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gumishu   
24 May 2011
History / Poland's biggest historical blunder? [341]

yes - very much like Britain attacked Argentinians in the Falklands - didn't Argentina have some historic claims to the Falklands??? and what about the population of the Falklands

btw of what massacres do you make a mention?
gumishu   
24 May 2011
History / Poland's biggest historical blunder? [341]

Gumi, was Vilnius within the territorial boundaries of Poland?

what boundaries - did any boundaries exist there in 1919 ?

and first of all Piłsudski intended to create a federation or confederation of countries including Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine - still the Lithuanians perceived Poland as its enemy (it claimed a lot of ethnically Polish lands on historic grounds not only litwa środkowa) - which if you look at the maps of the lands they claimed was kind of megalomaniac
gumishu   
24 May 2011
History / Poland's biggest historical blunder? [341]

Gumi, of course Scots wouldn't want that. So, America's actions would be valid in that case?

did mostly Polish population of "Litwa Środkowa" want to be part of Lithuania?? i think it is pretty simple logic
gumishu   
24 May 2011
History / Poland's biggest historical blunder? [341]

No so let's discuss it. Do you accept the boundaries of Scotland as they currently stand, Sok? So if America decided to invade, that would be alright and it would be a new American territory? If not, why not?

would majority of the population want an American government? where do you see the analogy?
gumishu   
24 May 2011
History / Poland's biggest historical blunder? [341]

By de jure, I meant that it was formally Lithuania's. It was within their territorial boundaries.

by what rules - there were no state borders in the east in 1918 - did Poland try to grab the whole of Lithuania??
gumishu   
24 May 2011
History / Poland's biggest historical blunder? [341]

K, so let me see what you are trying to say here, Sok. Vilnius was Polish due to a takeover by default or by formal agreement? It seemed more de facto than de jure. So, assuming Vilnius to have been Polish, what changed to make it Lithuanian? Why didn't Poland set up a parliament there?

Seanus - what was the situation de jure ?
gumishu   
24 May 2011
History / Poland's biggest historical blunder? [341]

So they had their own state, Poles came in as guests and then what? They tried to take over the land? So, according to your logic, Koala, Kosovo should be Albanian, is that right?

Poles never removed Lithuanians from the lands Poland occupied in 1921 and only took the land lands that had Polish majority - maybe it still was a wrong thing to do (Lithuania and Lithuanians became stauchnly anti-Polish and went on to Lithuanize its Polish minority (yes there was a serious Polish mionority in the pre-war Lithuania
gumishu   
23 May 2011
UK, Ireland / Are Poles in UK really that big of a deal? [112]

What a shambles! I speculatively tried to get on the council housing ladder and benefits ladder years ago and it was made very difficult. Poles, I've heard, often get it easily. Britain treats Brits horribly. We need to ship out the scroungers ASAP. I mean like that Somali woman and so many others.

I think it is a delibarate policy of some political forces (will I be wrong if I state that it is a Labour policy) - to have as much immigrants as possible who rely on as many give-outs as possible - and they can vote for us who provide the give-outs - I wonder if depriving those who mostly live off give-outs their voting rights could be a good stoppage to such policies (and finally make some of the people rely on themselves)
gumishu   
23 May 2011
Food / Okocim double-hopped? [6]

if you want really bitter (hoppy) bear you need to go to the Czech Republic or Germany - I never had Polish beer that was really strong taste-wise
gumishu   
23 May 2011
Life / Observation of Polish drivers, by and English anthropologist. [94]

I think the fuel they put in their tractor costs much less than the fuel they put in their car , due to subsidies....

no, not true - there is a refund system - but it does not cover all fuel expenses AFAIK (it is farm size based)

indeed they are, but at the end of the day a tree is just a tree and i don't like to think that a car may be wrapped around it.

there is a simple solution to your fears - don't drive that fast and don't overtake as much
gumishu   
22 May 2011
Food / Polish grape-wine industry emerging? [26]

we have a couple of grape plants in our garden - some where severely affected by the snow that fell on the 3rd of May this year - this is I think what is the main obstacle to the developement of any serious wine industry
gumishu   
22 May 2011
History / Poland and Orientalism [115]

"Burgher" is the anglicized "Bürger"....but then..it's the english wiki! :)

have I argued with that? no?
you were probably thinking that those people in the 'Black Procession' called themselves burghers (or anything similar) - no they did not - they called themselves mieszczanie
gumishu   
22 May 2011
History / Poland and Orientalism [115]

"Burghers"...even the word stems from Dutch/German "Bürger"....

burgher is an English word not a Polish one - Polish never used the word - Polish for a 'burgher' is mieszczanin
gumishu   
22 May 2011
UK, Ireland / Are Poles in UK really that big of a deal? [112]

and that shows where I live, the EU's open border policy will be it's downfall, people who were pro EU before have now turned anti EU, because of the effects this policy has had where they live

there should have been stricter ID controls back then for Poles coming in (some were wanted in Poland and just escaped to the UK)- perhaps the police should have been obliged to talk to all new people moving into a vicinity - I guess habitual offenders got sifted away by now
gumishu   
22 May 2011
UK, Ireland / Are Poles in UK really that big of a deal? [112]

in the years 2005-2006 crime rates in Poland fell quite sharply - one thing was stricter policies but the more important thing was chavs and criminals moved to the UK
gumishu   
22 May 2011
UK, Ireland / Are Poles in UK really that big of a deal? [112]

