News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1442]


A clear majority.

15% is a fringe vote.

Genealogy / Do you consider Gorals, Lemkos, and Silesians Poles? [77]


Hard to know where you got that from.

Are Silesians and Kashubs separate nations or not?

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


It's almost always obvious. Only a skilled user of the ones you pay for can get round that, and even then...


Makes sense. We say "manana manana".

To nie Kanada...

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


Basically yes. Like randka z policjantką or plastik fantastyk.


More that it figured out that search engines have a somewhat limited A.I. assistant.

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


Same.


Makes sense. To look under the bonnet of the car.

Off-Topic / Habemus Papam / The New Pope [103]

He seems to be a very good Pope.

The pope said: "For example, CEOs that 60 years ago might have been making four to six times more than what the workers are receiving, the last figure I saw, it's 600 times more than what average workers are receiving."

The Pope added that he had heard that "Elon Musk is going to be the first trillionaire in the world". He said: "What does that mean and what's that about? If that is the only thing that has value any more, then we're in big trouble."

thetimes.com/world/europe/article/pope-leo-elon-musk-wages-un-first-interview-hnw7zbvk8

Off-Topic / Pop A Cork - Wine [440]

It is received wisdom.

Slightly watering wine down is something you do for young children when they are at table with adults.

Off-Topic / Pop A Cork - Wine [440]

Works well, I-S, though not generally in the same glass...

Off-Topic / Pop A Cork - Wine [440]

Fvcking appalling.

Have you read Beach Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones? It talks about wealthy r*SSians on holiday in 'exclusive' beach resorts drinking wine that most people who love wine can only dream of, except they put ice and fruit in it.

Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 16 [1071]


It's the opposite of medieval Europe. There, the poor were thin and the rich were fat. In America it is largely the opposite.


C. Have proper food standards and a culture where the wellbeing of society comes before the profits of those who sell things.


I vaguely knew that there was a YouTuber called that, which of course is what he was. Whenever I see the name, I think of Charlie Chuck.

Ironic that he was a rightwing 'internet influencer' and was murdered by another person even more rightwing than he was.

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


Have you got is more normal.

Do you have is also very common.

"Have you"..? for possession is a common mistake among learners. Native speakers of English rarely use it.

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Off-Topic / What is a woman? [609]

r * S S i a

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He's got a special thread for all that garbage and trash talk.

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Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 16 [1071]


A YouTuber too. It's bizarre that anyone would even suggest that, and bizarre that so much attention to it is being paid over there.

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Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 16 [1071]


Yes.

The perp was convicted by a jury and is serving life.


That YouTuber guy was murdered by another rightwingnut. Something called a 'groyper'.

Real Estate / How to buy forest land in Poland? [18]


Not so weird, and in Poland, the rates are low. It's quite normal in parts of Europe for rates/council tax to vary according to the needs and wishes of the community in any given local authority area.

Why not look at a building plot in a village or near the edge of a town? If you like forest, there will be plenty around you. We have forest more or less on all four sides.

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1442]


What 'unedited material'? If something's unpublished, it cannot be called relevant.

Go and have a nice cup of tea.

Real Estate / How to buy forest land in Poland? [18]


It varies from place to place. Much the same system as around Europe.

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1442]


No 'charity', simply sensible use of resources and reining in the excesses of capitalism, countries where 'investors' are not able to make excess 'profit' from other people's work, or asset strip public infrastructure.

Basically Socialism. You shouldn't confuse that with Marxian economics though...


No it doesn't. Go and make a nice cup of tea, clear your head and stop making up silly lies.

Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 16 [1071]


Who is saying that here?

A quick look through the thread shows nothing of the sort.

Stop making things up.

Real Estate / How to buy forest land in Poland? [18]


There are houses in forests, usually quite old ones. They tend (depending on a few factors) to either fetch premium prices as second 'homes' or just do t reach the market. There are also issues with crime, since such houses are quite isolated.


Not weird at all. You need planning permission to build a house. Otherwise people would just build what they want regardless of the views of anyone in the area or the aesthetics of whether they build.

News / Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 25 [1150]


Very good news.


Of course they do, and that makes many of them vicious and destructive

Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 16 [1071]


He was a YouTuber with fringe views. Hardly known at all outside his own country.

He also expressed some very unsavoury opinions.

Nevertheless, there should be no gun deaths.


If you aren't shocked that the shooting the other day is receiving far more official attention that the politician and her husband who were murdered recently, then you are messed up beyond redemption.


It's bizarre. The guy was a YouTuber and 'online influencer'. Not a politician, not.a scientist, not an artist, not a philosopher.

Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 16 [1071]


He was a YouTuber with fringe views.

Strange they're making so much fuss about this, especially as a politician from Minnesota and her husband were both murdered recently and there was far less said, especially from their government.

The media are saying that the assassin was something called a 'groyper', another online extremist thing that had some rivalry with whatever that Kirk person was involved in.

Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 16 [1071]


It's still conservative.