Love / Polish girls and this age thing? [173]


and you think that I'll be so desperate that I'll catch any man who comes in my way, even 15 years older than me and even more sagged (sagging?) ? Well, no, I won't:)

Food / Help with baking ingrediants. [18]

cream of tartar is not SOS TATARSKI! people! it is used for baking, the polish name is kamień winny (wodorowinian potasu) but I know nowbody who usues it and I doubt that you can find the thing in polish stores.

Love / Polish girls and this age thing? [173]

My friend is in love with a guy who is 35 years older than she... And it starts to be more than platonic:/ I'm definitely against it.

I myself wouldn't be able to be with a man who is 5 years older than me... I'm 20 and a 25 year-old guys seem so old... with a "past" - let's call it this way.

Language / x=a kiss sign. What's a kiss sign for the Polish? [48]

i think that very few people in Poland use X. 99% use :*
by the way, i thought <3 was icecream in a horn...

Food / First time eating Polish food [30]

pierogi with sour kraut (you have to heat it on o pan under a lid for quite a long time - i don't know the exact word for this, in Polish it is dusić) and dried mushrooms. mmmm delicious. even better when you fry them on some olive oil on a pan:)

Language / "sorry" instead of "przepraszam" [76]

IMO "sorry" has been well adopted by Polish culture. by many people it is no longer viewed as a foreign word - we don't say it with English accent and we spell it with strong Polish R. using przepraszam among young people (if it doesn't mean asking to be forgived for something) is rare. prszepraszam is very official and many people can't imagine saying przepraszam when they want to tell somebody to get out of their way etc. sorry is most commonly used in Poland in the sense of "excuse me" than "i'm sorry for something...". BUT i guess that it's only the youth culture that uses it so commonly. in serious situations etc nobody uses sorry! nobody says sorry to their teacher...

just like "buziaczki", "nara", "strzałka" etc. dont say they have taken the place of "do widzenia"!!!

Life / Poles in Poland: How did you learn your English? [60]

i started learnig English at the age of 10. i had private lessons - believe me, in 99% of public schools you won't learn much. at highschool i had a very good English teacher (it was a public school but we paid 120 zl every month to have more hours of some subjects - thanks to this i had 6hrs of English classes per week).

Well, I have a CPE, but my speaking skills.... ekhm,... I'm planning to go to England this summer and be an au-pair there. i hope I'll manage to go.

Life / Would this be viewed as okay for most Polish families? [38]

mothers sometimes love their sons too much . . .

Life / Is plastic surgery a large part of Polish culture? [35]

haha
I will use a stereotype - it is widely known that Poles grumble about everything (and it is to some extent true). Most people who grumble about everything, grumble also about their looks (even if they doesnt let it show)

But let's hope that Poles do not grumble at all:P another stereotype has been vanquished! (i dont know if it is the right verb to use here but who cares)


niefajnie jest wyrywać cudze słowa z kontektu, zwłaszcza kiedy są z nim sprzeczne, a potem je oblac... grrrrrrrrrrrr

Life / Anna Name day in Poland? [13]

young people in Poland usuallu don't celebrate their namedays. just birthdays

UK, Ireland / Some EXAMPLES of salaries of Poles working and living in the UK. [49]


and they usually do. i am tired of doctors in poland saying how little they earn etc. :/

Life / Is plastic surgery a large part of Polish culture? [35]

contrary to a popular opinion, there are many rich Poles, and many that are not very rich but can afford for example a nose surgery. and they don't have plastic surgeries. . . so? i really think that there is something else that prevents them from having a plastic surgery

Life / Is plastic surgery a large part of Polish culture? [35]

no, it is the culture in my opinion. having something "changed" in your body is still seen as something strange, a stupid whim... Once again, i don't know anybody who dreams of having a plastic surgery and only the lack of money prevents them from having one. i think that many people in Poland believe that if you look like something, this is you ang changing anything just to look better would be a kind of "cheating".

Life / Is plastic surgery a large part of Polish culture? [35]

It is not as popular as in the US, I guess. Maybe some celebrities get plastic surgeries, but among "normal" people it is not so common. I myself doesn't know personally anyone after a plastic surgery.

Life / Anna Name day in Poland? [13]

She may have 2 or more namedays. My name is Małgorzata and I have 16 namedays in the year. Of course one is supposed to choose the date they want to celebrate their nameday on. if they want to celebrate it at all:)

Travel / skiing close to poland-maybe Slovakia? [7]

i also have been there! slovakia is fantastic while in poland there are crowds of people

Life / Biedronka - retail chain in Poland [48]


well, actually you're wrong. of course, some products are cheap and of low quality, but some are well known products sold under a different name only in biedronka, but they are the same as everywhere else (but cheaper). for example - BAKOMA's yoghurts, which are pretty goog (they have different name but on the packet you will read wyprodukowano przez Bakoma dla Biedronki etc.), Campina's yoghurt, some sweets etc.

Food / favorite polish recipes? [65]


it depends whether you want pancakes made from raw or boiled potatos. i prefere the first type

Food / We baked Polish Cheese Cakes! [19]

try making cheesecake with spots made of brown (cocoa) dough on top. mmmmmmmm

Food / Our Polish dinner today was delicious [26]

hello!


it is chicken breast (i dont know whether this is the official name of this part of a chicken's body) rolled with some cheese, a slice of pepper or other vegetable. it is battered and fried

Food / Help in finding a recipe for a type of Polish Cheesecake [6]

in some recipies you add some pudding to the cheese to make it smoother

News / What sort of fellow is this Donald Tusk anyway? [34]


lol dont think too much. the thing is called speech impediment and has nothing to do with where tusk comes from.
and you say that poles from the west pronounce r in a strange way - well, i havent noticed although i am polish:)

News / What sort of fellow is this Donald Tusk anyway? [34]

soem people have their theories on everything.......



i dont knnow which one was a joke, but
witajcie, drodzy forumowicze!
is correct:)

News / Poland 2007 Elections: PO Won, PIS second [232]

yes, but Lech Kaczyński will be in the place of Lepper:)

Life / Polish people vs English language [42]


well, every new language seems more difficult than your own one but when it comes to comparing English and Polish - English is much less complicated when it comes to grammar so it is easy for Poles to learn English. i guess it is not so easy the other way round.

i may say that now about 80% of children at schools learn English, thats why so many Poles can speak it quite fluently.

Food / Polish Christmas table [26]

well. traditional christams kompot is made from dried fruit and it tastes very bad...
flaki are not a christmas dish!
and carp is fished from a lake/pond but nowadays rather froma a fishfarm or something like that:)

Food / Polish Christmas table [26]

carp is awful, in my opinion.... it is so sticky and tasteless. there are many more kinds tasty fish like salmon etc but it is a tradition so you have to eat it every year... my favourite dishes on xmas are uszka and pierogi z kapustą i grzybami.

i wouldnt recommend kompot either:)

News / Poland 2007 Elections: PO Won, PIS second [232]

well, some of you are trying very hard to prove that only "bad" people voted for PO and you tell some fairytales about how bad PO is..... if you dont live in this country and say that PiS should have won, then no comments:/

News / Polish Election Poll (according to PolishForums) [237]


and such are most young people in poland.

LPR - please, please don't...
there was a discussion about giertych, i wont comment on his brilliant ideas.

News / Polish Election Poll (according to PolishForums) [237]

i got a sms today, probably you know it. i'll write in polish:
Założenie butów - 30sek,
Spacer do lokalu wyborczego - 600 sek,
oddanie głosu 120 sek,
ujrzenie miny kaczora po wyborach - BEZCENNE!

funny:)