osiol
4 Aug 2007
osiol
4 Aug 2007
Language / Too many English words in the Polish language! [709]
Rendzina is a kind of soil you get overlaying chalk. I've read that this comes from Polish, but I don't know for certain. Soil scientists use the word, but it's not often heard in the pubs and supermarket aisles of Great Britain.
Rendzina is a kind of soil you get overlaying chalk. I've read that this comes from Polish, but I don't know for certain. Soil scientists use the word, but it's not often heard in the pubs and supermarket aisles of Great Britain.
osiol
4 Aug 2007
Food / Typical lunch in Poland? [50]
I don't know how typical this is, but I recently stayed with a family in Lomza. They had quite a high appreciation of food. Meals went something like this:
Breakfast: ham, sausage, other cured meats with bread, some onion and tomato, pickled cucumber and so on. And coffee.
Lunch: quite a hearty meal, usually starting with a soup course.
Tea: pretty much the same as breakfast
However, throughout the day, snacks (and drinks) would mysteriously appear. There did seem to be a hell of a lot of food, but then, my hosts often commented on how thin I was and I think they were trying to fatten me up. Poor skinny, malnourished Englishman who obviously never gets any proper food at home!
I don't know how typical this is, but I recently stayed with a family in Lomza. They had quite a high appreciation of food. Meals went something like this:
Breakfast: ham, sausage, other cured meats with bread, some onion and tomato, pickled cucumber and so on. And coffee.
Lunch: quite a hearty meal, usually starting with a soup course.
Tea: pretty much the same as breakfast
However, throughout the day, snacks (and drinks) would mysteriously appear. There did seem to be a hell of a lot of food, but then, my hosts often commented on how thin I was and I think they were trying to fatten me up. Poor skinny, malnourished Englishman who obviously never gets any proper food at home!
osiol
2 Aug 2007
Language / Too many English words in the Polish language! [709]
I should know. My dad's hobby is Esperanto. I don't give a damn about it, but I know enough to correct him all the time when he makes mistakes. Either that or I speak English but putting the letter 'o' on the end of every word.
I should know. My dad's hobby is Esperanto. I don't give a damn about it, but I know enough to correct him all the time when he makes mistakes. Either that or I speak English but putting the letter 'o' on the end of every word.
osiol
2 Aug 2007
Language / Too many English words in the Polish language! [709]
Actually just over 100 years ago, a man in Poland devised Esperanto with the idea that it would be everyone's second language. At the time, I believe Dr. Zamenhof had to speak Polish, Russian, Yiddish and possibly German. As he was a doctor, he also required some knowledge of Latin. A few people who wear sandals speak Esperanto to this day.
That there should be one language all over the world
Actually just over 100 years ago, a man in Poland devised Esperanto with the idea that it would be everyone's second language. At the time, I believe Dr. Zamenhof had to speak Polish, Russian, Yiddish and possibly German. As he was a doctor, he also required some knowledge of Latin. A few people who wear sandals speak Esperanto to this day.
osiol
2 Aug 2007
Language / Polish Lessons Units [189]
Fantastic stuff. Cheers, Janusz. I particularly like the choice of words and pictures to match.
I had found it difficult to distinguish between some of the sounds of the language. I had been learning by ear, but my ear wasn't tuned to distinguish between some of the sounds that are similar yet different.
Fantastic stuff. Cheers, Janusz. I particularly like the choice of words and pictures to match.
I had found it difficult to distinguish between some of the sounds of the language. I had been learning by ear, but my ear wasn't tuned to distinguish between some of the sounds that are similar yet different.
osiol
26 Jul 2007
Food / Your favourite Polish foods! [180]
Next time I visit Poland, I will need some cheese. Good British cheese is fantastic. Polish food generally, is fantastic, but I'm yet to find a good Polish cheese. My preferences are soft blues or light and crumbly.
Next time I visit Poland, I will need some cheese. Good British cheese is fantastic. Polish food generally, is fantastic, but I'm yet to find a good Polish cheese. My preferences are soft blues or light and crumbly.
osiol
25 Jul 2007
Language / English borrowings in Polish [38]
Okay, so there is too much English in Polish nowadays. Surely the majority of people read these words found in computer games (for example) as if they are Polish words, but languages will change. Almost half of English is borrowed French, pronounced wrongly.
The only English word that has come from Polish, I think, was 'horde', and that was originally a Turkish anyway. I had always thought kiosk was Polish, but that was Turkish as well.
Okay, so there is too much English in Polish nowadays. Surely the majority of people read these words found in computer games (for example) as if they are Polish words, but languages will change. Almost half of English is borrowed French, pronounced wrongly.
The only English word that has come from Polish, I think, was 'horde', and that was originally a Turkish anyway. I had always thought kiosk was Polish, but that was Turkish as well.