Language / Slovio - the international simplified Slavic language [37]


Do not use that hieroglyphic language of modern science. Say straight what you mean, even if you are an old good Nazi!

Language / How to use time in Polish language? [20]

Raz in a sense of once, twice, three times, hundreds of times.
Czas in a sense of passing or going by. E.g.: a long time; to waste time on sth; to spend time on sth. and so on.

Razem you probaly mean tym razem this time; następnym razem; poprzednim razem or ostatnim razem the last time; za pierwszym/drugim razem the first/second time round; za każdym razem each or every time.

Razem is the instrumental grammatical case of the noun raz, There are seven cases in the Polish grammatical system. To master the Polish language you should learn the system of the Polish cases - the most difficult part of the Polish grammar.

Life / Is Poland a place of high culture? [36]


Ach doch! Dadaism runs a rake through the bins of history and hastily assembles his own collage, naming it modernism, postmodernism or uses other fancy word to deceit the public. Of course, I am only making a fun of it.

Life / Is Poland a place of high culture? [36]


Dadaism died in the early '20s. It attempted to create the effects which the public of today finds in the ubiquitous entertainment business. So the last words of Dadaism are: non omnis moriar.


Do you know any French or Russian equivalent of the German myth of Langemarck?

Life / Is Poland a place of high culture? [36]


The idea of a nation is at best a cartel of pelt merchants and profiteers in leather, at worst a cultural association of psychopaths who, like the Germans, marched off with a volume of Goethe in their knapsacks, to skewer Frenchmen and Russians on their bayonets.

Life / Is Poland a place of high culture? [36]

Don't be fooled by your own complexes.

Life / Is Poland a place of high culture? [36]

The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

History / Christopher Colombowicz: America's discoverer Polish not Portuguese, claim historians [60]

...the voyager was not from a family of humble Italian craftsmen as previously thought - but the son of Vladislav III, an exiled King of Poland...

For some reason he hid the true identity of his Polish biological father from most people during his lifetime, and history books have been none the wiser.

The author of the article does not know that the story is absolutely impossible: (s)he should have known that the Władysław III was a homosexual and thus would have rather had sex with men rather than with women, ergo would not have children.

Here goes the facts: Jan Długosz in his Chronicles of the Kingdom of Poland unambiguously suggested kings homosexuality. It is clear, however, that faced with Władysław possible homosexuality, the popes preferred not to take unnecessary risks by canonising him.

However, the journalists' efforts could be used to a good cause. Let me explain. There are many saints whose behaviour, judged by the modern standards, could be considered more bizarre than homosexuality. Isn't it a high time for the RCC to make up for the lost of time and proclaim Władysław Warneńczyk the saint. What do you think about this "ultimo aggiornamento"?

Po polsku / Tragedia jezykowa, czyli "stay on topic" LOL. [95]


Coś można zawsze znaleźć:

1) nachalny,
2) namolny,
3) naprzykrzający się,
4) natarczywy,
5) natrętny,
6) nieustępliwy,
7) obrzydły,
8) prześladujący,
9) uparty,
10) uporczywy.

No i nieznośnie cholerny natręt.

History / Poland, Lacking External Enemies, Turns on Itself [106]


and Kwaśniewski and rabbi and... who knows who else.

The former polish president, Aleksander Kwasniewski said the best way to describe Poland today was with a short story: “A group of children say to a rabbi, ‘Please tell us in a few words what the situation is,’ ” and the rabbi answers, ‘Good.’

“The children say, ‘Perhaps you can use a few more words, and the rabbi responds, ‘Not good.’ ”

Language / Variations of these Polish Foul Words [6]

Some comments on the site:

te wyrazy (móż , możenia itd)to straszne przykłady bezczeszczenia polskiego języka

Those words are an example of desecration of the Polish language.

Teraz jednak jestem przerażona tymi tworami językowymi!!!!!!!! Panowie Administratorzy- opanujcie się, niech ta zabawa literami i słowami, jeśli już czegoś nie uczy, to niech choć będzie sensowna. Nie "odmóżdżajcie" już całkiem młodzieży, bo niedługo wszyscy będą udawać "dyslektyków i dysgrafów"

I am really terrified by that language of yours!!!! Come to your senses, dear Admins. Make your play with words if not enlightening, then at least sensible. Do not dumb down the young, otherwise before long everyone will be pretending to be dyslexic or dysgraphic.

UK, Ireland / Homeless Poles living on barbecued rats and alcoholic handwash? [62]


However, in London there is not enough prime real estates for them:
themoscowtimes.com/realestate/beyond_moscow/properties_abroad/article/rush-to-britain/411411.html

Price tags on London's prime residential real estate have leapt 20 percent on the year, while Russians are now the biggest buyers in the sector.


They are the mirror for the rich to look at every day and measure success. They are the foundation on which the capitalist society stands. Shouldn't they be paid for this?

Life / What is Poland B as opposed to Poland A and the otherway-round. [45]

Division between Poland A and Poland B is even more visible than before.

Life / What is Poland B as opposed to Poland A and the otherway-round. [45]


Polska A Polsce B
Każe się całować w D. - Jan Sztaudynger
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Sztaudynger

Poland A to Poland B says
feel free to suck my C. [nott]

News / America's Tea Party like Poland's Solidarnosc? [59]

Does the Tea Party support the establishment or is against it, if it is against the establishement, then the Tea Party will be crashed like the left in the sixties.

