Poland in photo riddles

Topiary gardens in parks, palaces, castles etc? Let me guess, you want to know exactly where your picture is............

My guess - some former Jewish site, either a cemetery or something else....

Exactly is not necessary. It is enough you keep to general categories, like topiary parks, but different of course.


Sorry, no.

Botanical gardens in Kraków?

Nope, the Botanical Garden is ethnically, religiously and ideologically neutral. :) Sth closer to Jews..... A hint - how are Jews called by Christians/ Catholics?

On this forum that is a loaded question ;)

I don't know Pawian. I expected Maf's answer to be right as that piece of topiary looks to represent the Menorah, so I was thinking somewhere in Kazimierz, but you have already ruled out Jewish sites.

I'm Polish and some of these riddles are diffiicult for me, too.
As for the word used to call Jews, apart from żyd, I'd say starozakonny. So is it some sort of a monastery/convent? But why put the menorah there?

There are also the so-called ogrody biblijne, so perhaps it's one of them.

Parch or plural parchy ive also heard to describe Jews. It is a sort of disease that cats get.

Also have heard garbate nosy

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haha I forgot about that, my fault.. :):)
No, I meant true Christians/ Catholics, not mock ones. How do we sometimes call Jews? And the post above reminds of a Polish proverb : strike the table and the scissors will sound. :)


Of course it does. I say again - it is connected with Jewish topics. Another hint - but the ones which became more universal.


BINGO! A few dozen biblical gardens function in Poland:):) And Jews are sometimes called elder brothers in faith.

Where can you see such displays?

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Looks like a cupboard in the local urząd gminy, but what do I know? ;)

Sorry, those local county/borrough halls don`t have such cup displays. :) What for?

I don't know, best moustache in local government perhaps? ;)

No, seriously speaking, isn't that just a display of trophies that were won by pupils in school?

Yes! Bulls` aye! :) But why did you say pupils? I cope with students.

What age / grade do you teach? and which standard do you tend toward UK or US?

The word pupil is a _lot_ more used in the UK than in the US (where student has almost completely replaced it, even for kindergarten).

Students are only at universities in my opinion, though there's a move in England towards calling secondary school kids students as well. From what I can gather, the use of "students" originates in the grand old schools like Eton, which is possibly one reason why American English uses it so widely?

In Scotland, pupils is normal for both primary and secondary schools. So, blame my education ;)

No I think it's more about historical mistrust of credentialism and/or 'experts'. If you're enrolled in a learning institution you're a student regardless of level or prestige. for the same reason the word 'study' refers not only to formal degree programs but informal programs or any kind of vaguely systematic learning...

What? After decades of admonishing my students they are students, I should tell them they are pupils? No way! :)


To answer your two questions, two photos at a time:

What are the occassions?

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Sorry, guys, I am doing it for your good, so please, don`t get vexed. :)

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The first one, I've never seen before. Some sort of pasowanie na gimnazjalistę, perhaps?

Second one looks like a cake to celebrate 20 years of teaching English, either in the school or for the teacher.

Well, pasowanie is close. And 20 years of special English.

Aha, 20 years of bilingual classes?


Grr, what could it be? A graduation ceremony?

Yes, bilingual classes.
Not final, but an initial ceremony. They hold similar ones in the USA.

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Haha yes. The equivalent English meaning would be ' the lady doth protest too much', although of course we are not talking about a lady ;)
I would not have got the biblical gardens though, as I didn't know they even existed. Well done to Kaprys!

You haven't seen the awful JPII one? ;)

google.com/maps/place/Garden+of+John+Paul+II/@49.8693514,19.4016929,1013m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x47168586d2964be9:0xbe02daa960384a0c!8m2!3d49.869348!4d19.406057

It's a huge tourist trap and moneyspinner. The guy who owns it has made a fortune from pilgrimages!

That is dire. And people actually pay good money to go and see it! If his face could talk, it would be saying, " I'm so fed up with all this sh1t " ;)

Not VOA special English I hope! (torture for a native speaker to listen to though I realize it could be very helpful for learners at a certain level).


I don't know why they're holding out their arms, but that looks more like the pledge of allegiance (which happens every day for 12 years, from elementary through high school). We put our hands over our hearts (though if you were wearing a uniform you were allowed to salute).

Is it done in every school?

Not sure about this moment but it used to be standard operating procedure in every public school (where every single classroom has a flag).

Patriotic rituals were meant to help hold a population without much in common (racially, ethnically, religiously) together. Language also helps serve that purpose (one reason that very uniform General American English exists (no equivalent in the UK AFAIK) that can be used by anyone regardless of region or class or ethno-racial background.

Teachers are commonly referred to now as "professional students."

Not because they are youth obsessed egalitarians who are seen and want to be seen as "being down with" young people of schooling age.

But rather because the term "professional student" acknowledges those with teaching jobs (for however long) lack of any real world experience.


Yes, of course! If it weren't for Google Maps you would never experience Poland at all. :)

Did someone fail school, perhaps?

It's such a shame that you don't participate in the spirit of this thread.