Language / Learning Polish, good for beginners? [29]

Can you afford £20 for a weekly lesson?
Learning Polish by yourself from books, tapes, internet sites etc will be very hard.

In additiion to lessons (which usually come with e-mails containing attachments of pdf files - to be printed and used during the lesson. Pdf files to be printed off and used as 'homework'. And audio files to help with pronounciation) you'll need a good Polish-English, English-Polish dictionary, Basic Grammar by Dana Bielec, 301 Polish Verbs (I forget the author).

You can find a study partner at myhappyplanet.com and a teacher at myngle.com.

Despite the difficulties of pronounciation, coming to terms with a 32 letter alphabet (including 9 vowels) the real problem is the grammar.
Case endings, genders, pronouns....concepts alien to English speakers are everywhere!

News / 10,000 ISRAELIS READY TO CLAIM FOR POLISH CITIZENSHIP AND POLISH LAND! [628]

Agree to return an acre of land to Israeli's wanting citizenship for every acre of land Israel returns to the Palestinians.

Study / The reputation of the Jagiellonian University, Krakow. [52]


I don't have one.
I'm a 34 yr old warehouse worker looking for a two week intensive Polish language course.
The courses in Warsaw seem more reputable (Jagiellonian excluded) but who wants to spend their vacation time in Warsaw?
Krakow would offer the history and culture I love if I can find a language school that gives me confidence.

UK, Ireland / A collection of noimmigration's threads or "STAY AWAY from BRITAIN" [978]

gdj67
Do you think for one second that immy (the imbecile) can understand the Public Order Act?

He works on the level of an internet pest.
Our generations 'telephone tough guys'.
Pathetic!

Life / Hepatitis C in Poland...please help. [59]

v99

before you dive in for a bi-opsy and go worry yourself half dead about paying for interferon know this.
1. It clears up naturally in many cases (I do not have the stats but it's considerable.
2. Some people live with it for decades and never even know they have it until a routine test shows up the antibodies.
3. Interferon has had hit and miss results in the past but research into genotypes is shedding some light on the reasons for this and the potential success/failure of treatment.

So maybe you have time to finish your time in Europe before you seek ttreatment as an absolute prority.

Good luck, mate.
Not that you'll need it.

Life / Polish people and racism. [943]

I often find that racial attitudes are more a generational than national trait.

My Father says the most racist things but refuses to even accept they ARE racist statements or he is a racist.

I wonder what the average age of the Daily Express or Mail reader is?
You don't see many under 50s reading them.

Life / Hepatitis C in Poland...please help. [59]

Yes. I seem to remember something to do with private blood donation clinics in Nevada.

As for using drugs and eating anything you want..... remember that the liver filters poison out of everything we ingest. Some drugs can do as much damage as alcohol and eating loads of high fat food is potentially damaging.

Study / The reputation of the Jagiellonian University, Krakow. [52]

Thanls, polishgirltx. I knew of your first two url's (in fact my original post concerned the 2nd one 'polish courses .org, which I intend to enroll on in October).

I did not, however, know of the third. I look forward to checking it out.

Life / Polish people and racism. [943]


Jozef Pilsudski was also born in todays Lithuania but seems to be considered Polish.
Meyer Lansky's Polish birthplace had changed nationalities when the U.S government attempted to deport him in the 50/60's.
When a Nation has had it's borders changed as often and as dramatically as Polands it's not really surprising.

Life / Hepatitis C in Poland...please help. [59]

hep C survives far longer and in far more conditions than HIV.
If Hep c and HIV were animals hep would be a cockroach (virtually indestructible) and HIV would be a moth (ugly but fragile).

In Western Europe you'll have similar rights to USA (if not in Poland?) so maybe a journey into Germany for testing will help rest your fears.

Study / The reputation of the Jagiellonian University, Krakow. [52]

The UJ (Jagiellonian) actually helped develop the test and certificates for Europe wide recognised qualifications.
Unfortunately the Jag page explaining the certs is in Polish, leading to a chicken/egg type situation.

I intend to do a 2 week intensive residential in Oct, then return to Krakow on Feb 09 for a 3 week intensive Jagiellonian course, followed by the test.

PM me if you want the actual websites.

Life / Hepatitis C in Poland...please help. [59]

I'd put ignorance at the top of the list for helping the spread of these blood to blood infections.
it's usually the type of misinformed jackass who thinks you catch hep c from a brothel that cause the most problems.
Know what I mean, polishwoodchuck?

Life / Hepatitis C in Poland...please help. [59]

Hep C from brothels....HIV = homosexuals.

Please tell me its a joke I'm just not understanding.
This level of ignorance as we approach the 2nd decade of the third millenium is unbelievable!

Read some books. Watch some documentaries. Do what you must but EDUCATE yourselves just enough to avoid being percieved as developmentally disabled (retarded is the politically incorrect term I feel you'll understand best).

Life / Hepatitis C in Poland...please help. [59]

Yeah. Advice from a sexual health organisation (Gay or otherwise) is certainly a good idea. I doubt the ambulance and quarantine scenario, he seems to feel is necessary, takes place outside of North Korea, Burma or Mughabe's Zimbabwe.

