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Posts by Magdalena  

Joined: 15 Aug 2007 / Female ♀ 		Last Post: 27 Jan 2015
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Posts: Total: 1827 / Live: 423 / Archived: 1404 		From: North Sea coast, UK
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Magdalena   
28 Jan 2011
Food / The most typical ingredient used in Polish cuisine [28]

WOW.
And to think I've lived in Poland most of my life... I would say everyday Polish cuisine is very "cosmopolitan" in the sense of "not typically Polish" - stuff like roast chicken, potatoes and salad, or meatballs and spaghetti, or fried fish and potatoes and salad, or pizza (I mean home-made), or the famous kotlety schabowe... Usually it's some form of fried or roast meat, potatoes, and salad. And soup. I don't know many women who toil in their kitchens every day to produce pierogi, bigos, gołąbki or other types of old-timesy, basically peasant food.

It's only when we have guests from abroad, or live abroad ourselves, that we start overloading on the "traditional" ingredients such as mushrooms or gherkins. And during Christmas and Easter, of course ;-)
Magdalena   
28 Jan 2011
Food / The most typical ingredient used in Polish cuisine [28]

Go to his profile. He is a Nepalese trying to show some respect and admiration.

I have nothing against Romi. I just have an allergic reaction to stereotypes, whether positive or negative. And the Polish food = gherkins, sausages and mushrooms stereotype just totally gets my goat ;-)
Magdalena   
20 Dec 2010
Life / Babcia or Busha - any social class difference? [359]

We left Poland 100 years ago, as it was being over run by Ukranians claiming to be Polish too.

I must be living in a parallel universe... My history is not your history. Could you elaborate on the above, pretty please with cherry on top?

BTW: sjp.pwn.pl/szukaj/busia
Magdalena   
9 Oct 2010
Love / Polish girls and contraceptives [68]

Great drugs, but should only be taken when needed

Have you ever read anything on contraceptive pills? How can you "take them when needed"? You either take them regularly, and are protected, or don't, and aren't.
Magdalena   
12 Aug 2010
Life / Polish Wedding March & Funny Hat [37]

They know very little about your Granparents generation.

That is so unfair. I happen to have quite an extensive knowledge history, customs, and family going much farther back than just my grandparent's generation. And I am no spring chicken myself, so there!

Some of the old traditions were improved and became Polish American.

As long as you don't call these traditions "Polish", everything is fine. I would say they are 100% PolishAmerican. Don't be offended, but we really don't do things your way back in the old country.
Magdalena   
11 Aug 2010
Life / Polish Wedding March & Funny Hat [37]

Sounds like a load of tosh to me. I read both the Polish and "Czechoslovakian" (sic!) wedding traditions and what they most resemble is someone's jumbled reading of a whole bunch of folk tales, very local peasant traditions which have since died out completely (rebraiding the bride's hair the night before the wedding WTF???) , and bits and bobs of central European folklore... As someone who is half Polish and half Czech I would say - try to keep these dubious "traditions" and you will make yourself a sure-fire laughing-stock! ;-)
Magdalena   
30 Jul 2010
Food / Bologna & onions in Poland? [44]

I guess to me the "nasty factor" of spam lies in the fact that it's basically bits and pieces of ground meat and probably other stuff too, of unknown origin and age ;-) AND it's canned, AND it's cheap.

Whereas in dishes like the above, you are perfectly cognisant of what you are eating and how it was prepared. BTW, I have never had czernina ;-)
Magdalena   
30 Jul 2010
Food / Bologna & onions in Poland? [44]

Duh :) Isn't there a Polish word for it?

That's the Polish word for it! Ever heard of something called "borrowings" in a language? ;-p

I like it.

I like it too, but let's be honest - it IS a nasty processed meat in a can. ;-)
Magdalena   
25 Jul 2010
Food / Bologna & onions in Poland? [44]

Re. spam - mielonka is what you're after. One of the cheapest and possibly nastiest processed meats out there - though if you've ever camped out in your youth you're liable to get a crazy hankering for it sometimes ;-)
Magdalena   
22 Jul 2010
Life / SOME OBSERVATIONS ABOUT POLAND AND POLISH SOCIETY [297]

She also managed to get 2-3 minor operations and she is only 25 years old.Another one started antiepileptics.

Did you even start considering the possibility of them being genuinely ill? Nobody prescribes anti-epileptic medication to people just like that. No, not even in Poland! ;->
Magdalena   
13 Jul 2010
Language / Do Poles prefer US American or UK English language? [147]

the modified version used in America should be called American English.

