Lyzko
28 Dec 2019
Lyzko
27 Dec 2019
Classifieds / Maths tutor for an advanced kid [3]
Figuring that the instruction is in English exclusively, contact your local UK Consulate for recommendations:-)
Private bilingual tutors I could only imagine must be horrifically expensive.
Figuring that the instruction is in English exclusively, contact your local UK Consulate for recommendations:-)
Private bilingual tutors I could only imagine must be horrifically expensive.
Lyzko
27 Dec 2019
Genealogy / Ochmann: Curious about my Family History.... [29]
I've seen numerous "German"-sounding Polish surnames, belonging to non-Jewish Poles by the way, dating back many centuries.
Often the etymology is said to be sketchy, but undoubtedly the cross-confluence of German speakers within historically "Polish" lands has all but merged the Germanic origins of these names (both place and family names) so that they technically belong to both countries equally.
I've seen numerous "German"-sounding Polish surnames, belonging to non-Jewish Poles by the way, dating back many centuries.
Often the etymology is said to be sketchy, but undoubtedly the cross-confluence of German speakers within historically "Polish" lands has all but merged the Germanic origins of these names (both place and family names) so that they technically belong to both countries equally.
Lyzko
26 Dec 2019
Work / Hungarian guy looking for job - planing to become a student at Politechnika Gdanska [13]
Zsolt, did you receive my private forum e-mail?
You can always try tarsape@gmail.com if you wish.
Zsolt, did you receive my private forum e-mail?
You can always try tarsape@gmail.com if you wish.
Lyzko
20 Dec 2019
Lyzko
20 Dec 2019
Life / Is there any other native English people living in Poland [8]
Good advice, Ziem!
Had a similar experience when I was in Poland to what you experienced in the UK.
Good advice, Ziem!
Had a similar experience when I was in Poland to what you experienced in the UK.
Lyzko
19 Dec 2019
USA, Canada / Poles and American Poles. What do you think about those two groups and their interactions. [85]
My response was actually directed at lilpolishman, but sadly, I too am well aware unfortunately of the tendency among many Brits, that is, English, to tease the Irish.
Go back and check out Dr. Johnson's definition of the potato in his well-known dictionary(:-
Stick to the topic of the thread please
My response was actually directed at lilpolishman, but sadly, I too am well aware unfortunately of the tendency among many Brits, that is, English, to tease the Irish.
Go back and check out Dr. Johnson's definition of the potato in his well-known dictionary(:-
Stick to the topic of the thread please
Lyzko
18 Dec 2019
USA, Canada / Poles and American Poles. What do you think about those two groups and their interactions. [85]
Dumb Polak jokes though, as with dumb Swede jokes etc. are by now surely a thing of the past! Poland, to a far greater degree of course Sweden, are both highly successful economies, societies and cultures which can draw upon a rich, contributive history. Anyone who a la Archie Bunker maintains otherwise, is simply an incorrigible ignoramus.
Dumb Polak jokes though, as with dumb Swede jokes etc. are by now surely a thing of the past! Poland, to a far greater degree of course Sweden, are both highly successful economies, societies and cultures which can draw upon a rich, contributive history. Anyone who a la Archie Bunker maintains otherwise, is simply an incorrigible ignoramus.
Lyzko
17 Dec 2019
Classifieds / Polish lessons via Skype offer [19]
Right on, Lenka!
@szkocki, I take from your handle you're Scottish or at least from Scotland?
Right on, Lenka!
@szkocki, I take from your handle you're Scottish or at least from Scotland?
Lyzko
9 Dec 2019
Life / Is it true that you cannot swear in public in Poland? [13]
The Church has been doing same for millennia, rydzyko, and no doubt will continue into the foreeable future!
The Church has been doing same for millennia, rydzyko, and no doubt will continue into the foreeable future!
Lyzko
7 Dec 2019
Lyzko
7 Dec 2019
Language / Interslavic artificial language [35]
Nearly all languages have at least some foreign borrowing, Ratko, even Icelandic!
:-)
Nearly all languages have at least some foreign borrowing, Ratko, even Icelandic!
:-)
Lyzko
6 Dec 2019
Law / Permanent Residence in Poland for running business? [4]
Which country are you from, better still, in which country do you currently reside legally? Best to learn some Polish before undertaking a lengthy stay:-) Especially these days, even neighboring white Europeans, except for those with unusually deep pockets, aren't exactly welcome as outsiders in Poland.
