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convex   
2 Feb 2011
News / CHERNOBYL...threat to Poland? [29]

I never understood why they just don't place the reactors underground. That would seem to be win-win-win.
convex   
2 Feb 2011
Life / Do Poland take care about their Culture ? [39]

Im studying in a Polish community here. Its slow but is something at least, thats why i want to go to Poland.

Is there a large Polish community where you live?
convex   
2 Feb 2011
Life / Are Poles Dis-Loyal [58]

Just a quick hint, might want to learn the difference between "there" and "their" before ranting about "idiots".
convex   
2 Feb 2011
Australia / Category 5 Cyclon Yasi approaching Queensland [23]

God have mercy on people in Cairns and the surrounding area!

Send a cyclone and then show mercy?

Just as a reference, this is like a 35mi wide F3 tornado. Yet, you still have folks like this:

Cairns resident Philip Baker told the BBC it seemed "a safer bet" to stay in his home rather than flee or head to an overcrowded evacuation centre with his wife and young daughter.

"We're as prepared as we can be. There is little left to do but wait.

"The authorities have been wonderful, supplying us with updates and the latest information via text. We've been told that we might lose power and the phone lines in the next few hours."

*sigh*

By the looks of it, quite a few people are going to ride it out: cairnsinfo.com/webcam.php
convex   
1 Feb 2011
History / Esperanto - an effort by a Pole ... [122]

Who can have a cultural and linguistic affinity to Esperanto???

That's the crux of this discussion...and very much on topic btw.

How weak of character do you have to be to get your cultural affinity through the language that you speak as opposed to the connections with people that you make? Comeon now seriously? Fo reals? We're talking about later through the years. Could I fit in Germany? Of course. In the US, yea, no problem. Hell, in Iran, yea, it's been proven. Can I understand the culture, yup....so what's the big question about language?
convex   
1 Feb 2011
History / Esperanto - an effort by a Pole ... [122]

For what stable team is it cheering?

Whoever it wants to, it has no tribe.

Enjoy that, and lets get back on topic.
convex   
1 Feb 2011
History / Esperanto - an effort by a Pole ... [122]

A dog can be born in a stable, but that doesn't make him a horse..(a wonderful Duke of Wellington quote)

but if a quarterhorse is raised in a racing stable and can keep up and outrun a thoroughbred in the long haul, isn't it still a racing horse?
convex   
1 Feb 2011
History / Esperanto - an effort by a Pole ... [122]

no see, i know that would be wrong... you know, through my upbringing and whatnot. So, we've established that the language doesn't matter all that much...
convex   
1 Feb 2011
History / Esperanto - an effort by a Pole ... [122]

I've thought you were an Ami?

halb...

What football team do you cheer for? ;)

the underdog.

now what am I?
convex   
1 Feb 2011
History / Esperanto - an effort by a Pole ... [122]

It seems his family didn't see themselves as natives there...

Reminds me about the problems with the german Turks...spells only problems!

No, BUT, you bring up a good point in the immigrant country of Germany. Do German Turks understand German culture? German Italians? German Greeks? German Russians? Arguably, they all learned languages other than German first...some of those people run very large companies in Germany, some of them are politicians, most of them feel more German than anything else, even though their native, first, language might not have been German. I learn Greek at 3 and German at 5...now I'm 25, I've lived in Germany all my life, what am I?
convex   
1 Feb 2011
History / Esperanto - an effort by a Pole ... [122]

You can call your heritage German or American or Polish or whatever and also your knowledge of Esperanto but that isn't the same!

but a childs culture is based on the input from those around them. if a child is surrounded by esperanto speakers, there is no reason that the child wouldn't pick up traditions from hungarian, jewish, polish, russian, whatever culture. the language is just a means of passing things. you can see that right here with Polish Americans that don't speak Polish, yet celebrate Polish traditions.
convex   
1 Feb 2011
Law / Thinking of opening up a Greek restaurant in Poland, bad idea or good? Jenkei [45]

The problem that you'll have is differentiating yourself from all the crappy gyros places around here. In Wroclaw, there is a chain of "greek" restaurants that do terrible fast food, and a couple on rynek that are mediocre, but at least try to do something more than spinning meat on a spit.
convex   
1 Feb 2011
History / Esperanto - an effort by a Pole ... [122]

What would you call your heritage? German? American? Could you see yourself saying: My heritage is Esperanto! ?
There is nothing to show off with that...just some dusty, totally artificial experiment...

