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Posts: Total: 161 / In This Archive: 118 		From: gdańsk then, toronto now, nyc tomorrow?
Speaks Polish?: no pewnie, but I'm not entirely fluent - it was my first language, too. How disgraceful. :((
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ShAlEyNsTfOh   
31 Oct 2011
Language / Pronunciation difficulties for Poles speaking English [40]

I've lived in Canada since I was 5 - that's over 20 years now - yet i've managed to develop an interesting slight accent in my everyday speech, which does create some problems for me, seeing as I generally speak very fast... almost makes it seem like i have a speech impediment at times.

I virtually cannot pronounce the english 'r'...it comes out, more or less, sounding like a 'w'. Words like: right, wright, and the worst, 'reward'.. i always end up saying something like 'wee-werd' lol... I do tend to roll my R's slightly in many, if not all, english words, simply because I find it easier.

Also, words like 'tragedy' or 'strategy' - don't know why really.. it's like saying 'czra-dże-di' lol... i find it a whole lot easier to say in polish 'tragedia' :P

and the 'th' sound for me, like most Poles, is a no-no. 'The' becomes 'da', three becomes 'free', and so on..
ShAlEyNsTfOh   
13 Oct 2011
News / What's the stupidest question asked about Poland? [414]

oh god, the worst: "what's the difference between (shoe, nail, etc.) polish and Polish"

WTF?! -__-

well, dunno bout the british pronunciation, but we north americans pronounce the artsy 'polish' with an 'a' sound, like 'Palish'.
ShAlEyNsTfOh   
13 Oct 2011
Language / Fejsbuk, Jutub, Majspejs (Facebook, Youtube, MySpace) - different spelling in Polish? [7]

so I've seen these -alternative- spellings in some polish magazines I bought, and was wondering how many Poles using these sites do actually spell them phonetically in polish, or if that's how they're actually written in Poland.

I showed my magazines to my some of my co-workers and confused the hell out of them. I loved watching them attempt to read those terms. lol

PoliszForums - not much of a difference there. :D
ShAlEyNsTfOh   
13 Oct 2011
Food / Polish spice chocolates [11]

if ur living in ontario, canada, go to Starsky. They have EVERYTHINGGGGG polish. mmmmm!!
ShAlEyNsTfOh   
13 Oct 2011
History / Why have Poles contributed so little to Academics? (Particularly Science) [180]

what a stupid question... the Poles have contributed GREATLY to/in almost every field of life

Music - chopin, science = marie curie, etc., religion = john paul II

America: hollywood/CNN/talkshows/arts = all polish jews :)

Hell, even Christopher Columbus was ethnically Polish, too. :D

Without them, what would our lives have been like today?
ShAlEyNsTfOh   
22 Sep 2011
Genealogy / Polish person's average height? [210]

The scale above includes myself. Even taller with high-heels. No midgets in my Polish family :)

I've met one polish girl in my old job, who stood at 5'1"

her name was Basia :D
ShAlEyNsTfOh   
22 Sep 2011
News / Multi-culti (in Poland) -- roadmap to disaster? [344]

Merged: This is Warsaw in 50 years time....

You should try multiculturalism...its fun :)

lmao... WOW... I live in the world's most multicultural city (Toronto) and I have never once witnessed such events here as those taking place in the vids.

We have soo many more blacks, indians, muslims, chinese etc. here than the UK... I mean, I work alongside and interact with these people in a civilized manner daily. I don't understand how or why the hell these kind of events begin to unfold throughout the UK, especially in London.

PS. THIS crap in warsaw? NOT IN OUR LIFETIME. :)
ShAlEyNsTfOh   
21 Sep 2011
News / Poland hosts lowest proportion of foreigners in the EU [115]

Why is it ok for a Pole to be rightfully proud of their ancient Polish Slavic culture, yet here in England I am force fed this PC New labour created notion of Multiculturalism that decries me as a racist for being proud of English culture. And yes it is English culture not British for in Scotland or Wales, it is perfectly acceptable to be patriotic and nationalistic there(SNP Plaid cymru).

