jon357
18 May 2024
jon357
18 May 2024
jon357
18 May 2024
Law / Gun control in Poland: should Polish people be allowed to own guns? [1070]
It doesn't happen in PL.
until it happens to you.
It doesn't happen in PL.
jon357
18 May 2024
History / Honoring - Otto Schimek [47]
It's mentioned in the main Wikipedia, in English, however it seems to have been added as an extra.
Did you see the article from paxchristusa?
wikipedia. As it is highly interesting that such a claim is written there
It's mentioned in the main Wikipedia, in English, however it seems to have been added as an extra.
Did you see the article from paxchristusa?
jon357
18 May 2024
History / Time for Slavic Commonwealth around Poland as center [223]
Quite. It's a high income country now (though not a high wage country) however it's a long way from being among the richest. One strength is 5he mix between agriculture and industry however PL seems to be doing well within the EU.
Yes. Absolutely transparent.
What a ridiculous statement that is so obviously false!
Quite. It's a high income country now (though not a high wage country) however it's a long way from being among the richest. One strength is 5he mix between agriculture and industry however PL seems to be doing well within the EU.
Yet another Russian troll on this forum
Yes. Absolutely transparent.
jon357
18 May 2024
UK, Ireland / "Strange " English language.. [264]
We're talking about Manx not Manx. (Though in fact a lot of Manx are in fact Mancs and some Mancs are certainly Manx however that's another story and not a linguistic one).
Mancs is short for Mancunians, so close.
95% where I am however it's hard to say why that would matter. There are a dozen other threads for racists to whinge on.
So fat cherry thinks that the U.K. has existed for 'millennia'. Wow, and there was the rest of us thinking it was created in two stages, in 1707 and 1801.
And social socioeconomic status ('class' is a meaningless word) evolved in the British Isles slowly and in a state of constant flux. The same in Poland and in the US. Outsiders however put too much emphasis on it, and especially on the relationship between socioeconomic status and accent/language.
Manx
We're talking about Manx not Manx. (Though in fact a lot of Manx are in fact Mancs and some Mancs are certainly Manx however that's another story and not a linguistic one).
Mancs is probably short for Manchester
Mancs is short for Mancunians, so close.
75% of the UK population
95% where I am however it's hard to say why that would matter. There are a dozen other threads for racists to whinge on.
The UK has been a class-based society for millennia
So fat cherry thinks that the U.K. has existed for 'millennia'. Wow, and there was the rest of us thinking it was created in two stages, in 1707 and 1801.
And social socioeconomic status ('class' is a meaningless word) evolved in the British Isles slowly and in a state of constant flux. The same in Poland and in the US. Outsiders however put too much emphasis on it, and especially on the relationship between socioeconomic status and accent/language.
jon357
17 May 2024
History / Honoring - Otto Schimek [47]
A good article here about him, mentioning the testimony of a local in Lipiny who remembered his murder.
paxchristiusa.org/2015/12/21/reflection-the-seldom-told-story-of-otto-shimek/
A good article here about him, mentioning the testimony of a local in Lipiny who remembered his murder.
paxchristiusa.org/2015/12/21/reflection-the-seldom-told-story-of-otto-shimek/
jon357
17 May 2024
Law / Gun control in Poland: should Polish people be allowed to own guns? [1070]
Doubtful going on impossible.
There's simply no call for it among the public or major political parties.
People are happy with low crime rates.
Doubtful
Doubtful going on impossible.
There's simply no call for it among the public or major political parties.
People are happy with low crime rates.
jon357
17 May 2024
History / Honoring - Otto Schimek [47]
He'd be 99 is he was still alive.
Stories like that, the murder of Schimek and the murder of the Polish family of four, just show how appalling the Germans were and how they just did what they were told to do, killing anyone who didn't follow the sick concept of "ordnung".
His story deserves to be much better known.
I wonder if his killers were ever brought to justice.
Otto Schimek
He'd be 99 is he was still alive.
Stories like that, the murder of Schimek and the murder of the Polish family of four, just show how appalling the Germans were and how they just did what they were told to do, killing anyone who didn't follow the sick concept of "ordnung".
His story deserves to be much better known.