Both, all three. Why not. I can see how this would be confusing to someone that grew up in a monoculture household... but, culture transcends just Hesse, German, European... Why can't you grow up taking in multiple cultures? All interactions with people contribute to what you eventually are as a person. Does that make me a cultural orphan, or someone that can enjoy and take part in multiple cultures? When I go hang out with Crow, I can enjoy Serbian culture. We can sit around and sing songs about Serbian triumphs, I can get into it, really. Same goes for when I'm in Jordan, Mongolia, Germany, The US, Brazil, Poland, wherever. Again, surely, that's not a bad thing.
convex   
1 Feb 2011
History / Esperanto - an effort by a Pole ... [122]

it's not that difficult to speak two languages by the time you're 4. Dunno, maybe Soros and I are "special".
convex   
1 Feb 2011
History / Esperanto - an effort by a Pole ... [122]

When should that have been...as he started school?
No contact with Hungary otherwise??? Very doubtful...or a sick childhood in a sick family!

You're raised by your parents. It comes very quickly. Your parents speak to you in Esperanto(German), and you watch cartoons and talk to friends, in the limited amount that you can speak in Hungarian (English).

It works.
convex   
1 Feb 2011
History / Esperanto - an effort by a Pole ... [122]

Did his parents forbade him to learn hungarian and to interact with hungarian children? Did the family live in a parallel world?

Doubtful, but he learned Esperanto before Hungarian. I still speak to my mother in German even though the "outside world" didn't speak German.
convex   
1 Feb 2011
History / Esperanto - an effort by a Pole ... [122]

He is an Hungarian, isn't he?

I learned German before I learned English, but my first year of school was in America. It's not that difficult for a kid.
convex   
1 Feb 2011
History / Esperanto - an effort by a Pole ... [122]

..I doubt there can be such a thing as a "native esperanto speaker".
It's an artificial language which has to be voluntarily learned after you grew up with your real native language.

Sure there is. That was his first language. The power was his parents.
convex   
1 Feb 2011
Life / Do Poland take care about their Culture ? [39]

Ouch. That hurt :)

yea, "chick" association, the mind was wondering. I can't even correctly express outrage at the coming oppression.
convex   
1 Feb 2011
Life / Do Poland take care about their Culture ? [39]

The Arab Hordes in Poland amount to one or two falafel stalls off Krakowskie Przedmiescie. Get real.

Sleeper cells Alex, sleeper cells. One minute you're enjoying a tasty chickpeas, next thing you're under the yolk of Sharia law...
convex   
1 Feb 2011
Life / Do Poland take care about their Culture ? [39]

What about the Arab hordes there ? how the people react ? do they hit them, i have north Polish blood, and some of Austrian. And i really care about poland and its population. I love the clean and white Poland.

It's kind of hard to get any whiter than Poland...
convex   
1 Feb 2011
Life / $3,000-$4,000 a month - would we have enough money to live in Poland? [273]

How? Rent for 3 bedroom flat is 2500 to 3000zl Those prices were posted here earlier by people that live IN Poland !

Because as was posted, most Poles are already well enough established that they live much cheaper... there's grannies flat, or the property inherited from your godfather, the company car, free childcare... the home ownership rate in Poland is one of the highest in the world. Most people aren't renting (that's changing...). You've got EU money from the villages, and a pile of other sources of income...

Your original question was a put down, you don't have to be boy genius to work out that a lifestyle on 12000zl approx 4000US$ per month would have to be pretty good if the average Pole earns 3500zl... (I must say that I know very very people who earn that sort of money)

He asked about maintaining the same quality of life as he had in the US. 3500zl will in no way cover someone that is used to a middle class US life. 10k....getting warmer.
convex   
1 Feb 2011
News / Pubs in Poznan kick out Roma? [256]

remove what? it's good to hear how neutered free speech about gypsies is on the island.
convex   
31 Jan 2011
News / New Polish Light Tank - Anders [74]

what would happen with Poles and Poland if all Poles starts to give foreign names to their Polish children???

If they're all heroic like Anders, then Poland won't have too many problems in the future.