I beg to differ - the English used in America is not "modified". It is actually closer to Shakespeare's English than modern BrE is. It's a sort of linguistic fossil. You can see this happening to the mother tongues of immigrants in the US too. People who come to the US speaking their local dialects or using slang expressions that were fashionable at the time of their departure teach their children this exact form of the language, which is then passed on unchanged to the next generations, while it evolves and changes in their countries of origin.
Magdalena   
12 Jul 2010
Language / Do Poles prefer US American or UK English language? [147]

Yes Island of Great Britain.

My bad, you can actually call it that, though I have personally never come across the actual term "the island of Great Britain" until today.

It still doesn't change the fact that English wasn't invented there, though.
Magdalena   
12 Jul 2010
Language / Do Poles prefer US American or UK English language? [147]

The language was invented in England which is on the island of Great Britain

It so happens that I am in fact a linguist, an English Studies major to be precise. Having read the above: "language was invented", "island of Great Britain" I have stopped believing that you have anything at all to do with any sort of language studies. Do you know anything at all about the history of English?
Magdalena   
9 Jul 2010
Law / Poland's going forward while Britain is still trying to wake up [86]

Where do I state that I feel superior?

You told me where I come from. You told me that I should be grateful. Superior enough for me.

Any critisism on Poles criticizing the UK or any Western country for that matter is being dealt with that the person in particular must feel superior to Poles

I did not say that.

I don't think he said you specifically and if he did it still has nothing to do with the UK.

Of course not. He just said something nasty about the Polish nation in general, nothing to get worked up about personally.
And about it having to do with the UK:

I only vent my annoyance by that constant nagging about what a shytehole the UK is, how they pale in comparison with the Motherland, how low and intolerable the British virtues are, compared to the Polish ones. That's all.

Magdalena   
9 Jul 2010
Law / Poland's going forward while Britain is still trying to wake up [86]

I am tired of ppl who think it's ok to criticize the hell out of another country, but don't you dare say sth about Poland.

My thoughts exactly, just substitute "UK" for Poland and we're good to go. We either both have the right to criticise other countries, or no right at all. I refuse to lick your boots just because you feel superior.
Magdalena   
9 Jul 2010
Law / Poland's going forward while Britain is still trying to wake up [86]

Why understandably you wanted to go to the UK to check things out?

Because I am an English translator / interpreter? Because I thought it would be nice to have a look at the country whose language and culture I had been studying for so many years? Because I am an educated human being endowed with the capacity to feel curiosity about places I had read about, but not seen?

that the West is such a shytehole and that PL is the greatest, most glorious country in the world, lightyears ahead of the West

Sadly, most of them first go West convinced of the absolute opposite. If it only takes a short stay abroad for them to turn round and start praising Poland, I would say this means that the West is indeed sorely over-advertised.

That's very ungrateful.

Nobody is going to thank you for the mere possibility of living in your precious country. I don't see any of our Polish-based PF members grovelling on their knees and thanking Poland for letting them stay. On the contrary, they are also often sharply critical of Poland, and when this offends someone, they say that criticism should be welcome as it helps Poland improve.

Therefore, Polish criticism of the UK should be taken as seriously. Most of the time we do have a point.
Magdalena   
9 Jul 2010
Law / Poland's going forward while Britain is still trying to wake up [86]

that gave them a chance to outgrow the shythole they came from

I for one did not come to the UK to outgrow any shytholes, I was perfectly happy in Poland, but because I couldn't visit the UK as an English Studies graduate, and I had fallen for British propaganda about how wonderful the UK was (I mean culture, architecture, music, art, literature, the people as such), I understandably wanted to check it out for myself. Several years and many disappointments later, I can only say the UK is just another country. Nothing to write home about, most of the time. I wouldn't call it a shythole (yet), but it's getting there. Hopefully your new government will be able to rescue at least something along the way.
Magdalena   
6 Jul 2010
Food / Buying alcohol, wine in Poland. It's very difficult. [85]

Greek wines can be very good. At least the ones I'd tried - but as the wine was served at home by some friends, I did not really look at labels or anything, I just drank a lot of it ;-)
Magdalena   
3 Jul 2010
Food / Buying alcohol, wine in Poland. It's very difficult. [85]

Most wines in Polish shops contain "siarczyna"

It's not "most wines in Polish shops". The shops or country in which they are located have nothing to do with it. All the cheap Italian and Spanish wines I see in my local shops here in London contain the same compound(s) - sulphites if I remember right.

Cheap wines contain sulphites. The world over.