Language / Polish vs English tongue twisters [45]


Not everyone can. I have never forgotten my Polish friend telling me that her daughter came in turd place for a race in her school sports day.........

My problem when I first started learning Polish was rolling the letter 'r'. That sound doesn't exist in English language just as 'th' doesn't in Polish. Took me a long time to learn how to do it. Found it easier to roll the 'r' if it was in the middle of a word rather than at the start. 'Kurwa' often became part of my vocabulary ;)

Life / Don't Forget: Tomorrow, March 8 is Women's Day in Poland! [140]


Thank you! :)

Language / Polish vs English tongue twisters [45]


One of them has 'th' in, many Poles struggle to pronounce this letter combination.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


To expose someone to financial loss or large expenses?


To kick someone out of somewhere?

Language / Polish vs English tongue twisters [45]

Try these:

Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks

A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk

Red lorry, yellow lorry.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


I would guess at two sides to every story.

UK, Ireland / Polish immigrants in the UK - victims or criminals?! [295]


The actual words were "Majerkiewicz denies murder and manslaughter", so I've presumed he pleaded not guilty. It's from your Guardian link.

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Exactly. I think he's clutching at straws to be honest.


Blimey, even more dismembered bodies :( although not sure if it's one person or more after reading the article.

I hope identification is possible because although it's awful, those people will be missed and at least families will get answers.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


A specific Maciej or is the name used randomly?


Is it the definition of an a$$licker? Someone that will suck up to somebody?


I can think of a couple of posters that might apply to......

UK, Ireland / Polish immigrants in the UK - victims or criminals?! [295]


He was sentenced to life imprisonment:

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clm3yz1094mo


It is a particularly grisly case. He's pleaded not guilty to both murder and manslaughter.

Feedback / Getting logged out of PF [26]


I sometimes have the opposite problem. I log out but then find I'm still logged in when I come back to the site later. When it first happened I thought I'd just forgotten to log out, but I hadn't. Bizarre.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


I would be interested to know how you would translate it.


Someone easily influenced and always changing their mind/beliefs on things?

History / Lech Walesa - Happy Birthday! [54]


I've literally just finished reading it about 15 minutes ago! Great letter. Says it all.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


To shaft somebody in the worst possible way?

Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [972]

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Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


Unfulfilled promises a candidate makes to voters. Various populist ways of gaining support.

In 19th century Poland picnics by candidates for deputies in parliament took place with free food and drink ( vodka and sausages ). These were organised in order to gain support of the masses.

Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [340]


I see. I couldn't have known that so not surprised I didn't get that bit of the riddle!

Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [340]

Numbers correspond to the variety of the particular veg? e.g 106 is Great Lakes. Lettuce variety?
104 - Por Elefant, a variety of leek.

Food / Poles have a more loving attitude to food than here in the UK [169]


?? Goulash is a Hungarian dish traditionally made with beef, not pork. Irish stew has a thicker consistency than the goulash in your pics. Yours looks more like a soup.

Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [340]


Total numbers of seedlings of each veg variety? You're not just going to have one seedling per pot. If you're saying it's difficult then I doubt this is the answer but seems the most logical one to me.

Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [340]


Albeit painful!

Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [340]

Whether they are planted in square or round pots?

Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [340]

I already looked at this thread days ago for last winter but there isn't a list that I can see. There was a riddle that I answered about black salsify. Nothing I can see about indoor seedlings.

I'm not going to get this.

Food / Which foods are generally disliked/unpopular in Poland? Which non-Polish foods are slowly gaining popularity? [180]


We don't have them over here......I think. They look like big prawns. No way would I go near the head part!

My cousin has been spending the best part of 10 years trying to get me to visit her in the States.....but I have no real desire to go. The only parts I would be interested in visiting if I change my mind are New Orleans and the south in general ( for the food ) and New England in the fall.

Thanks for the photo link. That's a giant vat of crawfish! You've seen bigger amounts being prepared?


Pine nuts?

Food / Which foods are generally disliked/unpopular in Poland? Which non-Polish foods are slowly gaining popularity? [180]


The Cajun boiled peanuts sound really nice. Didn't know that different flavourings can be added to the water or that boiling them was a long process. We don't have anything like that here, at least that I've seen, just bags of salted KP nuts or the raw nuts in their shells.

Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [340]


I no longer have any idea of what you're asking about. Someone help me out here......


John Lennon is caring for your seedlings ;)

Food / Which foods are generally disliked/unpopular in Poland? Which non-Polish foods are slowly gaining popularity? [180]

You've separated the peanuts on the right from their skins on the left?

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


This is used when someone isn't telling the truth and has purposely fabricated a story or allegation.

Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [340]


I have no fekking idea!


I'm supposed to know the layout of your house?

In a barn? Cold frames? Your bedroom ?

Somebody shoot me now.......

Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [972]

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Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [340]


??? I have only mentioned a few different types of veg. Are you growing some types from seed and others from e.g crowns as is the case with asparagus?