Lyzko
17 Jan 2020
Lyzko
17 Jan 2020
Lyzko
17 Jan 2020
Law / Poland's Muzzle Law [22]
I refer you to my favorite Adlai Stevenson retort:
Woman: Senator, I believe every thinking man and woman should vote for you as president of the United States!
Stevenson: That's not enough, madam. I need a majority!
Hitchcock the director is credited with saying, "Actors are like cattle!"
So too, perhaps, the electorate:-)
I refer you to my favorite Adlai Stevenson retort:
Woman: Senator, I believe every thinking man and woman should vote for you as president of the United States!
Stevenson: That's not enough, madam. I need a majority!
Hitchcock the director is credited with saying, "Actors are like cattle!"
So too, perhaps, the electorate:-)
Lyzko
17 Jan 2020
Genealogy / Does "Ryszard" work as a surname in Poland? [37]
Admittedly, W.A.S.P. tradition frowns on what are perceived as excessive displays of public affection.
For that reason, I could see why Polish diminutives would seem uncomfortable for you.
Admittedly, W.A.S.P. tradition frowns on what are perceived as excessive displays of public affection.
For that reason, I could see why Polish diminutives would seem uncomfortable for you.
Lyzko
17 Jan 2020
Lyzko
16 Jan 2020
Genealogy / Does "Ryszard" work as a surname in Poland? [37]
I guess you're referring to those fetching diminutives, right? What's wrong with gradations of intimacy?
I guess you're referring to those fetching diminutives, right? What's wrong with gradations of intimacy?
Lyzko
16 Jan 2020
Law / Poland's Muzzle Law [22]
The question then remains as to why the electorate in either country want their rights slowly but surely taken away from them.
The question then remains as to why the electorate in either country want their rights slowly but surely taken away from them.
Lyzko
16 Jan 2020
Law / Poland's Muzzle Law [22]
Concerning the current topic thread, I feel that there should be freedom of the press in any democratic society, this includes Poland, in which apparently one single "independent" judge has been harassed for wanting nothing more than to have the judicial system free from the constraints of the Sejm.
Imagine Trump dictating how he wants the bench to interpret the law.
Concerning the current topic thread, I feel that there should be freedom of the press in any democratic society, this includes Poland, in which apparently one single "independent" judge has been harassed for wanting nothing more than to have the judicial system free from the constraints of the Sejm.
Imagine Trump dictating how he wants the bench to interpret the law.
Lyzko
16 Jan 2020
Genealogy / Does "Ryszard" work as a surname in Poland? [37]
Foreigners, Poles included, constantly decry the vagueries and inconsistencies of English orthography, Rich, you just can't get around it by saying that Polish inflections are somehow "worse"!
You're comparing apples and oranges, matey:-)
Foreigners, Poles included, constantly decry the vagueries and inconsistencies of English orthography, Rich, you just can't get around it by saying that Polish inflections are somehow "worse"!
You're comparing apples and oranges, matey:-)
Lyzko
16 Jan 2020
Work / Moving to Poland from Ireland - starting a professional life [32]
Best of luck!
Must be a bit of a culture shock from Ireland to Poland.
Best of luck!
Must be a bit of a culture shock from Ireland to Poland.
Lyzko
16 Jan 2020
Genealogy / Does "Ryszard" work as a surname in Poland? [37]
Is English spelling any saner?
Careful there, Richie, your ol' ethnocentrism is showing again:-)
Is English spelling any saner?
Careful there, Richie, your ol' ethnocentrism is showing again:-)
Lyzko
15 Jan 2020
Genealogy / Does "Ryszard" work as a surname in Poland? [37]
When on the phone, I can sometimes hear others address him the same way.
It may simply be a question of correctness vs. colloquial usage, that is to say
"incorrect", if slangy, conversation.
European workmen on the whole, have a better education/schooling than their
US counterparts in my experience. I don't know this guy except as a super, but
perhaps in Poland he was an engineer and was forced to work in the States
as building handyman.
When on the phone, I can sometimes hear others address him the same way.
It may simply be a question of correctness vs. colloquial usage, that is to say
"incorrect", if slangy, conversation.
European workmen on the whole, have a better education/schooling than their
US counterparts in my experience. I don't know this guy except as a super, but
perhaps in Poland he was an engineer and was forced to work in the States
as building handyman.
Lyzko
15 Jan 2020
Genealogy / Does "Ryszard" work as a surname in Poland? [37]
I call my super "Panie Rysku!" and he appreciates the opportunity to speak Polish:-)
I call my super "Panie Rysku!" and he appreciates the opportunity to speak Polish:-)
Lyzko
15 Jan 2020
Lyzko
15 Jan 2020
Lyzko
14 Jan 2020
Genealogy / Does "Ryszard" work as a surname in Poland? [37]
I've mostly heard it as a given name. Sometimes as a middle, but never a surname.
I've mostly heard it as a given name. Sometimes as a middle, but never a surname.
Lyzko
14 Jan 2020
Work / Moving to Poland from Ireland - starting a professional life [32]
Where in Poland do you hail from?
Where in Poland do you hail from?
Lyzko
14 Jan 2020
Work / Moving to Poland from Ireland - starting a professional life [32]
If the "piwiarnie" right here in Greenpoint are any indicator, are you sure Poland doesn't really have a pub culture? Recently, we were at such a watering hole and I at least found the atmosphere most convivial:-) Then again, unlike in London, never noticed any children in the Polish version.
