Lyzko
7 Feb 2021
Life / Do you find any humour in Polish Highlanders' stories? [24]
My joke disappeared! I take it it will re-surface somewhere in "Trash" LOL
My joke disappeared! I take it it will re-surface somewhere in "Trash" LOL
Lyzko
6 Feb 2021
History / What makes you feel Polish? [167]
Poland is the third largest country in Europe and with the second greatest basically mono-lingual population, Polish is a major EU language.
Please stop turning every thread into a language thread
Poland is the third largest country in Europe and with the second greatest basically mono-lingual population, Polish is a major EU language.
Please stop turning every thread into a language thread
Lyzko
5 Feb 2021
History / What makes you feel Polish? [167]
Is Polish your mother tongue? If you learned English after a certain verx young ag, then it simply ISN'T your fir7langua
Is Polish your mother tongue? If you learned English after a certain verx young ag, then it simply ISN'T your fir7langua
Lyzko
5 Feb 2021
Genealogy / Double last names? - Zabawa, Czermak, & Zabawa Czermak? [10]
Czermak as in a certain erstwhile Mayor Anton Czermak of Chicago, was the unintended victim of the attempted assassínation of FDR in around '38.
Czermak as in a certain erstwhile Mayor Anton Czermak of Chicago, was the unintended victim of the attempted assassínation of FDR in around '38.
Lyzko
4 Feb 2021
History / What makes you feel Polish? [167]
No sense in denying who or what you are as there's always somebody out there ready, willing, and able to remind you.
No sense in denying who or what you are as there's always somebody out there ready, willing, and able to remind you.
Lyzko
4 Feb 2021
History / What makes you feel Polish? [167]
Assimilated Polish Jews felt themselves Polish by nationality, Jewish by religion.
Assimilated Polish Jews felt themselves Polish by nationality, Jewish by religion.
Lyzko
4 Feb 2021
History / What makes you feel Polish? [167]
Once again Novi, I'd have gladly invited you to have told Messrs. Brzechwa, Róziewicz, or Kiepura etc.that they had no polkosc LOL
Once again Novi, I'd have gladly invited you to have told Messrs. Brzechwa, Róziewicz, or Kiepura etc.that they had no polkosc LOL
Lyzko
4 Feb 2021
Lyzko
4 Feb 2021
History / What makes you feel Polish? [167]
How about the "polkosc" of a figure such as John Godson:-)
How about the "polkosc" of a figure such as John Godson:-)
Lyzko
3 Feb 2021
History / What makes you feel Polish? [167]
Once had an ESL-class of seven Poles between roughly twenty-five and fifty. This was several years ago, around the time Poland was getting unjustifiably bad press re: Poland's "role" in the Holocaust. They knew I spoke Polish and by coincedence, our class project was to describe in detail an aspect of their country they deemed most positive. One xwoung man angrily spoke up about hothe NYT was "writing s##t" concerning Jews and Poles. Then, the woman giving her talk about Tatry and the glories of Poland's natural wonderp, sudddnly started crying, only to be sebonded by yet another student applauding my desire to learn their language. Nearly each student took the slígts against Poland so personalky.
Once had an ESL-class of seven Poles between roughly twenty-five and fifty. This was several years ago, around the time Poland was getting unjustifiably bad press re: Poland's "role" in the Holocaust. They knew I spoke Polish and by coincedence, our class project was to describe in detail an aspect of their country they deemed most positive. One xwoung man angrily spoke up about hothe NYT was "writing s##t" concerning Jews and Poles. Then, the woman giving her talk about Tatry and the glories of Poland's natural wonderp, sudddnly started crying, only to be sebonded by yet another student applauding my desire to learn their language. Nearly each student took the slígts against Poland so personalky.
Lyzko
3 Feb 2021
Language / What is your biggest problem with Polish language? [158]
Appreciate the input there, sir. I stand enlightened:-)
Appreciate the input there, sir. I stand enlightened:-)
Lyzko
3 Feb 2021
Language / What is your biggest problem with Polish language? [158]
"Jeszcze Polska nie zginela..." = Poland still shall yet prevail. Recently caught a glímpse of a German translation "Noch ist Polen nicht verloren", which I feel doesn't capture the spirit of the original.
"Jeszcze Polska nie zginela..." = Poland still shall yet prevail. Recently caught a glímpse of a German translation "Noch ist Polen nicht verloren", which I feel doesn't capture the spirit of the original.