I wonder if his killers were ever brought to justice.
jon357
17 May 2024
UK, Ireland / "Strange " English language.. [264]
Strange place, isn't it. Sort of trapped in a time warp. The Staffordshire oatcakes are nice though and the museum in Hanley's got maybe the best ceramics collection outside London.
One of those places that has a 'blended' accent (like Barrow or Scunthorpe) because almost everybody's family came from somewhere else.
Stoke
Strange place, isn't it. Sort of trapped in a time warp. The Staffordshire oatcakes are nice though and the museum in Hanley's got maybe the best ceramics collection outside London.
One of those places that has a 'blended' accent (like Barrow or Scunthorpe) because almost everybody's family came from somewhere else.
jon357
17 May 2024
Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]
Where the crows don't fly...
diabeł mówi dobranoc
Where the crows don't fly...
jon357
17 May 2024
UK, Ireland / "Strange " English language.. [264]
That's my gut feeling.
One problem is that the north west is packed with "accent isolates" which are different from neighbouring towns. Plus they evolve quite quickly and a most of the people I know from that region are many decades older than that kid.
This lady who had a comedy sketch show on the BBC (she's actually a relative of mine though we don't know each other) has a distinct accent. She's from a geographically isolated town, however there are real differences between her and the older generation of our family. Most of our relatives there sound a bit like Emlyn Hughes when he was younger however she's a bit closer to both Mancs and to the little girl in the Twitter link you posted.
youtu.be/XX9KeaAHeo4?feature=shared
That's my gut feeling.
One problem is that the north west is packed with "accent isolates" which are different from neighbouring towns. Plus they evolve quite quickly and a most of the people I know from that region are many decades older than that kid.
This lady who had a comedy sketch show on the BBC (she's actually a relative of mine though we don't know each other) has a distinct accent. She's from a geographically isolated town, however there are real differences between her and the older generation of our family. Most of our relatives there sound a bit like Emlyn Hughes when he was younger however she's a bit closer to both Mancs and to the little girl in the Twitter link you posted.
youtu.be/XX9KeaAHeo4?feature=shared
jon357
16 May 2024
UK, Ireland / "Strange " English language.. [264]
BTW, my first thought was western Cheshire however there are Lancashire elements and the flat vowels of Stoke rather than the rolling ones of Cheshire.
The mother's accent is more Lancashire though. Hers isn't and I'd not bet on Burnley though it's possible. Is she a Macc Lass?
BTW, my first thought was western Cheshire however there are Lancashire elements and the flat vowels of Stoke rather than the rolling ones of Cheshire.
The mother's accent is more Lancashire though. Hers isn't and I'd not bet on Burnley though it's possible. Is she a Macc Lass?
jon357
16 May 2024
UK, Ireland / "Strange " English language.. [264]
It's more a historic thing and not as stark as in Scotland though still real in the estates of Manchester. Anyway, scum are scum. Leeds won 4-0 tonight so there's cause for celebration.
The other side of the mountains from me but here's my guess.
Not Crewe but elements of it. More pennine. Too midlandsy to be stereotypical Lancashire but with a 'western' catch and there are "accent isolates" there that sound a bit like that, especially in Burnley and Bacup, particularly Burnley that has that hard sound and the open vowels. Too far north to be Congleton or Stoke. Hard to say but probably somewhere driveable from Macclesfield and south Stockport.
Never heard or read anything about this in all my years following football
It's more a historic thing and not as stark as in Scotland though still real in the estates of Manchester. Anyway, scum are scum. Leeds won 4-0 tonight so there's cause for celebration.
what accent is this
The other side of the mountains from me but here's my guess.
Not Crewe but elements of it. More pennine. Too midlandsy to be stereotypical Lancashire but with a 'western' catch and there are "accent isolates" there that sound a bit like that, especially in Burnley and Bacup, particularly Burnley that has that hard sound and the open vowels. Too far north to be Congleton or Stoke. Hard to say but probably somewhere driveable from Macclesfield and south Stockport.
jon357
16 May 2024
History / Slovakia - Poland's neglected neighbour? [85]
You're confusing it with your own wretched country.
Far worse than all western countries. No 41 in the rankings, behind Brazil
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_quality_of_healthcare
A sure sign you know nothing.
However you're just trying to deflect from the issue.
As I say, the trial will be interesting...
CIA's normal practice.