Poles were always more high and mighty. :D lol

no but really... worry not, history repeats itself.

another WWII is among us.

it's time to take out a big fat 'wite out' brush and rid of the mistakes.
ShAlEyNsTfOh   
21 Sep 2011
Life / Ghost Bikes in Poland [11]

damnit... and here I was expecting a story about bikes riding themselves in Poland. :(
ShAlEyNsTfOh   
20 Sep 2011
News / Poland hosts lowest proportion of foreigners in the EU [115]

just 0.1 of those living in Poland (35,000) are not Polish citizens, shows Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office.

GOOD.

and keep it that way!

Especially if they're MUSLIMS!!!!!

and while the polish population in the UK is surging, poland's is shrinking. Saddening. :(

Say what u ignorant opposing fools want.

Polska = BIA£A-czerwona, a nie brązowa-czerwona!!!

Poland is not US, Canada, or UK.

Thanks.
ShAlEyNsTfOh   
20 Sep 2011
Genealogy / Polish person's average height? [210]

almost every polish male i see in toronto measures 5'10"-6'

most females 5'6"-5'8"
ShAlEyNsTfOh   
20 Sep 2011
Love / Why Poland and Indian Sub-Continent? [30]

it must be that close-knit aryan bond... afterall, don't poles and north indians share almost 60% of the R1a gene? ;))

..........

or perhaps only the males do.

I dunno. -_-'
ShAlEyNsTfOh   
20 Sep 2011
UK, Ireland / 50 babies a day born to Polish mothers in UK [81]

The point is who is the father of these children by polish women.If he is another Slav then the news are good.

My thoughts exactly.

half of them probably have paki or black partners :\

although i sincerely hope not..

Well, on a side note,

any polka here willing to provide me with 10+ polish babies? ;))
ShAlEyNsTfOh   
18 Sep 2011
Love / Good looking Polish women with ugly men [416]

see, polish girls wish to seek 'Americanized' polish hollywood hunks like these...

dunno if there are any like them in Poland, though. lol


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ShAlEyNsTfOh   
18 Sep 2011
Language / Polish regional accents? [141]

you know, I'm actually curious as to which point of time following the war, did the accent actually change, or start changing, and how it became nation-spread.

I mean, with the pronunciation of hard/soft ł, and letter 'y' from yj/i in words. Also, they used to pronounce 'cz' as 'sz' in many words, primarily in cases where cz was proceeded by 'ł'.
ShAlEyNsTfOh   
18 Sep 2011
Language / Polish regional accents? [141]

lol funny... NOT.

and why change the title, mods?

this was strictly out of sheer curiosity =P
ShAlEyNsTfOh   
18 Sep 2011
Love / Good looking Polish women with ugly men [416]

Men with shaved heads, scars on their faces, no necks, and with about as much conversational skills as a potato.

lmao... sound like typical 'skinheads' to me :/

I think I would stand out far too much walking around back home. I'm such a typical urban city-dwelling westernised Polak, with facial piercings, dyed hair/eyebrows, wearing not-so-typical clothes and jewellery =PP
ShAlEyNsTfOh   
18 Sep 2011
Language / Polish regional accents? [141]

Merged: Are there any regions in Polska today, which still speak with the pre-war accent?

Are there any regions in Polska today, which still speak with the pre-war accent?

I simply adore it.. especially in songs sung by Eugeniusz Bodo and Mieczysław Fogg, for instance. It was obviously influenced strongly by Russian, but sounded soo much more pleasant than today's Polish. :P

My mother was taught to speak it that way by her Belorussian mother back when was younger and living in Zabłudów, but she unfortunately adapted the modern accent upon moving to Gdańsk in the 80's, before she had us. :(
ShAlEyNsTfOh   
18 Sep 2011
Life / Top 10 Poland fashion brands [25]

I dunno bout the Poles back home, but the polki here in Canada are quite trendy.

TNA pants ftw!