Lyzko
2 Feb 2021
Language / What is your biggest problem with Polish language? [158]
That last verb is a relative of "(z-)ginac", correct?
That last verb is a relative of "(z-)ginac", correct?
Lyzko
2 Feb 2021
Language / What is your biggest problem with Polish language? [158]
Hair splitting, but "zgubiony" still sounds odd to my non-native Polish ears.
Hair splitting, but "zgubiony" still sounds odd to my non-native Polish ears.
Lyzko
2 Feb 2021
Language / What is your biggest problem with Polish language? [158]
I learned something, Thought "zgubiona
I learned something, Thought "zgubiona
Lyzko
2 Feb 2021
Language / What is your biggest problem with Polish language? [158]
How then do you communicate successfully with educated English native speakers in a language not your own? Do you catch our irony, double entendre, constant puns?
An addendum, DuszaStracona. How do you know which mistakes you're making? Who corrects your English at home? :-)
How then do you communicate successfully with educated English native speakers in a language not your own? Do you catch our irony, double entendre, constant puns?
An addendum, DuszaStracona. How do you know which mistakes you're making? Who corrects your English at home? :-)
Lyzko
1 Feb 2021
History / What makes you feel Polish? [167]
They feel, and often rightly so I might add, that there' so much more to everyday life than current US-style vapid, infantile materialism. They sick and tired. I for one applaud them!
They feel, and often rightly so I might add, that there' so much more to everyday life than current US-style vapid, infantile materialism. They sick and tired. I for one applaud them!
Lyzko
1 Feb 2021
History / What makes you feel Polish? [167]
They see speaking English as a step down, much like the FrenchLOL
They see speaking English as a step down, much like the FrenchLOL
Lyzko
1 Feb 2021
Language / What is your biggest problem with Polish language? [158]
It's that, as with many foreigners, Poles think in their native language, but speak in English.
It's that, as with many foreigners, Poles think in their native language, but speak in English.
Lyzko
1 Feb 2021
Lyzko
1 Feb 2021
Lyzko
1 Feb 2021
History / What makes you feel Polish? [167]
'Twas naiveté ultimately killed the Jews of Poland, save for all but the ultra assimilated, such as those whom I'd mentioned prior. Ah, how challenged was Christianity in her direst hour when spirituality and love were most desparately needed!
'Twas naiveté ultimately killed the Jews of Poland, save for all but the ultra assimilated, such as those whom I'd mentioned prior. Ah, how challenged was Christianity in her direst hour when spirituality and love were most desparately needed!
Lyzko
1 Feb 2021
Lyzko
1 Feb 2021
Life / Polish TV is so goddamn awful! [7]
You should check out Brazilian TV if you want to see stupid:-)
You should check out Brazilian TV if you want to see stupid:-)
Lyzko
1 Feb 2021
History / What makes you feel Polish? [167]
Shtettl Jews were always the opposite of the more integrated urban Jews.
Shtettl Jews were always the opposite of the more integrated urban Jews.
Lyzko
1 Feb 2021
Language / What is your biggest problem with Polish language? [158]
Therefore, Poles often have a chirping quality to their English speech, partly because of the lack of a schwa [backwards "e" in the IPA] in theír language.
Therefore, Poles often have a chirping quality to their English speech, partly because of the lack of a schwa [backwards "e" in the IPA] in theír language.
Lyzko
1 Feb 2021
Language / What is your biggest problem with Polish language? [158]
Most Polish uninflected nouns are stressed on the first syllable, if I'm not mistaken.
Most Polish uninflected nouns are stressed on the first syllable, if I'm not mistaken.
Lyzko
1 Feb 2021
History / What makes you feel Polish? [167]
The assimilated Jews, Jan Brzechwa, Jan Kiepura, Tadeusz Róziewicz etc. considered themselves Polish "z krwi i kosci"!
The assimilated Jews, Jan Brzechwa, Jan Kiepura, Tadeusz Róziewicz etc. considered themselves Polish "z krwi i kosci"!
Lyzko
1 Feb 2021
Language / What is your biggest problem with Polish language? [158]
Like Italian, Spanish, and Bavarian:-)
Like Italian, Spanish, and Bavarian:-)
Lyzko
31 Jan 2021
History / What makes you feel Polish? [167]
So in the end, do you "feel" more Polish or more British?
So in the end, do you "feel" more Polish or more British?