5, he should be able to pick up quite a lot quite easily.
For words he's less likely to pick up from his peers, pictures would be a better bet.
Trying to use Polish yourself may lead him into expecting you to use Polish you don't know.
osiol
5 Sep 2007
Language / Correct Polish spelling [69]
Please don't pronounce the h's
Each of the vowel letters are all vowels, not dipthongs.
The ie in pies is a kind of dipthong, like the ye in yes.
Using the letter h after a vowel, I think, only makes it harder to understand.
dog - pies ~ pyehs
cow - krowa ~ kroh-vah
horse - kon ~ kohn
cow - krowa ~ kroh-vah
horse - kon ~ kohn
Please don't pronounce the h's
Each of the vowel letters are all vowels, not dipthongs.
The ie in pies is a kind of dipthong, like the ye in yes.
Using the letter h after a vowel, I think, only makes it harder to understand.
osiol
5 Sep 2007
Language / Correct Polish spelling [69]
Oh!
It's just that other than in 'oh' and 'ah', the letter h after a vowel is not used.
In words like 'verandah' it is there because it was there in the language from which it was borrowed.
h's are there so the vowels are pronounced straight
Oh!
It's just that other than in 'oh' and 'ah', the letter h after a vowel is not used.
In words like 'verandah' it is there because it was there in the language from which it was borrowed.
osiol
5 Sep 2007
Life / I'm about to move to Szczecin, Poland. I'm Muslim, black. [37]
There have been black people in southern Iran for a couple of hundred years.
Some Asian people (certainly in the UK) describe themselves as black (as in non-European or Oriental).
There is not much familiarity with people of different hues in Poland.
I'd hope that most people wouldn't think it a problem.
There have been black people in southern Iran for a couple of hundred years.
Some Asian people (certainly in the UK) describe themselves as black (as in non-European or Oriental).
There is not much familiarity with people of different hues in Poland.
I'd hope that most people wouldn't think it a problem.
osiol
5 Sep 2007
Genealogy / Maluka - searching for roots [7]
We respond, but do we have the answers?
Of course! Someone will have the answers!
We respond, but do we have the answers?
Of course! Someone will have the answers!
osiol
6 Sep 2007
Life / Smoking in bars or restaraunts in Poland. This nasty habit continues... [27]
My brother, when in lived in Ireland, liked the smoking ban.
He said it was a great way of meeting girls. You pop outside for a cigarette, get talking, and you can actually hear them (unlike inside).
In the UK, bouncers at clubs seem to use the ban as an excuse to be nasty to anyone having a smoke within 10m of the building.
The irony is, quite a few smokers (myself not included) like the band because it will help them give up,
and many non-smokers don't like it because they have to freeze their *******s off standing outside with their mates who are smoking.
Although, I actually prefer being outdoors (that's why I work there), especially in the cold (not so much in the rain).
I haven't had a lock-in at my favourite pub in the village since the ban came in.
My brother, when in lived in Ireland, liked the smoking ban.
He said it was a great way of meeting girls. You pop outside for a cigarette, get talking, and you can actually hear them (unlike inside).
In the UK, bouncers at clubs seem to use the ban as an excuse to be nasty to anyone having a smoke within 10m of the building.
The irony is, quite a few smokers (myself not included) like the band because it will help them give up,
and many non-smokers don't like it because they have to freeze their *******s off standing outside with their mates who are smoking.
Although, I actually prefer being outdoors (that's why I work there), especially in the cold (not so much in the rain).
I haven't had a lock-in at my favourite pub in the village since the ban came in.
osiol
6 Sep 2007
Language / Polish Present Tense [16]
Ivonka and all who have made corrections,
this is just the kind of thing I like to find on PF.
It saves so much time trawling through the couple of books I try to learn from
(which are usually missing when I want them).
Even better than Admin's old guide to swearing!
With tenses, it's nice to know that something in Polish is actually more straight forward than English!
Ivonka and all who have made corrections,
this is just the kind of thing I like to find on PF.
It saves so much time trawling through the couple of books I try to learn from
(which are usually missing when I want them).
Even better than Admin's old guide to swearing!
With tenses, it's nice to know that something in Polish is actually more straight forward than English!
osiol
6 Sep 2007
UK, Ireland / Do Poles integrate well into British society? [18]
Those who stay in a large group of their own community will always find it easire not to integrate.
I've met a few Polish people who go it alone, usually to get a better job, and they seem to find integrating much easier.
