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jon357   
15 May 2024
Law / Gun control in Poland: should Polish people be allowed to own guns? [1070]

We are not implying

You're trying to. And failing.

The murder rate in Poland is very low, as you've been told already. In the U.K. it's not much different from PL.

Yours is astronomical.

One reason among many that we don't want your problems.
jon357   
15 May 2024
History / Slovakia - Poland's neglected neighbour? [85]

Shocking news about the Prime Minister being shot.

I see they've caught the assassin.

No news yet about Premier Fico's condition.
jon357   
15 May 2024
Law / Gun control in Poland: should Polish people be allowed to own guns? [1070]

So you are implying

So you are trying to imply that your murder and gun crime rate isn't far higher than Europe's?

As you were told, we don't want your gun problems. People in both Poland and the U.K. are happy with the gun laws as they are now.

Lazarus

The sad thing is that although Lazarus is telling the grim truth about your past, present and future, you try to spread silly lies.
jon357   
15 May 2024
Law / Gun control in Poland: should Polish people be allowed to own guns? [1070]

Britain is no better

It is, since our murder rate is much lower than yours.

Good to see you reading a left wing newspaper though. It might improve your ethical standards.

Though I doubt you'll get access to the media when you're back in prison.
jon357   
15 May 2024
Off-Topic / Let's talk about shoes [334]

wearing flip-flops

Probably extremely expensive hand-made sandals.
jon357   
15 May 2024
UK, Ireland / "Strange " English language.. [264]

The West Country accent

They sailed from Plymouth (near the West Country) to Plymouth Rock. Many also came from eastern England, especially East Anglia which was very rich at that time due to the wool industry, was relatively densely populated and was very very Protestant.

and can be useful sometimes.

Even very. I'd not expect auto-generated subtitles to handle her accent very well though; they're bad enough with Corrie and Emmerdale.
jon357   
14 May 2024
News / Polish judge begs asylum in Belarus - Did pro-EU, pro-NATO option in Poland started to crumble ? [83]

A person defects if there is an arrest warrant or another official demand to appear or surrender

No it doesn't.

Here's the dictionary definition:

" . VERB
If you defect, you leave your country, political party, or other group, and join an opposing country, party, or group.
25 per cent of its listed client base defect to rival auditors. [V + to/from]
He defected from the party in the late 1970s. [V to/from n]
...a KGB officer who defected in 1963. [VERB] "

collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/defect

LGBT

You're obsessed. You mention it at least ten times daily.
jon357   
14 May 2024
Genealogy / Looking for ANNA MARIA. MISIUREWICZ - P J PROBY the American/British singer [12]

I've found an address for a lady with that surname and the first names Anna Maria. The husband has the same name as the man listed as husband on the website Paulina posted and has the same year of birth.

Because it's a home address, I'll not list it here but will send by private message. You'll get something in red at the top left of the main page here and will need to click on "Mail".

BTW, it looks like a nice big house in a good area.
jon357   
14 May 2024
Genealogy / Looking for ANNA MARIA. MISIUREWICZ - P J PROBY the American/British singer [12]

I do not expect her to be in the same house in Poland

You'd be surprised. Many people in Poland inherit a flat from parents or grandparents and stay there. People don't move house as much as in Western Europe and even if they do, they don't always sell; instead they rent it out or have a family member living there. My neighbours' family have been at the same address since 1937. It might be worth a try.

could be her then

Although that doesn't give whereabouts, it does at least suggest that she's still alive, which is good news.

I wish you luck in finding her.
jon357   
14 May 2024
Genealogy / Looking for ANNA MARIA. MISIUREWICZ - P J PROBY the American/British singer [12]

Just an idea.

Although it would be really unusual for someone in the U.K. to be at the same address or have a relative at that address 50 years later (or for a 21 year old student to be living at home) it's not that unusual at all in Poland.

Why not write to that address? If she's not there now, there's still a chance that a relative lives there or is the owner,

I had a look on Facebook and there are several people with that surname in Łódź.

Just a possibility.
jon357   
14 May 2024
UK, Ireland / "Strange " English language.. [264]

Too late to edit. The thing about the nasal tones is that it suits the phrase 'our kid' (a younger brother/sister).
jon357   
14 May 2024
UK, Ireland / "Strange " English language.. [264]

southern thing

Not only. It crops up in a few dialects.

The second one there are stretches that I don't understand at all

It's not the easiest accent. Around Knottingley (pronounced Notla) where she's from the accent is especially strong as it often is in (ex) coal minIng places. It's still thee and tha territory. She's making an effort to sound 'ultra-local' though.

There's quite a lot of post-2004 Poles in the small towns around there. Maybe that will have some influence in the future, maybe not. I met a 20 year old woman who moved near there from Poland as a kid and she had a strong local accent. She asked if I was Polish (I was speaking English) but I guess that most of the people she hears around there sound very local and I don't any more.

The bit after 0.44 is about winning goldfish (at a carnival) and eating them for dares. I stumbled at about 0.51, something about "our nasal accent suiting them (southerners).
jon357   
14 May 2024
Life / Was Legionella in Poland a biological weapon attack? [22]

why in a Vietnamese shopping center?

There was presumably some factor about it, perhaps a way of disabling the sprinklers or simply that there was an easy way of staring a fire that could spread well.