You're confusing it with your own wretched country.
far better than in any western country
Far worse than all western countries. No 41 in the rankings, behind Brazil
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_quality_of_healthcare
cheaper than in the UK
A sure sign you know nothing.
However you're just trying to deflect from the issue.
As I say, the trial will be interesting...
jon357
16 May 2024
History / Slovakia - Poland's neglected neighbour? [85]
Hopefully not.
It will be very interesting to follow the trial of the would be assassin. He seems to have some very interesting connections.
Yet so many r*SSians would rather pay for treatment in London or Mew York than catch sepsis at home.
Hard to know why you're trying to deflect from the issue at hand.
Then crisis and death
Hopefully not.
It will be very interesting to follow the trial of the would be assassin. He seems to have some very interesting connections.
Never trust Brits and Americans!
Yet so many r*SSians would rather pay for treatment in London or Mew York than catch sepsis at home.
Hard to know why you're trying to deflect from the issue at hand.
jon357
16 May 2024
History / Slovakia - Poland's neglected neighbour? [85]
Why not?
And, BTW, they've announced that he's out of danger and doing well.
He has zero chance for survival in the hospital named after Roosevelt.
Why not?
And, BTW, they've announced that he's out of danger and doing well.
jon357
16 May 2024
History / Slovakia - Poland's neglected neighbour? [85]
Very eloquent. I notice the media's gone quiet a bit about Premier Fico. Hopefully he is doing well in hospital.
Very eloquent. I notice the media's gone quiet a bit about Premier Fico. Hopefully he is doing well in hospital.
jon357
16 May 2024
History / Slovakia - Poland's neglected neighbour? [85]
Yes, r*SSians.
Runes are a beautiful thing. r*SSian fascism is as ugly as their attempted takeover of Ukraine. r*SSia is riddled with fascists including in public life (Dugin etc). In Ukraine, none have ever entered parliament.
We both perfectly know whom i mean
Yes, r*SSians.
runes
Runes are a beautiful thing. r*SSian fascism is as ugly as their attempted takeover of Ukraine. r*SSia is riddled with fascists including in public life (Dugin etc). In Ukraine, none have ever entered parliament.
jon357
16 May 2024
History / Slovakia - Poland's neglected neighbour? [85]
You mean r*SSian invaders? No, very few people support them.
nazi in the Ukraine
You mean r*SSian invaders? No, very few people support them.
jon357
16 May 2024
History / Slovakia - Poland's neglected neighbour? [85]
It's what those 'soldiers' are.
They should get out of Ukraine and stay at home.
This is about Slovakia though, unless orcs are responsible.
'orcs' f
It's what those 'soldiers' are.
They should get out of Ukraine and stay at home.
This is about Slovakia though, unless orcs are responsible.
jon357
16 May 2024
History / Slovakia - Poland's neglected neighbour? [85]
Sometimes I think there should be a mandatory IQ test before voting or even mentioning politics.
The worry is when people dehumanise whole groups of people (I'm thinking migrants) who after all are just doing what governments let them.
In Germany you become a rightist extremist radical already easily when you just oppose
Sometimes I think there should be a mandatory IQ test before voting or even mentioning politics.
.people already don't take care at all anymore to denigrate and dehumanize a political opponent with words
The worry is when people dehumanise whole groups of people (I'm thinking migrants) who after all are just doing what governments let them.
jon357
16 May 2024
History / Slovakia - Poland's neglected neighbour? [85]
Every decent person hates the far right. The far right hate almost everyone and everything.
Cobblers; it's possible to be neither a decent leftwing politician nor on the far right. Centrists, centre-left, centre-right etc. I doubt anyone would describe Rishi Sunak or Volodymyr Zelenskiy as either left wing or far right.
It isn't as if there aren't plenty of Poles who don't 'behave'...
don't hate rightists
Every decent person hates the far right. The far right hate almost everyone and everything.
With that explanation every attack on a not-left-politician becomes acceptable....every one.
Cobblers; it's possible to be neither a decent leftwing politician nor on the far right. Centrists, centre-left, centre-right etc. I doubt anyone would describe Rishi Sunak or Volodymyr Zelenskiy as either left wing or far right.
As long as migrants behave
It isn't as if there aren't plenty of Poles who don't 'behave'...
jon357
16 May 2024
History / Slovakia - Poland's neglected neighbour? [85]
I've not seen anything like that.
