Language / Adjective endings and masculine-personal in the Polish language [22]


rethink this one - should be easy - let know if it is not

News / "Shale Gas Revolution" will make Poland a Leading Country in Europe! [202]


gaz łupkowy

News / Do Poles take Kaczynski seriously!? [199]


yeah - read the body language - pushing yourself to do something means you don't really mean what you say - nice - OMG - if that was nice then I am Brad Pitt - there are much better ways to show somebody they are welcome than this - even the body language can show your guest you are welcoming them - what Tusk did is say something and provide completely different message through body language - if you can't tell it for the PR stunt it was (meant to impress Polish voters) then I don't know what you can actually tell - btw Donald Tusk never again acted like this (never showed off with his English in front of cameras) AFAIK clearly because he knew the thing with Condoleeza was an utter failure PR-wise

I honestly don't know what you mean - was Lech Kaczyński showing off with his English on any occasion - I just don't - maybe he did and you know something I don't

News / Do Poles take Kaczynski seriously!? [199]


Lech Kaczyński could definitely understand English enough to understand every word Tusk was saying - his command of spoken English was definitely not good though but he never tried to show off with his English (like Tusk did in this case - a pure PR stunt - and a failed one in my eyes - shows how insecure Tusk is - propably because he needs to lie everyday almost on every topic and often feign someone who he is not)

News / Row over status of Poles in Germany sours relations [176]


you haven't met real Poles but Germans with Polish surnames - my aunt who is Polish lives in Germany (is married there to a German guy who I call my uncle - they and their son bear a German name) - in the same house lives a family with a Polish surname who have no connection whatsoever to Polishness - hope that explains a couple of facts -

News / Do Poles take Kaczynski seriously!? [199]

if I weren't the president and would be present at the scene I would laugh even more :P - Kaczyński misbehaved but it was Tusk who was making and idiot of himself - tryign to show off with such 'modest' English

News / Do Poles take Kaczynski seriously!? [199]


they were talking to big native publics (and they were not showing off - a PR stunt is not always showing off wouldn't you agree)

Tusk was clearly trying to show off in front of the cameras - and he failed to impress - and he was very unnatural in this gesture (i.e. pushed himself to do it)

even people (Polish) who I know to dislike Kaczyńskis with passion were ridiculing Tusk for that (and also noticed that he is very tense with his international guests in general)

News / Grafitti plague in Warsaw [84]

chichimera ok if every expression of emotion is art then I'll go to Warsaw spit on you, make a photo and ask you to write an article in every possible art newspaper or even Wysokie Obcasy how an incredibly artistic it was from me

News / Do Poles take Kaczynski seriously!? [199]

a gesture of goodwill - you are giving me a laugh - to me it is plain showing off - did it matter for Mrs Rice if he addressed her in person or through an interpreter

and to repeat myself anyone who reads body language as a professional will tell you that Tusk behaves unnaturally in the presence of the 'powerful of the world' - he gets tense etc etc

btw you wouldn't read about Tusk showing off and failing in it in the press that fights Kaczyńskis - it's war - you won't read any praise of Kaczyńskis in Gazeta Wyborcza simple as that

News / Do Poles take Kaczynski seriously!? [199]


but have you seen him nearly trembling and looking like a dog about to beaten??

in my oppinion the self-confidence Mr Tusk shows (or rather shortage of it) about international leaders shows very much what a person he is

btw Tusk was definitely showing off his English to Polish voters greeting Condoleeza Rice - and there was not much to show of with -maybe some Poles were impressed - but I'm sure not many - I wasn't a bit (as far as I know Lech Kaczyński spoke better English but from what I know never showed off)

if you speak English that well just use interpreters or you look funny/strange, Mr Tusk

Travel / Quiet places to visit outside of Krakow [15]

rent a car in Kraków buy a map and go for a trip in the Polish Jura:
summitpost.org/polish-jura/679707
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w-Cz%C4%99stochowa_Upland
info.czestochowa.pl/portal/index_page.php?IdCss=0&IdLang=1&IdGroup=1244526707&IdBaza=1226055771&IdWpis=0&IdStr=0
- plenty of walking can be involved - starts just outside Kraków - some castles and palaces (at least one turned museum) , more romantic castle ruins - nice landscapes - some caves - not so many tourists

this is just a suggestion - there are other places to visit around Kraków (though Zakopane and Tatra mountains are very touristy)

News / Do Poles take Kaczynski seriously!? [199]

funny is when Tusk pretends to able to speak Englis (Inglis ;) -

just look at the confidence Tusk shows in his speech - that's how showing off ends (he has shown even hmm more? confidence when hosting Putin and Merkel in Westerplatte in 2009

well, the behaviour of Lech Kaczyński was not very nice I have to admit

Language / Too many English words in the Polish language! [709]


spódniczka is rather an excuse to show your underware :P

History / Polish and Russian soul anno 1914 and today [45]


outsider of what?? of Russian language? very much doubt it - of communism? - you answer it for yourself?