It's one thing to risk moving to another countrym
but another thing to risk moving into a different culture.
You're not selling DVDs of your work?
Those who stay in a large group of their own community will always find it easire not to integrate.
I've met a few Polish people who go it alone, usually to get a better job, and they seem to find integrating much easier.
It's one thing to risk moving to another countrym
but another thing to risk moving into a different culture.
"The narrator voice on television and films in Poland" thread. Post number nine explains all.
You're not selling DVDs of your work?
osiol
6 Sep 2007
osiol
6 Sep 2007
Language / Should I learn both Polish and German [147]
What? about a quarter Germanic, the rest French, Danish, Latin, Greek, Turkish, Hindi, Italian...
I attempted to speak a bit of Germany last time, but all the Polish I'd been learning and practising made me forget any German I ever knew (very little).
polluting the English mother tongue
What? about a quarter Germanic, the rest French, Danish, Latin, Greek, Turkish, Hindi, Italian...
I attempted to speak a bit of Germany last time, but all the Polish I'd been learning and practising made me forget any German I ever knew (very little).
osiol
6 Sep 2007
Life / Smoking in bars or restaraunts in Poland. This nasty habit continues... [27]
Right next to the egg sandwiches room.
farters lounge
Right next to the egg sandwiches room.
osiol
6 Sep 2007
Feedback / The issue of [not] writing in Polish on the forums (part 2) [45]
Here is an example:
Someone in the US wants to find out about their Polish heritage, yet doesn't speakl Polish
Someone in the UK is trying to learn Polish, but is still a beginner.
Someone in Australia wants to know more about Pierogi.
A Finn who speaks Enlgish wants to learn some Polish swear-words.
A Polish person wants to practice English.
On a forum with an English name.
By the way, it's not like anyone doesn't like having Poles around (with one obvious exception).
Many people (most probably) are at least slightly Polish.
For consistency's sake and to hold the site together as a creible forum, it has to be based in one language.
Here is an example:
Someone in the US wants to find out about their Polish heritage, yet doesn't speakl Polish
Someone in the UK is trying to learn Polish, but is still a beginner.
Someone in Australia wants to know more about Pierogi.
A Finn who speaks Enlgish wants to learn some Polish swear-words.
A Polish person wants to practice English.
On a forum with an English name.
By the way, it's not like anyone doesn't like having Poles around (with one obvious exception).
Many people (most probably) are at least slightly Polish.
For consistency's sake and to hold the site together as a creible forum, it has to be based in one language.
osiol
6 Sep 2007
Feedback / Deleting a member [23]
What are you going on about?
maybe you admins are not the lefty liberals i thought you were
What are you going on about?
osiol
6 Sep 2007
osiol
6 Sep 2007
osiol
6 Sep 2007
Feedback / Deleting a member [23]
Liberal-ISM is not a politcal party. It is an ideology.
You get to say what you want - others let you.
That is liberal.
The people who complain about 'Liberals' are narrow-minded people preying on the narrow-mindedness (and greed) of others.
your going to say they promote free speech, yes maybe they do but only on their terms, like all politicians they are spin doctors and liars
Liberal-ISM is not a politcal party. It is an ideology.
You get to say what you want - others let you.
That is liberal.
The people who complain about 'Liberals' are narrow-minded people preying on the narrow-mindedness (and greed) of others.
osiol
6 Sep 2007
Feedback / Deleting a member [23]
Not just for you.
This is a public forum.
I know those whom I've heard complaining about 'liberals' and whom I haven't.
just slipped that bit in for me did you
Not just for you.
This is a public forum.
I know those whom I've heard complaining about 'liberals' and whom I haven't.
osiol
6 Sep 2007
Life / Smoking in bars or restaraunts in Poland. This nasty habit continues... [27]
That's nasty. Pub gardens in my neck of the woods are rarely big enough for a rule like that.
Bit if it's possible in Ireland where it rains most of the time...
In Poland, I've drunk more outdoors than indoors.
you wont be able even smoke within 20 ft. of the door
That's nasty. Pub gardens in my neck of the woods are rarely big enough for a rule like that.
Bit if it's possible in Ireland where it rains most of the time...
In Poland, I've drunk more outdoors than indoors.
osiol
6 Sep 2007
Life / Smoking in bars or restaraunts in Poland. This nasty habit continues... [27]
I was in a pub a while ago.
People were eating chips.
All I could smell was the stench of grease and cheap vinegar!
