Polonia / Half-Polish Terrorist attack on the Champs-Elysses [55]


Sadly yes - quite a hot topic. There's other criticism too.

Interesting how quick they were to respond about personal details of the terrorist - either they're taking advantage of confidential information shared with them or they're simply guessing/hoping/lying.

Polonia / Half-Polish Terrorist attack on the Champs-Elysses [55]

I figured that and get what you mean.

It will doubtless all come out in the inquiry, however as always there will be those who try to challenge any facts they dislike.

Polonia / Half-Polish Terrorist attack on the Champs-Elysses [55]


No, no implications at all.


I doubt such matters are impacted by the relative reliability of news sources or the national origins of the parents of a terrorist in France.

Polonia / Half-Polish Terrorist attack on the Champs-Elysses [55]


Worth being very sceptical about that. A very politicised organisation.

I'd rather wait until France do their inquiry into the terrorist attack before believing any denial from ABW.

Polonia / Half-Polish Terrorist attack on the Champs-Elysses [55]


Actually it wasn't.

Polonia / Half-Polish Terrorist attack on the Champs-Elysses [55]

I wonder why you think that. The only question is whether the report by Polish State Radio is accurate or not.

Anyway, all the biographical details of the terrorist will doubtless come out during the public inquiry in France.

Polonia / Half-Polish Terrorist attack on the Champs-Elysses [55]

Isn't that a news source that certain posters here love to describe as 'fake news'.

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]


The Maybot. She just comes across as thoroughly unpleasant and has done for years. Corbyn, not my favourite politician by a long chalk does however come across as an extremely nice person. As for Tim Farron, although he was anti-Brexsh1t, he just seemed like a wet lettuce.

Language / Poles struggle with English vowels [42]


Well, some people do speak it all day every day, translate, and occasionally write academic papers in Polish. And pronounce it fairly well too - a professional awareness of the specific pronunciation issues that learners of both English and Polish face (and how to overcome them) helps that considerably.


Why would I? One big reason I come here is to have contact with English. For Polish, I just look up from the iPad and speak to someone.

Language / Poles struggle with English vowels [42]


An odd comment, since you've never heard me speak even one word.

And yes, your analysis of how to pronounce the /ɔː/ phoneme is just plain wrong.


Or from a teacher from Sicily who spent 10 years in Romford.

Language / Poles struggle with English vowels [42]

Except, rough isn't pronounced raf, tough isn't pronounced taf, thought isn't pronounced thot and fought is t pronounced fot.

Fought has that pesky diphthong / ɔː / that pretty well nobody here can get right.


I'm sure Chomsky, Krashen and Crystal will be so awed by that revelation that they'll each tear up their life's work and just say "so freaking simple" instead.

Polonia / Half-Polish Terrorist attack on the Champs-Elysses [55]

The French government

A. is Centrist, and
B. have not released information about the terrorists parents yet.

Language / Poles struggle with English vowels [42]


No. Your way of expressing the phoneme (and evidently your pronunciation) are very wrong. They reflect a common pronunciation error in Poland.

Some of us do actually know what we're talking about.

BTW, "rolling r" is an irrelevance here.


I wonder why you think the word blood has the / ɔː / diphthong.

Language / Poles struggle with English vowels [42]


That would be 'low' instead of 'law' - this is sometimes how Poles prounounce (or rather mispronounce) that diphthong.

Another is the velar nasal, /ŋ/ (represented by the letters ng).

Language / Poles struggle with English vowels [42]

The sound / ɔː / (law, door) causes the most problems here.

Polonia / Half-Polish Terrorist attack on the Champs-Elysses [55]

That link just reads like a typical cover-up by shills of the new world order.


Great that you think DNA is not important. There's hope yet.


Quite a bit, since he's reported by Polish Radio to be half-Polish.

Polonia / Half-Polish Terrorist attack on the Champs-Elysses [55]


You should always think twice before believing the authorities here, however Polish state radio have reported he had Polish roots.

Polonia / Half-Polish Terrorist attack on the Champs-Elysses [55]


Is this about Brits? No. It's about someone with Polish roots who committed a terror attack in Paris.