please think a while before stating that Stalin was an outsider even in tsarist Russia (not to mention communist Russia)

Genealogy / Jolanta born in Wusz. Help me find my true love from 23 years ago - PLEASE! [13]


must have been £ódź (pronounced similarily to Wusz) - never seen a place name Wusz in Poland

Language / Too many English words in the Polish language! [709]


sukno may not be in every day use now but it is still a living word - maybe with a bit specialized meaning (or actually a couple specialized meanings - if you google it)

History / Polish and Russian soul anno 1914 and today [45]


it wasn't me who quoted this - still you point out Stalin not being Russian as if if it was somebody else in his place (an ethnic Russian) the policies of the Soviet Union towards Poland and Polish people would have been much different

News / "Shale Gas Revolution" will make Poland a Leading Country in Europe! [202]


well you must be talking about confirmed reserves or the lowest estimate

News / Grafitti plague in Warsaw [84]


I have already mentioned that I wouldn't do that anymore - I guess I grew up :)

and hell it was pleasure - it was so much fun ;) - btw you would love the messages (no no tags here) I have inscribed :P (as you are so anti-catholic :P)

Life / Why are cars so expensive in Poland ? [23]

mostly they were cheaper because they were models stripped of some en vogue new toys

History / Polish and Russian soul anno 1914 and today [45]

yeah sure he imposed Georgian imperial policies on poor Russians - everybody had to learn Goergian or end up in a GULAG

Language / Too many English words in the Polish language! [709]


bestsellery (the basic form of the plural of bestseller) is a pretty word - and it has firmly grown into the Polish language - it is no polglish thus - there is no one-word Polish term to replace it (and even that two word term appears to be clumsy in use - so bestseller wins in every aspect)

News / Do Poles take Kaczynski seriously!? [199]


and will be hated around Europe - all benevolent reputation gone in minutes - then border controls is not the same as throwing people out - Poles going to work in Germany would simply bear it -

you can't manipulate the big players in their own game - we are rookies here - and I generally don't trust those Polish people that were insiders of the EU or IMF (like Lewandowski, Krzysztof Bielecki, Marek Belka (a bit less) - those former guys were part of the Tusk's KLD and also some shady privatisations are alleged to them)

News / Grafitti plague in Warsaw [84]

I was not targeting homes :P just walls of a garrage complex and a wall in public toilet at the railway station :P

News / Grafitti plague in Warsaw [84]


this is a blow of an arguement - congrats


well the spree resulted in three inscriptions on walls and one unfinished (someone left the block next to where we were spraying - OK it was me who was spraying )- and hmm - I have copied 2 of the inscriptions from an article in a newspaper but hell they were provocative

News / Do Poles take Kaczynski seriously!? [199]


ever heard of Lisbon Treaty - it will give European countries voting powers proportional to their population - (which is unfair in an international organization as explained by many politcal scientists and mathematicians - Poland proposed square root system which is much fairer) - should I post some links?


you completely missed the mark - Kaczyński is no euro-sceptic (I am repeating myself) he is very aware of the benefits of the EU to Poland but can see how bigger countries want to screw us here and there (proportional voting system is a major step to do that)


you should be aware of the cost Poland payed to join the EU - and it was a huuge cost (mainly because of the asymetrical trade agreements and resulting trade deficit) - some industries in Poland were only bought by western companies to put them out of business (to get rid of the competition - Polish 'sellers' are of course also to blame) (the first that comes to my mind is Fael Ząbkowice)

Language / The Case System - help? quick question [3]

put some more context of the phrase - if it is a Bible quote I can find the translation in my Bible (if you provide the book,verse data)


przez requires accusative case so it would be przez świętego ducha bożego - but it's not the exact translation of 'by means of God's Holy Spirit'

News / Do Poles take Kaczynski seriously!? [199]


you can do very little as a president of Poland (you mostly can react - little initiative is there) - and on one day - you can well - show up in the TV and say hello to everybody :)

News / Grafitti plague in Warsaw [84]


little provocation is when someone writes sth on in chalk on tarmac (even Policja to tacy i owacy)- when he sprays things all over it is just vandalism - btw what provocation is there (unless it makes people furious for devastating their property/surrounding) - what thought is there? what idea do they promote? - most people here can see the difference between some artistic or intelectual provocation and vandalism - why can't you?

btw the totalitarianisms I know had strictly totalitarian aims and had not worked in the little steps manner (do you call killing all political oponnents step by step action)

btw I had a spraying spree (one evening together with a friend of mine) early in the 90's - and it was provoacitve believe me - I wouldn't do that now of course

News / Do Poles take Kaczynski seriously!? [199]


these had not unlimited trade agreements with the EU before (AFAIK) also Poland needed this work force surplus somewhere (no reasonable amount of foreign (any) investment in Poland would ease the issue of unemployment considerably)