Not wishing to discourage your, merely to draw your attention to potential problems. Good luck!
Which country are you from, better still, in which country do you currently reside legally? Best to learn some Polish before undertaking a lengthy stay:-) Especially these days, even neighboring white Europeans, except for those with unusually deep pockets, aren't exactly welcome as outsiders in Poland.
Not wishing to discourage your, merely to draw your attention to potential problems. Good luck!
Lyzko
2 Dec 2019
News / Will Poland tighten border control with Germany? [60]
Oh, no?
How about termites as well as other pests! They can cost you a court battle like you wouldn't believe.
Murder? Guess you never encountered a starving rat. Rob? They can rob you of your safety as well as your sanity.
Plus, they're an equal opportunity predator; they attack everybody the same:-)
Oh, no?
How about termites as well as other pests! They can cost you a court battle like you wouldn't believe.
Murder? Guess you never encountered a starving rat. Rob? They can rob you of your safety as well as your sanity.
Plus, they're an equal opportunity predator; they attack everybody the same:-)
Lyzko
2 Dec 2019
News / Will Poland tighten border control with Germany? [60]
Ahem, we're talking about human beings here, regardless of how abject their living conditions and/or upbringing!
Ahem, we're talking about human beings here, regardless of how abject their living conditions and/or upbringing!
Lyzko
2 Dec 2019
Language / Interslavic artificial language [35]
Phonemically, you mean, that is, in terms of how the actual pronunciation "sounds"? Lexically aka semantically, I wonder.
Not knowing Slovak, and having only a cursory knowledge of both Czech and Ukrainian, I honestly couldn't judge in any substantive way:-)
Phonemically, you mean, that is, in terms of how the actual pronunciation "sounds"? Lexically aka semantically, I wonder.
Not knowing Slovak, and having only a cursory knowledge of both Czech and Ukrainian, I honestly couldn't judge in any substantive way:-)
Lyzko
2 Dec 2019
Language / Interslavic artificial language [35]
It's been contended by certain commentators I've read over the years that linguistically, the Slavic language structurally, even phonemically, closest to Polish would have to be Czech!
Lexically though, is another matter. In the latter case, Ukrainian might be closer:-)
It's been contended by certain commentators I've read over the years that linguistically, the Slavic language structurally, even phonemically, closest to Polish would have to be Czech!
Lexically though, is another matter. In the latter case, Ukrainian might be closer:-)
Lyzko
1 Dec 2019
News / Will Poland tighten border control with Germany? [60]
As Tacitus aptly noted, the question more precisely put ought to be whether Germany should tighten border control with Poland.
Since all of Europe is ever more on edge these past several years at least, I can't see how both sides won't be able to achieve parity here. Safety's simply a no-brainer!
As Tacitus aptly noted, the question more precisely put ought to be whether Germany should tighten border control with Poland.
Since all of Europe is ever more on edge these past several years at least, I can't see how both sides won't be able to achieve parity here. Safety's simply a no-brainer!
Lyzko
27 Nov 2019
Language / Interslavic artificial language [35]
Well there you are, Lenka! In fact, I wasn't being patronizing at all, merely expressing my personal viewpoint, one incidentally, shared by more people than you might imagine. Many these days, younger or under 50, resent being enlightenened by others, particularly strangers, because we've lost all sense of perspective, of collective solidarity, preferring instead unbridled individualism, the feeling that what ever they feel is somehow perfect and cannot be altered by a different point of view.
Once someone sees the Light, so to speak, only the very few would prefer to continue living in darkness.
If you mistook my remarks as condescending in any way, I apologize!
Well there you are, Lenka! In fact, I wasn't being patronizing at all, merely expressing my personal viewpoint, one incidentally, shared by more people than you might imagine. Many these days, younger or under 50, resent being enlightenened by others, particularly strangers, because we've lost all sense of perspective, of collective solidarity, preferring instead unbridled individualism, the feeling that what ever they feel is somehow perfect and cannot be altered by a different point of view.
Once someone sees the Light, so to speak, only the very few would prefer to continue living in darkness.
If you mistook my remarks as condescending in any way, I apologize!
Lyzko
27 Nov 2019
Language / Interslavic artificial language [35]
Aha, that's the big question then, isn't it.
