Love / Woman 23, man 47 years old. What do you think about ? [162]

lets also not forget social stigmas against that sort of thing...
say you really do love each other, and it's not about the above mentioned things
people who see you go out will still either mistaken you for father/daughter or assume she's a gold digger or he's gotten himself a trophy wife, etc.

in PL what others think matters, too, at least to a substantially greater degree than in the states where more often than not you don't even know your neighbor's name let alone car what he says to whom.

UK, Ireland / The mystery of Ireland's worst driver "Prawo Jazdy" [37]

yay for the language barrier? ^_^
Don't those things have the #'s explained in PL and ENG on the back?
hehehe

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

post 201... LOL, for a min I thought it was yoda... as the one behind it gave him yoda ears >_< oops

Food / Polish food in Pictures. [277]


I've had them fried... on a pan that is ^_^ I prefer them fresh, but my parents all like them fried
and yes, skwarki are a MUST to properly enjoy the glory of kopytka
... now I want to go make them. Damn.

Travel / Weird and wonderful sights in Poland [30]

lol on the radio station
... what's up with the half-buried ppl?

Food / Polish food in Pictures. [277]

my fav ^_^
best topped with bacon bits and onion (skwarki) ^_^

Travel / Weird and wonderful sights in Poland [30]

are all the krasnoludki in wroclaw?
^_^ They're so cute ^_^

Language / Word order and swearing in Polish [44]


kurwa means something...whore/bitch
just like shit means something even though it's often used as a pure explicative
neither replaces a mark, comma or exclamation mark and shouldn't be thought of as such. Doing so is just like seeing class trickle out to make room for crass society


actually I'm thinking of native speakers... though admittedly they're slightly short-tempered to begin with where swearing is concerned.
I stick to my statement that when you're pissed off at someone who's yelling at you, you don't overthink if it's kurwa or kurwo and slap soon as you hear the 'w' on a bad day.

either way, better safe than sorry, no?


A far more appropriate way for men to speak when ladies are present
^_^
^_~
^_^

Language / Word order and swearing in Polish [44]

On paper, yes.
In real life, specially when yelled/ said strongly you'll get slapped before the ending registers. The first and third especially.
I'd suggest just omitting using kurwa/kurwo when directing it at a girl altogether. Do holery (sp?) is almost as strong... far less slap-friendly.

And yes, I know many a Polish female who'll slap first, contemplate endings later... eventually perchance apologize.

Life / Tips on tipping in Poland [45]


does that not defeat the purpose of the tipping process?
I mean, regardless of what someone's paid, a tip is a tip... for them. doesn't that basically cheat the customer who thinks that the waitress/waiter is getting said tip when it actually goes to the management?