If the "piwiarnie" right here in Greenpoint are any indicator, are you sure Poland doesn't really have a pub culture? Recently, we were at such a watering hole and I at least found the atmosphere most convivial:-) Then again, unlike in London, never noticed any children in the Polish version.
Lyzko
14 Jan 2020
Language / Origin of / reason for spelling /tɕi/ as <ci> in the Polish language [11]
Swietna idea. Dobranoc:-)
Swietna idea. Dobranoc:-)
Lyzko
13 Jan 2020
Lyzko
13 Jan 2020
Work / Moving to Poland from Ireland - starting a professional life [32]
Couldn't have said it better myself, Milo.
A Pole once told me I spoke Polish so well, no
Pole would think I wasn't Russian!
:-)
Couldn't have said it better myself, Milo.
A Pole once told me I spoke Polish so well, no
Pole would think I wasn't Russian!
:-)
Lyzko
13 Jan 2020
Language / Origin of / reason for spelling /tɕi/ as <ci> in the Polish language [11]
Hungarian "cz-sound" as in "RakoCZy Utca" most closely resembles Polish "c" without acute diacritical accent mark. The "cs-sound" though is closest to "ci-sound" in Polish.
Hungarian "cz-sound" as in "RakoCZy Utca" most closely resembles Polish "c" without acute diacritical accent mark. The "cs-sound" though is closest to "ci-sound" in Polish.
Lyzko
13 Jan 2020
Language / Origin of / reason for spelling /tɕi/ as <ci> in the Polish language [11]
I can't either.
I can't either.
Lyzko
13 Jan 2020
Study / 90% of Poles have university degree? [57]
Ha-ha, very funny, Jokster:-) I graduated the same year as you probablyLOL
Ha-ha, very funny, Jokster:-) I graduated the same year as you probablyLOL
Lyzko
11 Jan 2020
History / Judge Tuleya mother was in SB [74]
Merged:
Having compared the NYT article on the above gentleman with articles from "Wprost" along with "Polityka", I wonder how my forum colleague feel about this lone soldier of right, desperately trying to fight for judicial independence.
As always, I'd be most interested in your thoughts on this.
Merged:
Judge Igor Tuleya: Patriot or PiS Traitor?
Having compared the NYT article on the above gentleman with articles from "Wprost" along with "Polityka", I wonder how my forum colleague feel about this lone soldier of right, desperately trying to fight for judicial independence.
As always, I'd be most interested in your thoughts on this.
Lyzko
11 Jan 2020
Genealogy / British name Russell in Poland [26]
Here I agree with you!
There are plenty of non-native given names which have become international, much better suited, for instance, Daniel, Sandra etc..
Here I agree with you!
There are plenty of non-native given names which have become international, much better suited, for instance, Daniel, Sandra etc..
Lyzko
10 Jan 2020
Genealogy / Eastern Germanic migration the Iron Age Goths - do modern Poles have Gothic ancestry? [8]
Indeed, the Poles have considerable German influence. After all, they are both neighbors:-)
Indeed, the Poles have considerable German influence. After all, they are both neighbors:-)
Lyzko
9 Jan 2020
Genealogy / Mongolian the Golden Horde - do Poles have Mongolian ancestry? [256]
Well, the valley of Neanderthal is located in Germany, if that means anything:-)
Well, the valley of Neanderthal is located in Germany, if that means anything:-)
Lyzko
9 Jan 2020
Study / New idea for foreign students - help with getting familiar with Poland [4]
Absolutely!
The thing is too that acculturating goes a lot farther than just knowing the language. Having a solid background in the local economy, job market, yes of course local customs (both spoken as well as unspoken) and even recent history, can surely make one's sojourn abroad that much more meaningful, for themselves, but also for their Polish contacts. This shows sincere interest, not merely lip service, in learning to live in a foreign country.
Absolutely!
The thing is too that acculturating goes a lot farther than just knowing the language. Having a solid background in the local economy, job market, yes of course local customs (both spoken as well as unspoken) and even recent history, can surely make one's sojourn abroad that much more meaningful, for themselves, but also for their Polish contacts. This shows sincere interest, not merely lip service, in learning to live in a foreign country.
Lyzko
8 Jan 2020
Genealogy / Mongolian the Golden Horde - do Poles have Mongolian ancestry? [256]
Apt examples, what more need I say.
Himmler was a Bavarian, as was the late director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Both reveal that noticeable epicanthic fold.
My point is that the German Empire was rife for all sorts of cross-population currents over the early centuries of her evolution, Roman influence in the Rhineland, Gothic and general Nordic in the Schleswig-Holstein territory, Slavic in the East, possible Turkic/Tartar traces to the far southeast such as Bavaria.
On the other hand, the latter is completely absent on the whole from Great Britain, France, Denmark or the Netherlands, including as well the South of Europe, such as Spain, Italy, and Greece, interracial marriages notwithstanding:-)
Apt examples, what more need I say.
Himmler was a Bavarian, as was the late director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Both reveal that noticeable epicanthic fold.
My point is that the German Empire was rife for all sorts of cross-population currents over the early centuries of her evolution, Roman influence in the Rhineland, Gothic and general Nordic in the Schleswig-Holstein territory, Slavic in the East, possible Turkic/Tartar traces to the far southeast such as Bavaria.
On the other hand, the latter is completely absent on the whole from Great Britain, France, Denmark or the Netherlands, including as well the South of Europe, such as Spain, Italy, and Greece, interracial marriages notwithstanding:-)