every intelligent person can see how many illegal immigrants there are in the UK (London must be their Mecca) (I was one once - I overstayed my visa for long and worked illegally back in 2002-2003 - but hell I was not going to stay as often those who come from Africa or Asia do) - a significant percentage of them claim some benefits or even live in council housing as many point out (no I haven't claimed any benefits nor lived in a council appartment) - I wonder how much it costs your country (must be billions each year) - now compare that to the problem Poles cause (before you spurt some nonsense: what is the percantage of Poles who earn their living in the UK paying national and local taxes compared to those who live off some benefits) - yeah it's probably true that Poles put a strain on the system of public services in the UK - but they just move the tip of the scale that is weighed down by millions of illegals - now: you can't hear many voices complaining on the illegal immigrants issue in the UK - for fear of being called racist? you won't be a racist if you bash on Poles constantly cause we're not coloured (but you should have seen me sun-tanned after I came back from my trip to Italy to pick tomatoes - I never shaved in almost two months ;) )
gumishu   
21 May 2011
UK, Ireland / Are Poles in UK really that big of a deal? [112]

?I tell you what,once the cashier's wage in PL hit a 1000 Euros a month very few Poles will migrate.

you won't see it any time soon
gumishu   
21 May 2011
Language / The usage and future of the special Polish letters: ą, ć, ę, ł, ń, ó, ś, ż, ź (Polish language) [203]

Or Proto-Indo-European...

I don't know of any cognates of chwila/hvila in any other Indoeuropean languages (but it does not mean there aren't any) - still I would presume they would look quite different if they were ot come from a common Indoeuropean root because of different sound changes that affected Slavic and Germanic proto-languages (an example is 'hammer' vs 'kamień' - they both come from the same Indoeuropean root (minus different suffixes/endings )(a Greek word of the same origin is 'akmon'))
gumishu   
21 May 2011
Language / The usage and future of the special Polish letters: ą, ć, ę, ł, ń, ó, ś, ż, ź (Polish language) [203]

it's most probably because 'chwila' is a Germanic loanword in Slavic languages (I don't know if all of them) - many Germanic loanwords came into Slavic when the linguistic contact was established with Goths migrating from Baltic coast south to the Black Sea coast (the contact most probably took place in the present day Ukraine) (the loanwords include 'chleb' (Gothic 'hlaif' Old English 'hlaf'?), 'chlew', 'modry' and probably many others)
gumishu   
21 May 2011
Language / The usage and future of the special Polish letters: ą, ć, ę, ł, ń, ó, ś, ż, ź (Polish language) [203]

If a native Polish speaker hears a word for the first time, he might spell it incorrectly (ignoring u/ó, ch/h, rz/ż).

but Polish language is declined and has plenty of other word forms that originate from the same stem - if you say ósmy you can think of ośmiu and it is suddenly clear that you don't write a 'u' there - (or 'wór' -> 'worem') (the same goes to rz - morze - morski) - so it isn't as bad as English - (ch - h is definitely the worst case here)
gumishu   
21 May 2011
News / PIS and PO - what is the difference in their programs? [35]

eavesdropping (and I am pretty sure journalists are also affected) has actually risen twice in the time of PO government compared to the times of PiS - there were even indication ABW officials used the materials from operational eavesdropping in their private court cases against journalists - you wouldn't call that very prudent, would you -

Today's speech of Prime Minister Tusk on wiretaps of journalists :

"Power Law and Justice willingly listened , watched and taunted "
" Do not be surprised , yes. That power willingly use of such tools and listened , watched , or provoked , and not just journalists."

" Service in the world and the end of the world underwent temptations to abuse power , and the task fair , democratic government is to rein in these services . Then those services not only have their temptations , but also meet the political order "

"I'm curious about what you talk on the phone after midnight "

gumishu   
21 May 2011
Travel / Driving to Poland from England - any tips? [264]

From Calais to Ustron via Berlin? Are you sure? What kind of SatNav do you have? I just calculated it with my TomTom Live 1005 with the latest maps and it shows me the route:

all busses that go from the UK to Poland through Calais use the Belgium, Holland, Hannover, Berlin route (it is Autobahn 3 in Germany IIRC) - even if you are travelling on your own it is better cause there are less countries involved - you can communicate in English in most Belgium and Holland and if you know some German you can well be at home there
gumishu   
21 May 2011
Language / Could a native Polish speaker give me all the rules for Polish pronunciation? [5]

Czy rdzennie polską głośnik, proszę mi dać wszystkie zasady polskiej wymowy?

if you used the Google translate never use it again - the result is hardly recognizable (had not your requested also been articulated in English I doubt anyone would answer you post)

someone mentioned here once that doing Google-translating your Google translation back to English is often a good test of whether the one you got is any good - I never tried it but who says you couldn't

if you looked things up in a dictionary it proves you should be wary - you don't always get the desired effect

głośnik is a speaker but actually it is rather that electric appliance that can emit sound from electronic devices

as for the pronounciation it is mostly you speak as you write (meaning Polish letters or digraphs mostly represent the same sounds all the time - though the sounds can be somewhat different to the English counterparts and some can be difficult to grasp by the natives of the English language - for example the difference between ś-sz, ć-cz, dź-dż)

but there are certain very important rules that affect actual pronounciation

perhaps this helps a bit : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_phonology + en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_Polish

you may find also this useful
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_obstruent_devoicing

devoicing also occurs in Polish in a couple of other instances (so not only final devoicing)
gumishu   
19 May 2011
News / Failures of Poland and Tusk`s government [191]

at the very same time German and French admistration were pumping billions of euro into their shipbuilding industries - the European Commission didn't mind that - makes you wonder, nah?
gumishu   
19 May 2011
News / Failures of Poland and Tusk`s government [191]

there was no need (and even no chance) to pay anything to the industry to keep it afloat in 2008 - only do defend it from the European Comission