The hatred tends to be on the right-wing side.
For example, I have concerns at large scale immigration and criticise governmental policy on this. Right-wingers however (and we see this here) are filled with hatred for the actual migrants who are only availing themselves of something that is available.
Opposing fascism is the duty of any decent human.
In some circles even such murders are now kind of acceptable
I've not seen anything like that.
leftist hate
The hatred tends to be on the right-wing side.
For example, I have concerns at large scale immigration and criticise governmental policy on this. Right-wingers however (and we see this here) are filled with hatred for the actual migrants who are only availing themselves of something that is available.
Antifa
Opposing fascism is the duty of any decent human.
jon357
16 May 2024
UK, Ireland / "Strange " English language.. [264]
They just do. Man U have more fans in Rio than Manchester.
Plus there's an element of tribalism; Man U are RC, Man City are Protestant.
And if you support team X, you hate teams A, B, C etc. Same in Poland.
The (now closed) Crystal Palace railway station is an architectural dream. Sort of neo-Byzantine. Sadly now used by a taxi firm as their office but for many years was used as the cathedral of several exotic religions sects.
Why does everyone hate them?
They just do. Man U have more fans in Rio than Manchester.
Plus there's an element of tribalism; Man U are RC, Man City are Protestant.
And if you support team X, you hate teams A, B, C etc. Same in Poland.
I just think it's a great name
The (now closed) Crystal Palace railway station is an architectural dream. Sort of neo-Byzantine. Sadly now used by a taxi firm as their office but for many years was used as the cathedral of several exotic religions sects.
jon357
16 May 2024
UK, Ireland / "Strange " English language.. [264]
That's Liverpool where they eat rats.
This is from a Man U fan site so I felt sick looking at it however it explains that reference
fanchants.com/nl/football-songs/manchester_united-chants/park-park-2/
I heard 'eating them for days' and was feeling sorry for them if they're that poor
That's Liverpool where they eat rats.
This is from a Man U fan site so I felt sick looking at it however it explains that reference
fanchants.com/nl/football-songs/manchester_united-chants/park-park-2/
jon357
16 May 2024
History / Slovakia - Poland's neglected neighbour? [85]
That's how I feel.
I like it that he's theoretically on the left, though I suspect that's more populism rather than any commitment to fair economic practices.
And yes, he's not one of the good guys.
I smell r*SSia behind it.
not for his sake (he's a real pos) but for the sake of the rules based order
That's how I feel.
I like it that he's theoretically on the left, though I suspect that's more populism rather than any commitment to fair economic practices.
And yes, he's not one of the good guys.
I smell r*SSia behind it.
jon357
16 May 2024
History / Slovakia - Poland's neglected neighbour? [85]
No surprises there however it's clear that r*SSia regarded Fico as expendable and of course the b!tch Simonyan was very quick to weigh in on tthe matter.
The assassin is an intriquing figure; I've come across people in PL that he reminds me of; eldely people in crappy jobs writing morbid poetry and holding extreme paleo-conservative and moralistic views.
Hopefully Premier Fico will recover well however it does seem that his injuries are serious.
wait for it....
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russia
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russia
No surprises there however it's clear that r*SSia regarded Fico as expendable and of course the b!tch Simonyan was very quick to weigh in on tthe matter.
The assassin is an intriquing figure; I've come across people in PL that he reminds me of; eldely people in crappy jobs writing morbid poetry and holding extreme paleo-conservative and moralistic views.
Hopefully Premier Fico will recover well however it does seem that his injuries are serious.
jon357
16 May 2024
Law / Gun control in Poland: should Polish people be allowed to own guns? [1070]
They seem to live in a permanent state of fear.
And it isn't as if their 'American Way' is anything special or anything people in developed societies would want.
People here (and there) aren't psychotic pussies
They seem to live in a permanent state of fear.
And it isn't as if their 'American Way' is anything special or anything people in developed societies would want.
jon357
16 May 2024
History / Slovakia - Poland's neglected neighbour? [85]
Also mafia links.
One of the assassin's objections to him was about his allowing fruit machine gambling and a few other things.
Sadly this is true.
a former Communist Party member and is seen as pro-Russian
Also mafia links.
One of the assassin's objections to him was about his allowing fruit machine gambling and a few other things.
They only recognize the political outcomes they like
Sadly this is true.