Polish vs British vs American - Clash of cultures

Yes, true, but 200 years ago. :):):):)


Really? :):):):):)

Hey, French guys, I looked through your posts and noticed this clash of opinions:



How can you explain it?


My sister did.
I didn`t because it got on my nerves too much.

oh i wasn't aware they had to learn french because of joining the eu but i suppose it makes sense. I see nothing wrong with people learning all languages i would love to be multilingual someday once i master polish (haha i doubt mastering it is something i will ever do, i haven't even mastered english and french and i grew up speaking them) i believe i will move on to italian.

Nope, it doesn`t make sense, your French interlocutor is pulling your leg, it is her specialty, to dupe newbies into tall stories about Poland. Be careful! :):):):)

well it makes a bit of sense ... france is part of the eu no ... and i think she was saying government officials had to learn french not all polish people haha. however i still stand firm we should all learn as many languages as possible.

Pawian; don't talk about what you don't know. I happen to be a (full time) teacher and I can tell you that most of students taking French are from the upper crust (senior executives, kids from very rich families and high level officials).

As to the UE, French is necessary (commission in Brussels, parliament in Strasbourg, Brussels and Luxembourg, court of justice in Strasbourg) and whether you like it or not, I can assure you that high officials in Poland do learn French. Don't tell me it isn't true since I teach them.

Why don't you want to accept reality?

OK, OK, I made up my mind and I accept reality, whatever it is. :):):):)

Pawian, if you live in Warsaw, let's meet and I shall show you where I work ;). (I'll pay you a drink ;))

Ok, je me casse

Not true. They're expected to know English and one other - and German is far more popular than French at this level.


Some might, but by all accounts, French is starting to lose badly in the EU since the expansion east. English and German are winning that particular linguistic war - ask yourself, what languages do the top politicians speak? French is pretty much unheard of.

And this is coming from someone who likes and studied the French language.

French will always be relevant, but it simply isn't as important as it once was.

Sorry, I don`t drink with unfamiliar women.

lol... hmmm just familiar ones then?

French is obviously not as popular as english... it just is not as widespread given the choice ofcourse someone is going to chose to learn english you can get much farther with it in the world. Personal opinion french is a nicer language it sounds romantic and musical but... english is more practical.

Yes, women I know and trust.

I am afraid unfamiliar females may put sth into my drink and then take advantage of me.

lol careful it is always the ones you think you know and can trust that have roofies in their back pockets ;)
because us women are known for taking advantage of men lol

Yes, foreign women from the rotten West are known for that. Somebody told me they are veritable man-eaters.

youtube.com/watch?v=z8IO6h3gMlI

You don`t thnik I am so crazy as to allow myself to be eaten?

Pawian! I have told you before not to share our private pix on PF!

yes i like my men best fried and crispy with some lemon juice for flavor ... yum yum

Yes, and here is another clash of cultures.

Polish women may seem volatile but for sure they are more trustworthy than foreign women from US, UK, CAN who are praying mantises.

devil woman from the west i am and i will eat your soul...certainly made my polish boyfriend a brain washed zombie :) lol like i possibly could.

you just don't get their sense of humour Pawian, she was playful for the sake of it:D. Polish women don't have sense of humour, but they are amazing at sulking;)

or was i???
he didn't actually miss it did he because if i actually just created the assumption that Canadian women like to bed foreign men to fry them up the next day in hot oil and eat them in someones mind i might actually have a good laugh about this for atleast a week :) Frying is fattening anyway baked would clearly be the healthier way to go. But Mike has survived a couple years so far lucky lucky guy.

No. There was a time when a tiny section of the population used French, and even they stopped usiing it within the space of a few generations.

Simply speaking, the language never caught on.

quite agree the industrial Germany has excellent english as a second language, it is also taught in Austria from a young age. I prefer the French language to German but the fact is French is no longer the language of diplomats and royalty (particularly the French royalty) but the French people seem to have a chip on their shoulder about it. in Germany some board meetings are carried out in english because it takes less words to but a point across.

However the fact that English via King James Bible is a mix of languages is i think a difficult language to learn as there doesn't seem to be any logic

for example

house - houses
mouse - mice

It`s ok. :):):):)


Sorry, I couldn`t resist that one more time.

Clashes based on Trainspotting,

1.

At 0:23 a secondary school female student invites a stranger home and has sex with him, with parents on house. Fairly impossible here.

Impossible? Tak myslisz? Nie. Chyba zartujesz:) Improbable maybe, but not impossible...
Remember, Pawian, it's just a film. A complete work of fiction, nothing like this ever really happens in the UK..... Although, it is set in Scotland...

Whatever... :):):)


Oh, I see.

So the scene when the cabbie first takes a dead stoned guy to hospital and only then collects the due fare from the guy`s pocket is also fiction? I thought of it as another clash.....

From 0:45:25 to 0:46:35

Yes, I had a hunch it was utter fiction. Thanks!!

Yes, I see your point Pawian. Can I ask you if you have ever seen the film 'Dzień Świra'?

Of course. Why? The plot is pure fiction? Education freaks like Adam M. don`t really exist?

Yep, almost.

Socializing:

Poles prefer to stay at home with close family or friends, be it a party or just informal visit.



while Brits hang out in pubs

Ams and Brits prefer to buy a frozen dish for microwave



or go to a bar/restaurant for a meal, even breakfast (!!!),

while Poles still prefer the traditional cooking at home.

What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods?

Some Brits might Pawian, but we're not all lazy! I prefer to cook proper food thanks very much!

Me too. Most of my English girlfriends cooked pretty well. The least likely to cook was an ex from Bydgoszcz, so let's put an end to the lazy generalisations. There are loads of great British chefs, whereas Poland has a half-French guy (iirc) and Magda Gessler, lol :)

Good.
Yet, the frozen food culture is much more popular there than here.

cartoonstock.com/directory/f/frozen_food.asp

How long will we last? :):):)


Yes, I know, they cook excellent pudding with mint sauce.....


You mean microwave dishes, of course. :):):):):)

Come on, Polak, we are talking about real stuff, not dog food........ :):):):):)

dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-1382709/One-British-women-struggle-cook-basic-dishes.html
One in six British women struggles to crack the art of cooking, a survey revealed today.
More than half said their husband is a better cook.
The poll of 2,000 men and women commissioned by the Good Food channel found that the typical female can cook only seven dishes from scratch.
More than one in five women struggles with a basic curry, one in six cannot bake a cake and one in ten has never cooked a roast.

One in 20 even messes up boiling an egg or preparing a cooked breakfast.

Comments to the article:
" .... the Good Food channel found that the typical female can cook only seven dishes from scratch." My wife's cuisine can't be bettered. Yummy! I weighed 9 stones when we married six months ago, and now I'm a more manly 18 stones. You can't beat modern home cooking. Here are her seven favourite dishes. Dish 1: Microwaved chicken korma and rice from the supermarket. Dish 2: Oven heated quiche lorraine and oven heatedroast potatoes from the supermarket. Dish 3: Scrambled eggs and oven heated chips. Dish 4: Beans on toast and oven heated chips. Dish 5: Supermarket pizza from the supermarket.

PS. Stop boasting of having all English girls! It is pathetic! :):):):)

But Pawian, you shouldn't believe everything you read! This is the Daily Fail after all.................:):):):)