Language / Slavic accent correction [110]


Ha ha - really? Sorry, but to make a comment like that you are either very naive or very arrogant or deaf.


As if to prove my point...

What is a"British accent" ?? There are dozens of distinct accents in Britain.

UK, Ireland / What does English sound like to the Poles? [30]

I can imagine English sounding "flat" to non-native speakers.

Polish sentences have a funny "curve" to me though - very often sentences seem to slowly rise in tone, peak on the second last syllable and then fall abruptly back down to below the starting tone on the last syllable.

Funny that a pole above mentioned the whining aspect of English as the Polish version I describe sounds very like a whining child pleading with its mother!

: )

Food / "Poland - it's the new Provence of food" [56]

OK, but is that not the same more or less everywhere?

Plenty of cities renowned for their quality of restaurants - doesn't mean the average inhabitant doesn't eat garbage a lot of the time.

Plenty of Parisians I've encountered seem to live off fast & processed food for example.

UK, Ireland / Benefit cuts for Poles in The UK? [143]


Yeah.

and Poles now more or less don't eat cabbage.

I've heard the pope isn't a catholic either : )

Food / "Poland - it's the new Provence of food" [56]


Why? The US has some of the best food in the world, top class restaurants everywhere. Truly excellent diners, cafés, ethnic food etc. Dozens of michelin starred restaurants.

It's not all McDonalds and donuts.

UK, Ireland / Do Poles in the UK pretend to be uppity because they have an inferiority complex? [60]

Answer to question: yes.

Poles can be amazingly naive. They actually think people believe:

" This <insert name of thing/institution/practice etc> is MUCH better in Poland" fools people.

Poles, people are humouring you and laughing at you.

UK, Ireland / What does English sound like to the Poles? [30]

Yet another pointless and ill considered PF thread.

How mellifluous ANY language sounds depend COMPLETELY on the speaker.

Musical sounding Italian or French is just a cliché. I've heard plenty of rough sounding French speakers.

I'd wager the average Pole speaks a better version of their language than the average Brit does anyway.

Life / Why do people think that Poles are culturally isolated? [126]



This is precisely the problem.

Food / How to make this syrup for Polish Ginger Beer? [8]


Wow.

Have you had actual ginger beer though?

News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]

GDP increasing as opposed to shrinking. A "success story" compared to the most of Europe. It's all relative - hardly booming for fukksake.

People still leaving for a better life.

History / What do Polish people think of Palestinians? [20]

I don't believe these "what do Polish poeple think of <nationality> threads.

Just don't.

Life / Which services is Poland still waiting for? [218]

Which services?

LOL - any level of something approaching any kind of customer service would be good for a fukkin start.

Food / How to make this syrup for Polish Ginger Beer? [8]

Sounds awful. Ginger beer is ginger beer - you make it and that's it.

You don't add concentrated hops or barley to a beer?