...
... The American state fought back violently. At the democratic convention in Chicago in 1968 the police and the national guard were unleashed to attack thousands of demonstrators. It was the start of a phase of repression of the new left in America. It culminated in the killing of four students at Kent University 18 months later. In the face of this the left began to fall apart.

News / Jarosław Kaczyński sharing his words with Russians! [57]


In the light of 70-year commie progress this sounds like a compliment.

youtu.be/D7HqOrAakco

youtu.be/-CvQOuNecy4

The same video with the English subtitles

Life / How Long Before Poland Has Its 'Dumbest Generation'? [84]

Do not delete for the second time!

Britannia High is a BBC Four programme, one of the most popular programme ever aired by this station: Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Brooker's_Screenwipe

Britain's 'Dumbest Generation'?

youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=G05saPA31j4

You know it's reassuring that in this morally bankrupt age of sweary, shock TV, there are still corners of the schedule where you can find wide-eyed sweetness and wholesome charm and music and dancing and infuriating little piiiss-weasels.

You don't need text when everything is in the video

News / Do Poles take Kaczynski seriously!? [199]


I've checked Pravda Online. Nothing about Kaczyński.

News / Giant Jesus Rising in Świebodzin ( Tallest in world ) [323]

Paul Landowski, known for the 1931 Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, was born in Paris to Polish refugees of the January Uprising. Is the new statue to be taller than that one?

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Language / Meaning of 'Podtopione' please [7]


No. You are wrong. In the context provided the only correct translation of 'podtopione' is flooded, that is covered with water but only slightly.

Genealogy / Szymon (simon) Moshe Apfelbaum: Searching for Family in Tarnow [6]


You can start [genoroots.com/eng/contact.php] and [jewishgen.org/jri-pl/psa/psatarnow.htm].

[jewishgen.org/jri-pl/jriplweb.htm] - Search Database

Po polsku / Tragedia jezykowa, czyli "stay on topic" LOL. [95]

Germanizmy jak germanizmy, gorsza sprawa z rusycyzmami. Tak pisał o nich Sztaudynger:

Z lęku przed rusycyzmem wielu naszych braci
nie mówi „kot się czai”, lecz „kot się herbaci”.

History / Recent Lech Walesa interview made by VBS [30]


I do not understand your logic. Probably you think that I am a kind of Kaczyński's supporter, but I am not. I am just shocked by Wałęsa's stupidity. Even if you were right about everything you claim, it would be still utter stupidity to say things Wałęsa said, if it is true that he said them, and especially to chancellor Merkel herself. Maybe he is that kind of politician who is not treated serioiusly, but if so, people should be aware of this.

History / Recent Lech Walesa interview made by VBS [30]


Lech graduated from primary school and vocational school and did his obligatory stint of military service, attaining the rank of corporal, before beginning work at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk.

Inteligence has nothing to do with education. Shakespeare ended his formal education at 15 and he was exceptionally well educated for his time and age.

History / Recent Lech Walesa interview made by VBS [30]


I wish the world seriously talked about the Berlin Wall - calls for former President Lech Walesa, a few days before the 20th anniversary of the fall of the wall dividing the German capital . It is estimated that from a strategic point of view, it was the most dangerous moment on the way to freedom. - The Berlin Wall has hampered our freedom - he said. Why ? - As turned out to be unnecessary - says Walesa . - Germany defected from Germany and the Soviets let the entire GDR. If Gorbachev was smarter in politics, it could make a very dangerous thing - analyzes Walesa in an interview with the French station France24 . If I was spot on Gorbachev , I would have used it - betrays Walesa . - I would say this: do not run away loved by the Czech Republic and Hungary , all of you I 'll drive straight . Only I ask all of you : sign it , that we go out of this land . I have buyers for it to living in your apartments in the GDR. Because I will not destroy the Warsaw Pact - speculates Walesa . - And the Germans always lose half of the country - the former president added .

Wałęsa: Had Gorbachev been more clever, he wouldn't have had to give back the GDR

He repeated this in the Polish Radio Program I, Monday, April 5, 2010 at 12:00. Asked by a journalist whom he presented his ideas, he answered: I presented them chancellor Merkel.

Now, what do you think about Mr Wałęsa's intelligence?

History / Recent Lech Walesa interview made by VBS [30]


Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes
Between the pass and fell incensed points
Of mighty opposites.


Some of the points of the 21 Solidarność Demands stay valid. I have bolded them. Can you ask if workers in current 'Stocznia Gdańska' can say that their dreams have been fulfilled, and if the dreams didn't come true up to now, can be realized in the future?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_demands_of_MKS

Life / Poland's population predictions [59]

Population growth rate

The CIA World Factbook: some countries experience negative population growth, especially in Eastern Europe

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Life / Poland's population predictions [59]

photius.com/rankings/world2050_rank.html

Population Projections by Country:

Population by Country

__________India_____________China_____________USA__________Poland

1950 ...357,561___________554,760__________157,813__________24,824
2000 1,008,937__________1,275,133__________283,230__________38,605
2015 1,230,484__________1,410,217__________321,225__________38,035
2025 1,351,801__________1,470,787__________346,822__________37,254
2050 1,572,055__________1,462,058__________397,063__________33,370

News / Eighteen people die in road accident in Poland [10]


In the same sense as on the picture?

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UK, Ireland / Do all Brits take (illegal) drugs? [114]

No. But here is a problem of much more serious magnitude than putting 61 mln people in jail. Here logic itself is at stake!