UK, Ireland / "Strange " English language.. [264]


Hard to know what that means.


That's about a boys' public school, an untypical environment.

Literature so often used to be about the rich. Henry James for example. In very large part because it was written by those with the time, the education a;d the money to allow them to do it.

And it often (both then and now) mentions economic inequality and people's aspirations (as any country's literary corpus does) so would very obviously draw from social structures where appropriate. It's a literary hook.

The idea that there's a "rigid class system" is bizarre. How about saying instead that we have a higher literary output per capita than anywhere else on the planet.

Language / Extremely Hard - Polish the hardest language to learn [226]


There's have a long standing tradition of gangs who like snatching tourists off the street, dragging them into a yurt and bumming them so he'll probably love it so much he'll apply for citizenship.

Off-Topic / Should people be free to cut their hair and dye it as they want? [16]


Only young ones. Old ladies with a blue rinse never seem to bother them.


They seem to suit roughly 10% of those who have them, but if people want them, why not? It must be weird and stressful to get all hot and bothered about the way others dress or look.


It has ever been thus since the days of cavemen. Top hats were once criticised as a fad of the young.

Anyway, many of the fascistic boomers of today were once nihilistic late 70s juveniles spraying "sham 69" or anarchist symbols on the bus station walls.

UK, Ireland / "Strange " English language.. [264]


What even is that?

Food / Poles have a more loving attitude to food than here in the UK [169]


Much underrated as a cook though deeply strange as a person.

But no, I did Christmas Pudding Ice Cream instead. It was a bit heavy on the dried fruit but worked.

I'll fish some pics out.

Mincemeat omelette sounds pretty damn good though. It's nice with pancakes (the English kind, sort of mid way between the American and the Polish ones) so would be good in an omelette.

News / Coronavirus in Poland - part 2 [599]


You couldn't bıtch slap a womble.


By whose design and why?

Food / Poles have a more loving attitude to food than here in the UK [169]


90s

Unfortunately for readers of PF, I've only intermittently worked in the U.K. since then and you may have noticed that I never really post food photos since I do t take them.

I've got some pictures that were taken of a traditionalish British Christmas lunch (NO turkey since it isn't as traditional as outsiders think).

I may post those since they're good pics.

About food in the workplace, in some workplaces it's almost obligatory.

Language / Extremely Hard - Polish the hardest language to learn [226]


All the grammar points you mentioned are what they are and not that hard. When translating out of Polish you don't need to have every characteristic at the tip of your fingers as if you were translating into it. You need to know what the source material is saying and why the writer has used the form they chose however some writers who are trying to be formal can be especially verbose. It's not a good habit in Polish either however it's certainly very common.

Food / Poles have a more loving attitude to food than here in the UK [169]

Of a workplace buffet?

The nicest one I remember had a whole salmon as the centrepiece however that was for a very special occasion.

Food / Poles have a more loving attitude to food than here in the UK [169]


Food photographs? No, I don't take them. Same with holiday snaps. Next time I'm in a workplace in the U.K. when someone is celebrating g a birthday (could be never since I don't work there and don't plan to) I'll take a photo if someone puts a nice spread on.


This is actually a dish. Contains liver, kidneys, heart etc. It doesn't sound nice.

Food / Poles have a more loving attitude to food than here in the UK [169]


Probably taught it to them since we've been doing it since forever.


That would be strange with a cold tartlet.

Usually sardines or seafood.

Language / Extremely Hard - Polish the hardest language to learn [226]


Yes.

Sometimes I wish there were fewer complex sentences in Polish. I translated a popular crime novel for a publisher a while ago and some of the sentences were like r*SSian Dolls with clauses nested inside each other.

Food / Poles have a more loving attitude to food than here in the UK [169]


The same in the U.K.


Tartlets. Nice filled with fish.

Off-Topic / Serbia etc. thread 3 [437]

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Food / Healthy polish food? [143]


My favourite. In English it's called rocket.

It makes a very nice soup.

Food / Healthy polish food? [143]


Not only.


Hardly 'fancy'.

Healthy though.

Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [580]


The opposite. I enjoy low culture, usually watch Eurovision and have fun doing so.

Unfortunately what I've heard this year is crap.


It's not quite tacky or over the top enough sometimes.


At its best, it's a parody of those awful TV variety shows that we put on for straight people in suburbs. At its worst, it's Germans, Dutch and Austrians taking it too seriously and missing the irony.

Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [580]


The few I've heard just sound dire.

And of course it'll be the usual bloc voting which is most of the fun of watching that show. Unless it's at a Eurovision party which is always helped by drink.

History / 20 years of Poland in the EU. [317]


Once they understand that there's really only speakers of one particular language who want that, things can progress.

Food / Healthy polish food? [143]


They've been eaten for centuries in Poland. A very hardy tree/bush and they do need cold winters to thrive.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]


Something fixed to something. Can sort of resemble a spider. A clue is that the term originates in a very non-standard form of Polish that has its own name for things. Including another name for a door peeohole, not Judas...


collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/judas-hole

Food / Healthy polish food? [143]


Quince was hugely popular in medieval times. Far more than now.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]


It wasnt.

And I'll make your day again: we also call those door peepholes Judas Holes in English too :-)

Amassing.....

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]

It's obvious.

I'll not give it away though.

Food / Healthy polish food? [143]


It's very Polish. People
Have grown it and bottled it for years. And in the lean years of the 80s served it with slices of tea instead of lemon.


It's one of those Polish foods that I dislike. High in vitamins though. Some say that putting buttermilk or sour cream in the soup mitigates the effects of the oxalic acid.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]


As I say, it's obvious.

Think of the person's movement.

News / Coronavirus in Poland - part 2 [599]


Did you think that was about empty forests?


Only enclosed areas and only until it was established that the risk was reducing.


No. They were not and are not compulsory. Plenty of people who don't care about disease transmission didn't have them. You did though and you haven't dropped dead yet unfortunately.


You are over 70. And weren't far off that in 2020.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]


Something external.

Food / Healthy polish food? [143]


Pigwa, even as a cordial, is good for that.


They do. Except for the ones who over relied on it and died due to slow poisoning with oxalic acid. Buttermilk mitigates the danger a bit but only a bit.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]


Tough.

Now what about the spider...