Language / English borrowings in Polish [38]

Okay, so there is too much English in Polish nowadays. Surely the majority of people read these words found in computer games (for example) as if they are Polish words, but languages will change. Almost half of English is borrowed French, pronounced wrongly.

The only English word that has come from Polish, I think, was 'horde', and that was originally a Turkish anyway. I had always thought kiosk was Polish, but that was Turkish as well.

Food / Your favourite Polish foods! [180]

Next time I visit Poland, I will need some cheese. Good British cheese is fantastic. Polish food generally, is fantastic, but I'm yet to find a good Polish cheese. My preferences are soft blues or light and crumbly.

Language / Polish Lessons Units [189]

Fantastic stuff. Cheers, Janusz. I particularly like the choice of words and pictures to match.

I had found it difficult to distinguish between some of the sounds of the language. I had been learning by ear, but my ear wasn't tuned to distinguish between some of the sounds that are similar yet different.

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


Actually just over 100 years ago, a man in Poland devised Esperanto with the idea that it would be everyone's second language. At the time, I believe Dr. Zamenhof had to speak Polish, Russian, Yiddish and possibly German. As he was a doctor, he also required some knowledge of Latin. A few people who wear sandals speak Esperanto to this day.

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

I should know. My dad's hobby is Esperanto. I don't give a damn about it, but I know enough to correct him all the time when he makes mistakes. Either that or I speak English but putting the letter 'o' on the end of every word.

Food / Typical lunch in Poland? [50]

I don't know how typical this is, but I recently stayed with a family in Lomza. They had quite a high appreciation of food. Meals went something like this:

Breakfast: ham, sausage, other cured meats with bread, some onion and tomato, pickled cucumber and so on. And coffee.

Lunch: quite a hearty meal, usually starting with a soup course.

Tea: pretty much the same as breakfast

However, throughout the day, snacks (and drinks) would mysteriously appear. There did seem to be a hell of a lot of food, but then, my hosts often commented on how thin I was and I think they were trying to fatten me up. Poor skinny, malnourished Englishman who obviously never gets any proper food at home!

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

Rendzina is a kind of soil you get overlaying chalk. I've read that this comes from Polish, but I don't know for certain. Soil scientists use the word, but it's not often heard in the pubs and supermarket aisles of Great Britain.

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

Czech, mate!

Polonia / Ever been to Sweden? [185]

I don't know about Norway and Swedem. I believe it's a bit expensive. But Finland has some marvellous sheds. The dark wood they use, and their rustic, idiosyncratic charm is almost enough to make me want to go there.

Polonia / Ever been to Sweden? [185]

Spitzbergen - now that sounds interesting, not only for humans, but donkeys and polar bears too.

Polonia / Ever been to Sweden? [185]

I knew a man who went to Sweden for six months. He was hoping to meet a tall blonde Swedish lady.
He met a short brunette.
He returned to the UK with a stolen bicycle.

Life / What is going on in Polish Music [128]


American rap, since the glory days of De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest, etc. is amongst the worst in the entire world.

Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]

Anyone mentioned £omża Mocne?

Language / Dwa vs. dwie in Polish [85]

dwa - masculine/neuter
dwie - feminine (usually nouns ending with -a)

somebody correct me if this is wrong

Travel / Hometown / Vacation pictures Poland [201]


They end up a bit randomly placed.
If you wanted, say, a picture of £ódź, for example, there are already 6 pages to carefully search through.
As there are forums within the PF site, could photos be given their own (sub-)forum?
That would allow threads to carry slightly more specific titles.
I do realise that it would be quite small as there are not that many pictures.
However, it might encourage more people to post photographs of Poland.

Travel / Which city is better to visit: Warsaw or Krakow? [169]

Warszawa or Kraków?

and the answer is:

£ódź

because it has the best name.

Travel / Which city is better to visit: Warsaw or Krakow? [169]

Aron the Hungarian man, Gianna the Italian lady, Grzegorz the Polish man...

Just some of my work colleagues.
I ask them how to pronounce their name, then attempt to replicate it as they say it.
Other people assume they know and end up (I reckon) sounding a bit stupid.
It's just the same with any foreign word or name.

It's not difficult to say.

£ódź

And quite fun to say as well.

Boat

Food / Bread Baking in Poland [65]

What about bread machines?
My bread is always an awkward size and shape and always has a hole in the bottom.
If I use rye, should it be 100% or mixed with wheat flour?
Are there any seeds or anything else I could add for 'authenticity'?

Food / Bread Baking in Poland [65]


Without the machine, my speciality is bagels. The boiling bit is the most fun.
Supermarket bagels (in the UK at least) are just ring-shaped bread.
Kneading is good for stress-relief.

Work / I want to move to Poland (but of course we need to find a good job) [117]


They're following you wherever you go.

Food / chef student would like to know about polish food [14]



One of the parents is a man.
If he's impressed, she'll be almost half way there.

Love / Polish girls attitudes towards sex. [568]

If one gender cheats more than the other, is that due to

a) there being an unequal balance of males to females, or
b) one gender is more likely to have a smaller number of cheats having a larger number of simultaneous relationships?

Otherwise, the numbers can't add up.

Language / Polish/Ukrainian words similarities [209]

Has anyone actually mentioned that Ukrainian and Russian, along with Belorussian are East Slavic languages,
whereas Polish, along with Czech and Slovak are West Slavic languages.
West and East Slavic split some time before their daughter languages diverged.
I believe their is more commonality between all Slavic languages than, say,
between English and German (both descended from the same tongue).
Words may have been borrowed between languages after they had split,
thereby slightly incresing the possibility of mutual intelligibility
(but also giving rise to a certain number of 'false friends').

Has anyone else pointed out
that there are beautiful women from all over the world?
I thought that most men who look for a particular eastern European nationality of girl
are usually the ones who think they can get one cheap over the internet.
(See Singles section on PF)

Food / Types of CHEESE in Poland [150]


Do I have to fly all the way to Poland to find this.
I am a cheese obsessive (so they tell me).
I couldn't find good cheese when I was in Poland.
Is there good Polish cheese in London?

UK, Ireland / Polish Festivals/Exhibitions/Events in UK [91]


If festival means food and the UK means the southeast of England, then yes!

UK, Ireland / Polish Festivals/Exhibitions/Events in UK [91]

Lerwick might be nice!
Or perhaps Lands End.

Some of us can't afford to go very far.

UK, Ireland / Polish Festivals/Exhibitions/Events in UK [91]

I was originally answering as one of the many on the forum who could answer.

But the issues of ability to travel to such an event, and of interest (whether by Polish people in the UK or non-Poles) are relevant. Many wouldn't have the time away from work, the money to get anywhere...

Life / Do Polish People steal a lot? [330]

In one year of having Polish temps in the company, the total list of things stolen by them looks a bit like this:

1 broken sharpening stone,
1 Tescos bag load of potting compost,
Innumerable brain cells (they supplied spme vocka for the summer barbeque).

There were probably about 20 different temps in total over that period.

Life / Do Polish People steal a lot? [330]


The debate is about as worthwhile as 'Why do people think 'a lot' is one word?'

Language / Polish or any Slavic language key to any other Slavic languages? [126]


What about English English and Scots English? They have at times been considered seperate languages. Until the two countries became one about 300 years ago, it was considered two seperate languages.

I get the impression there is far more diversity within English than in many of the Slavic languages, and that the differences between some of them is really quite small. The biggest difference between Croatian and Serbian seems to be the different alphabets they use.


What else would you call a pigeon?