Life / Hepatitis C in Poland...please help. [59]

Can you really not get free treatment in USA?
It's obscene for the richest country on earth to leave it's citizens high and dry like that!
On E.R. they used to treat bagladies, hobo's and illegals. Is that pure invention for a feel good TV show?

Study / The reputation of the Jagiellonian University, Krakow. [52]

A three week intensive residential at the Jag costs 4400 Zloty (Travel/food not included. Exam/certificate also $100-200 extra) Not bad for the Oxford/Harvard of Poland.

Two week residential at Krakow summer school is approx $650 + travel/food.

I'm looking forward to trying both starting with the 'summer school' in october.

Life / Hepatitis C in Poland...please help. [59]


All Europe?
or certain area's?

Life / Hepatitis C in Poland...please help. [59]

In Britain the government has recently financed a series of advertisements to draw peoples attention to the possibility of Hep C because the vast majority go undiagnosed BUT most routine blood tests reveal the condition.

I have a friend who caught it by travelling on the same train as a Slovakian
Comments please.

Life / Hepatitis C in Poland...please help. [59]

It only works with white foreigners. Blacks./Asians have a more aggressive strain and don't even mention the orientals!
Remember Bird flu/ SARS!

Life / Hepatitis C in Poland...please help. [59]


Although it is technically incorrect Asians refers to Indo-Iranian groups whilst orientals refers to Mongoloid/Far Eastern races.
The majority of Brits understand this same distinction.
I know the orient starts as soon as you cross the Bosphorus into Turkey.
'AFAIK'???

Study / The reputation of the Jagiellonian University, Krakow. [52]

If someone could instruct me how to include url's in my posts this would be much easier.

First price = Tuition, Room and Board, Tourist and Cultural Programmes.
Second price = Tuition only.
All prices include a 210 PLN non-refundable prepayment.

3 weeks = 4,444/2,390PLN
4 weeks = 5,596/2,590PLN
6 weeks = 7,349/3,430PLN

Personally I don't think these prices are bad.
Could someone post the price of a similar length/intensity course at a Western European/North American Uni with an equally prestigious reputation?

I'll bet it will be at least double the cost.

Life / Hepatitis C in Poland...please help. [59]

I think you have missed BubbaWoo's subtle irony.
We'll contact the site admin about the possibility of drum rolls or canned laughter, similar to television sit-coms, so you'll never have to worry about missing the point of a comment completely again.

Life / Hepatitis C in Poland...please help. [59]

I'm not defending BubbaWoo so much as enjoying pointing out your stupidity.
I'll do it again.

Guest. Your stupid.

That felt good.

Life / Hepatitis C in Poland...please help. [59]


I once watched a documentary filmed in L.A. A man got shot and the cops had to arrest him in order to make him get medical attention.

He really wanted to avoid the county general because he had seen how much people were hounded for payment of bills they amassed whist under its 'care'.

Sometimes I'm glad to be English. We get ripped off in the car park, the prescription charge is a minor irritant and we sometimes have to wait half of the day in the reception area but we don't have to worry about pending bankrupcy over a health problem.

UK, Ireland / A collection of noimmigration's threads or "STAY AWAY from BRITAIN" [978]

I don't believe in Karma but at least I understand the concept. Which is more than can be said for 'noimmigration'.
What is it with you BNP type people?
You actually take pride in your stupidity and ignorance.

Life / Polish people and racism. [943]

To say a person of colour is not really French (or British or German) is pure ignorance!

If a person is born and raised in a country he is a product of that country.
Culture is learned NOT genetic.

As for Turks v Greeks.... In my experience most Turks are friendly and curious to learn.
Maybe fourth generation german Turks are just sick of not being accepted as Germans?
I know many European Muslims feel 'between' cultures.
Too western for their ancestral homelands,
too exotic (dark) for the countries they try to live in.

One race, the human race.
Stop looking for differences and start accepting the similarities.

Study / The reputation of the Jagiellonian University, Krakow. [52]

I could not tolerate three weeks ina Frat house.
thanks for the heads up.

UK, Ireland / A collection of noimmigration's threads or "STAY AWAY from BRITAIN" [978]

Let's not be too hard on football 'hooligans' of any nationality. It is an essential aspect of many yong mens lives. My generation has had no great war or depressiion and the chance to stand shoulder to shoulder with a group of guys who will kill for you and take on another group of guys, who will kill you, is a primitive experience of pure adrenalin.

I'm not a neanderthal. I love reading and trying to educate myself. I'm not racist or homophobic but I had something missing in my life. Something that the drugs, beer, women, night classes, holidays and career just didn't satisfy. It was the stoneage part of me that needed to fight and be a part of battles. To test myself in the most basic way against men of a similar mindset.

Centuries ago it would have been 'hooligans' like those Rangers fans that fought at Bannockburn or Agincourt. They are upholding a proud tradition of these warrior isles.

I know many on this site will be totally lost by this logic but I know at least a few will understand me 100%.