Polonia / Half-Polish Terrorist attack on the Champs-Elysses [55]


Hard to deny that. Around 70 Poles have joined Da'esh over the last couple of years.

Travel / Old town Krakow, is it dangerous during Night time? [42]


Indeed. They advertise and actively encourage it, including advertising weekends for all male groups. All those stag parties would ignore the place (Kraków is nothing compared to Prague, Budapest, Amsterdam, etc) if they weren't actively encouraged to go there.

News / Thousands of teachers to lose their jobs in Poland [57]


Those thousands all vote and have whole families who vote - not a great idea by the PiS junta.

Life / Inquiry about prescribed medicines in Poland - Xanax, benzodiazepines [30]


That one can have some very nasty side effects and in any case isn't prescribed for the same things as Valium or Xanax.

Classifieds / Sony Ericsson A1018s Polish Manual for sale [9]

Some people collect old technology. And if the phone still works...

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

Hard to disagree with that.

Within Europe, the U.K. (a trillion dollar economy) is still important to Poland though. Britain allowed free movement for Poles from day one of Poland's time in the EU, whereas most countries did not. One result of that (plus the language familiarity, availability of work etc etc) means that Poles are now one of the largest minority groups in the U.K. and there are huge and growing economic, family and personal ties.

One of the reasons that so many people here in PL as well as Poles in the U.K. are worried about Brexit.

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

I doubt he could have, even if he'd wanted to (and he was the only allied leader who was sympathetic to Poland). By that stage the money had run out, a world war on several fronts had taken its toll and any decision was entirely in the hands of America, most of whose citizens couldn't find Poland on a map.

Nevertheless, Polish servicemen and their families, as well as other refugees born in Polish territory (not all were Poles, some were Ukrainians, Belorussians and Lithuanians) were allowed to remain in the UK and become citizens. Around half decided to stay and half decided to return. Those who stayed, mostly became a valued part of the community. Some of their descendants identify strongly as Polish, some do not identify at all as Polish, most on a continuum between those two possibilities.

Churchill btw, supported Jean Monnet in developing a European community of nations.

Polonia / Who still speaks pidigin Polish after many years in the country? [59]


Apart from your compatriot who is still in jail, did any of those produce literature?


Your frequent typos aside (the ones that become worse and more frequent as the day progresses), I wonder if anyone can see the irony of an erstwhile English-language amateur journalist writing that on an English-language forum in which he frequently posts.


What 'suspension' is that? Looks like you're seeing things that aren't there again, like armed attack dogs in pl. Zbawicela.

Study / British Council CELTA in Krakow, how would you rate it? [60]


It's considered to be good - and the training is both moderated and fairly standard throughout the council. The trainers are tried and tested (and well-qualified). The behaviour of the participants is something I can't comment on. Possibly the OP was very unlucky.


This could very well be true. There's a lot of pressure on those 120 hour courses and people respond to the pressure in different ways.

Polonia / Who still speaks pidigin Polish after many years in the country? [59]


Your native language.

Worth mentioning that I know a Polish lady who has lived in the UK since the war and hardly speaks a word of English, the language of Shakespeare, Milton and Woolf.


This is normal enough - in fact you probably were improving; it's simply that you didn't feel it at the time.

USA, Canada / The long and proud links between Polish and American Muslims [20]


The Lipka Tatars have a long and very rich history here. Henryk Sienkiewicz had Lipka Tatar blood on his father's side.


As part of the EU, several million have the right to settle here already. I don't see any rush of people coming in, and those who do settle certainly seem to make a go of things here..

As I understand it, the Polish government have recently honoured one of the local Imams (I think a Lipka Tatar) with an award. There's also a resurgence of interest in traditional Lipka cuisine here.

News / Mysterious death of Magdalena Żuk on holiday in Egypt [144]

I think you still misunderstand the English term "go to" in the sense of choosing a holiday destination. She went to Marsa Alam for her holiday. Not to Sharm, Hurghada or anywhere else.

Sharm is a tiny place, a cluster of resort hotels geared up to the elderly and families, remote and a long way from large towns.