I guess the best analogy here would be to compare you with a sheltered city girl who's only known four walls and never experienced mountains, trees or rivers and is confined to, trapped inside, a big house, only able to look out of the window at nature, never knowing it up close:-)
For those who've only grown up hearing/learning "I gonna" vs. I'm going to", the f**-curse as opposed to the myriad rich choices of invective etc.. are growing up in an impoverished world, I don't care how many millions they may enjoy. The body is sated, but the spirit is lacking.
Lenka, if you've only grown up with fast food and have never tasted filet mignon, scalloped potatoes etc., you'll never appreciate what you've missed.
Some day though.....you will.
Aha, that's the big question then, isn't it.
I guess the best analogy here would be to compare you with a sheltered city girl who's only known four walls and never experienced mountains, trees or rivers and is confined to, trapped inside, a big house, only able to look out of the window at nature, never knowing it up close:-)
For those who've only grown up hearing/learning "I gonna" vs. I'm going to", the f**-curse as opposed to the myriad rich choices of invective etc.. are growing up in an impoverished world, I don't care how many millions they may enjoy. The body is sated, but the spirit is lacking.
Lenka, if you've only grown up with fast food and have never tasted filet mignon, scalloped potatoes etc., you'll never appreciate what you've missed.
Some day though.....you will.
Lyzko
27 Nov 2019
Language / Interslavic artificial language [35]
Yet not all change is necessarily for the better, even for the common good. After all, there must be a general standard to moderate, deem as fit,
what is written. This isn't dictatorship, this is self-preservation!
Yet not all change is necessarily for the better, even for the common good. After all, there must be a general standard to moderate, deem as fit,
what is written. This isn't dictatorship, this is self-preservation!
Lyzko
27 Nov 2019
Language / Interslavic artificial language [35]
Lenka,
Although none of us has been alive for the past hundred years or so, I'd bet euros to zloty that the massive changes in terms of how "casual" usage has overtaken the aesthetics of a more "classic" or "classically" accepted usage have scarcely been as radical, jarring or dramatic as they have been since the onslaught of rampant digitalization within my lifetime!
Some forty years ago as an adolescent, of course our elders complained openly about the use of "hanging out", "doing stuff", "pretty much" along with a host of other slangy expressions and turns of phrase. Probably every generation has fought with the same obstacles.
Today however, the tone of daily interactions, certainly verbal altercations, has coarsened, sharpened, to a degreeof nasty raw-edged ferocity, I can often no longer recognize as my own language, much less others which I know. As a teen-ager, I knew both the "higher" level of how my parents and their parents spoke/wrote as well as the sloppy communication with which I interacted with my peers. If I was required to code switch, I'd do it in a flash, without a moment's hesitation.
English until round about the late '80's and the advent of digital technology had depth, wit, texture, qualilties all but absent from today's contemporary speakers, save for some ancient academic types in their nineties or beyond, hardly those in the swim of things right now.
Certain "hippies" (as opposed to today's "hipsters") of old, Abbie Hoffman for instance, wanton public vulgarities aside, were able to string together some spiffy sentences when push came to shove, sounding almost literate at times.
Nowadays, anything deemed over a decade is considered fossilized and we have lost all necessary distance (the source of true humor) from the tool of language which we are using.
What I've charitably described is not simply "my problem", it's everybody's problem!
Lenka,
Although none of us has been alive for the past hundred years or so, I'd bet euros to zloty that the massive changes in terms of how "casual" usage has overtaken the aesthetics of a more "classic" or "classically" accepted usage have scarcely been as radical, jarring or dramatic as they have been since the onslaught of rampant digitalization within my lifetime!
Some forty years ago as an adolescent, of course our elders complained openly about the use of "hanging out", "doing stuff", "pretty much" along with a host of other slangy expressions and turns of phrase. Probably every generation has fought with the same obstacles.
Today however, the tone of daily interactions, certainly verbal altercations, has coarsened, sharpened, to a degreeof nasty raw-edged ferocity, I can often no longer recognize as my own language, much less others which I know. As a teen-ager, I knew both the "higher" level of how my parents and their parents spoke/wrote as well as the sloppy communication with which I interacted with my peers. If I was required to code switch, I'd do it in a flash, without a moment's hesitation.
English until round about the late '80's and the advent of digital technology had depth, wit, texture, qualilties all but absent from today's contemporary speakers, save for some ancient academic types in their nineties or beyond, hardly those in the swim of things right now.
Certain "hippies" (as opposed to today's "hipsters") of old, Abbie Hoffman for instance, wanton public vulgarities aside, were able to string together some spiffy sentences when push came to shove, sounding almost literate at times.