Tobacco smells nice and sweet.
I smoke, but don't like it when I'm eating.
Restaurants maybe. Pubs no.
I was in a pub a while ago.
People were eating chips.
All I could smell was the stench of grease and cheap vinegar!
Tobacco smells nice and sweet.
I smoke, but don't like it when I'm eating.
Restaurants maybe. Pubs no.
osiol
6 Sep 2007
UK, Ireland / PASSPORTS FOR POLISH PEOPLE TO COME TO ENGLAND [103]
Oh no! Like when a copper caught me cycling on a pavement aged 12?
(I was 12, not the pavement - that was at least 14)
Even road traffic offences
Oh no! Like when a copper caught me cycling on a pavement aged 12?
(I was 12, not the pavement - that was at least 14)
osiol
6 Sep 2007
News / English vs. Polish hostility [323]
One of the masons was drummer in Pink Floyd.
Particularly when we had a football match England + 1 German vs. Poland. They one. Aargh!
One of the masons was drummer in Pink Floyd.
Poles coming there for work, they are treated as enemies
Particularly when we had a football match England + 1 German vs. Poland. They one. Aargh!
osiol
6 Sep 2007
Love / Sending flowers to my Polish boyfriend [73]
Ladies - you can send me flowers if you want, but only if:
they are still attached to the plant,
the plant is alive and healthy (no powdert milew, leaf spot, botryitis, etc.),
preferably something Mediterranean, Australian or South American,
is likely to produce fruit (edible),
doesn't grow too big for my garden.
Or a single red rose (I can be romantic at times).
Ladies - you can send me flowers if you want, but only if:
they are still attached to the plant,
the plant is alive and healthy (no powdert milew, leaf spot, botryitis, etc.),
preferably something Mediterranean, Australian or South American,
is likely to produce fruit (edible),
doesn't grow too big for my garden.
Or a single red rose (I can be romantic at times).
osiol
6 Sep 2007
UK, Ireland / PASSPORTS FOR POLISH PEOPLE TO COME TO ENGLAND [103]
Emplyment agencies may be happy to employ ex-cons and the like. It fills their books.
Companies that use these agencies will assume any checks have been done
unless it is in sensitive areas such as working with children.
Emplyment agencies may be happy to employ ex-cons and the like. It fills their books.
Companies that use these agencies will assume any checks have been done
unless it is in sensitive areas such as working with children.
osiol
6 Sep 2007
UK, Ireland / PASSPORTS FOR POLISH PEOPLE TO COME TO ENGLAND [103]
I work with shrubs.
Shrub molestation is not a criminal offence
unless it occurs in public.
I work with shrubs.
Shrub molestation is not a criminal offence
unless it occurs in public.
osiol
6 Sep 2007
UK, Ireland / PASSPORTS FOR POLISH PEOPLE TO COME TO ENGLAND [103]
Good. Because in the manual labour end of the spectrum, I've worked with some dodgy people.
(mostly agencies in the care field - in Scotland anyway).
Good. Because in the manual labour end of the spectrum, I've worked with some dodgy people.
osiol
6 Sep 2007
UK, Ireland / PASSPORTS FOR POLISH PEOPLE TO COME TO ENGLAND [103]
Horticultural manual labour is fairly low on the scale of delicacy and prestige.
One or two people I have worked with have been in prison in the past.
One had very little in the way of teeth...
Mostly they are good, honest people, but it makes you wonder.
Depends what kind of 'manual labour' you are talking about
Horticultural manual labour is fairly low on the scale of delicacy and prestige.
One or two people I have worked with have been in prison in the past.
One had very little in the way of teeth...
Mostly they are good, honest people, but it makes you wonder.
osiol
6 Sep 2007
UK, Ireland / PASSPORTS FOR POLISH PEOPLE TO COME TO ENGLAND [103]
Completely, but you have people who are basically thugs (who may be escaping trouble back home) moving across borders with little or no control, things can be a little dodgy.
Of course, there are those in society that need much stronger protection as you have stated. I do not deny that in the slightest.
Please do not take me the wrong way here Donkey...there's a great difference in trusting people to work with plants and trusting them to work with sick/dying/elderly/children/disabled/menatally handicapped people.
Completely, but you have people who are basically thugs (who may be escaping trouble back home) moving across borders with little or no control, things can be a little dodgy.
Of course, there are those in society that need much stronger protection as you have stated. I do not deny that in the slightest.