Nowadays, anything deemed over a decade is considered fossilized and we have lost all necessary distance (the source of true humor) from the tool of language which we are using.
What I've charitably described is not simply "my problem", it's everybody's problem!
Lyzko
27 Nov 2019
Language / Interslavic artificial language [35]
@jon, Esperanto and the rest did indeed fail to be sure. French however is strong as ever, aided in part by the strength of her Acadamie
Francaise!
Don't ever sell language proscription short. It maintains standards and proves that one can have discipline of expression, structure of meaning
and nonetheless, complete creativity, not the imagined control of some nameless "fascism" which these empty-headed ultra-libs imagine in
their idiotic, nightmare scenarios! English and other languages might do well to draw a lesson here.
VIVE L'ACADEMIE FRANCAISE!!
@jon, Esperanto and the rest did indeed fail to be sure. French however is strong as ever, aided in part by the strength of her Acadamie
Francaise!
Don't ever sell language proscription short. It maintains standards and proves that one can have discipline of expression, structure of meaning
and nonetheless, complete creativity, not the imagined control of some nameless "fascism" which these empty-headed ultra-libs imagine in
their idiotic, nightmare scenarios! English and other languages might do well to draw a lesson here.
VIVE L'ACADEMIE FRANCAISE!!
Lyzko
26 Nov 2019
Language / Interslavic artificial language [35]
...don't remind us, jon.
It's become run-away and out of control across the entire continent...and the rest of the planet.
...don't remind us, jon.
It's become run-away and out of control across the entire continent...and the rest of the planet.
Lyzko
26 Nov 2019
Lyzko
25 Nov 2019
Law / Can I take my son to Poland? My ex partner has sole guardianship. [12]
By "partner", I take it then neither of you were married to one another, am I right?
If so, I'm not certain to be honest whether or not either Britain or the EU (along with other European, but non-EU countries) acknowledge sole guardianship.
I know for a fact that here in the States, some of them (don't ask me which ones!) acknowledge sole guardianship, however only a handful regard "palimony" or child support aka alimony, for unmarried couples.
Best consult your local consulate(s) on that one:-) Only wish I might be more helpful though, merely saw your post and thought to give my two cents, for whatever they're worth!
By "partner", I take it then neither of you were married to one another, am I right?
If so, I'm not certain to be honest whether or not either Britain or the EU (along with other European, but non-EU countries) acknowledge sole guardianship.
I know for a fact that here in the States, some of them (don't ask me which ones!) acknowledge sole guardianship, however only a handful regard "palimony" or child support aka alimony, for unmarried couples.
Best consult your local consulate(s) on that one:-) Only wish I might be more helpful though, merely saw your post and thought to give my two cents, for whatever they're worth!
Lyzko
25 Nov 2019
News / Poland one step closer to visa waiver by US Senate [59]
Yes, Lenka! That's what I was referring to.
Thank you:-)
Yes, Lenka! That's what I was referring to.
Thank you:-)
Lyzko
25 Nov 2019
Language / Old Polish Vs New Polish [29]
Glad to have been of service. How would one translate the above phrase though which looks to me like "modern" Polish?
Glad to have been of service. How would one translate the above phrase though which looks to me like "modern" Polish?
Lyzko
24 Nov 2019
Language / Old Polish Vs New Polish [29]
"Swej", "swego", and "swemu" for "swojej", swojego", and "swojemu" might also be examples of old Polish, no?
Or is that simply poetic diction?
"Swej", "swego", and "swemu" for "swojej", swojego", and "swojemu" might also be examples of old Polish, no?
Or is that simply poetic diction?
Lyzko
23 Nov 2019
News / Poland one step closer to visa waiver by US Senate [59]
As far as I recollect, before a proposal is passed by the Senate, it requires a 2/3 majority. Anything short of a filibuster, if it doesn't pass muster and is subject to even longer debate, it certainly could die in committee before it even sees the House floor.
I try and keep up with these things and so if there's stuff I've missed and the proposal's been approved by both chambers in both countries, it will probably become a reality by summer '20, if not earlier.
As far as I recollect, before a proposal is passed by the Senate, it requires a 2/3 majority. Anything short of a filibuster, if it doesn't pass muster and is subject to even longer debate, it certainly could die in committee before it even sees the House floor.
I try and keep up with these things and so if there's stuff I've missed and the proposal's been approved by both chambers in both countries, it will probably become a reality by summer '20, if not earlier.