Lyzko
7 Sep 2019
History / Do Polish people in general dislike Russia or Germany more? [369]
Sto lat, B.B!
Na zdrowie, GenossenLOL
Sto lat, B.B!
Na zdrowie, GenossenLOL
Lyzko
6 Sep 2019
Off-Topic / DALMATIA - How much Poles love Dalmatia ? [123]
You're confusing here institutional with spiritual Christianity. The Vatican aka The Catholic Church declared abortion, among other things, a sin bar none.
Merely because the Pope has so decreed doesn't necessarily make it right or just, does it? Or do you hold to the notion of papal infallibility as well?
You're confusing here institutional with spiritual Christianity. The Vatican aka The Catholic Church declared abortion, among other things, a sin bar none.
Merely because the Pope has so decreed doesn't necessarily make it right or just, does it? Or do you hold to the notion of papal infallibility as well?
Lyzko
6 Sep 2019
Life / Poland vs Hungary for an expat? [41]
Albeit slightly off topic, I read once in a US journal of comparative linguistics that Bulgarian is nearly the only Slavic language which has fewer aspectual distinctions and more verb tenses, compared with, say, Polish or Russian. Is this true?
Albeit slightly off topic, I read once in a US journal of comparative linguistics that Bulgarian is nearly the only Slavic language which has fewer aspectual distinctions and more verb tenses, compared with, say, Polish or Russian. Is this true?
Lyzko
6 Sep 2019
Off-Topic / DALMATIA - How much Poles love Dalmatia ? [123]
Because an explanation remains somewhat opaque to you, needn't mean it's an evasion:-)
You, like many people, seek facts rather than enlightenment. Asian cultures, for example Korean and Japanese
find us round-eyes quite primitive and childlike in our impatient search for "truth", all wrapped up in a nice little
basket with pink ribbons. Truth isn't always "explained" to you digestibly, it often simply comes to you.
Life doesn't work according to how you think it does, and the ways of G-d are a mystery.
Because an explanation remains somewhat opaque to you, needn't mean it's an evasion:-)
You, like many people, seek facts rather than enlightenment. Asian cultures, for example Korean and Japanese
find us round-eyes quite primitive and childlike in our impatient search for "truth", all wrapped up in a nice little
basket with pink ribbons. Truth isn't always "explained" to you digestibly, it often simply comes to you.
Life doesn't work according to how you think it does, and the ways of G-d are a mystery.
Lyzko
5 Sep 2019
Life / Poland vs Hungary for an expat? [41]
Oh sure, I realize that. Although in English, as is proverbial wisdom, "the" is always "the", "book" will always be "book" cf. "das Buch", "des Buches", "dem Buch[e]" or even more, "ksiazka", "ksiazki", "kziazce", "ksiazke", "kziazka" (with a little hook under the final 'a'!), "ksiazko" - and this is only in the singularLOL
What many conservative languages do in order to establish meaning, especially Finnish, Lithuanian, Estonian or Icelandic, also Welsh/Cymae, is to utilize morphological endings, whereas English, for example, uses word order by adding words to indicate grammatical shifts, along with prepositions to show relationships.
Oh sure, I realize that. Although in English, as is proverbial wisdom, "the" is always "the", "book" will always be "book" cf. "das Buch", "des Buches", "dem Buch[e]" or even more, "ksiazka", "ksiazki", "kziazce", "ksiazke", "kziazka" (with a little hook under the final 'a'!), "ksiazko" - and this is only in the singularLOL
What many conservative languages do in order to establish meaning, especially Finnish, Lithuanian, Estonian or Icelandic, also Welsh/Cymae, is to utilize morphological endings, whereas English, for example, uses word order by adding words to indicate grammatical shifts, along with prepositions to show relationships.
Lyzko
5 Sep 2019
Off-Topic / DALMATIA - How much Poles love Dalmatia ? [123]
??? A person doesn't ask G-d for documentary evidence! His work is as it is, whatever it is.
??? A person doesn't ask G-d for documentary evidence! His work is as it is, whatever it is.
Lyzko
5 Sep 2019
Life / Poland vs Hungary for an expat? [41]
However, Maf, English is considered by linguists an analytic language rather than a synthetic one, such as Polish, German, Lithuanian etc.
Upon thinking about it a little, I realized I posted precipitously, as our fellow poster might well be Asian:-)
However, Maf, English is considered by linguists an analytic language rather than a synthetic one, such as Polish, German, Lithuanian etc.
Upon thinking about it a little, I realized I posted precipitously, as our fellow poster might well be Asian:-)
Lyzko
5 Sep 2019
Off-Topic / DALMATIA - How much Poles love Dalmatia ? [123]
Miracles DO exist, but they are not foolish ones aka The Tooth Fairy and such.
Miracles are G-d's way of throwing stones in our path, in order that we see them, not as permanent obstacles, rather, as a test of our humanity:-)
Miracles DO exist, but they are not foolish ones aka The Tooth Fairy and such.
Miracles are G-d's way of throwing stones in our path, in order that we see them, not as permanent obstacles, rather, as a test of our humanity:-)
Lyzko
5 Sep 2019
Life / Poland vs Hungary for an expat? [41]
What is your native language, if I may ask? Except of course for the major Romance tongues, namely French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian, Dutch, the three main Nordic Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, practically every European language has at least some case-driven grammar:-) Can't think of any which don't, except of course for English
What is your native language, if I may ask? Except of course for the major Romance tongues, namely French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian, Dutch, the three main Nordic Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, practically every European language has at least some case-driven grammar:-) Can't think of any which don't, except of course for English
Lyzko
4 Sep 2019
Lyzko
4 Sep 2019
Off-Topic / DALMATIA - How much Poles love Dalmatia ? [123]
Sounds like a rationalization to me. Kinda reminds me of Ayn Rand meeting William F. Buckley on a TV interview,
at which point she turned to Buckley and asked him point blank, "How can such an intelligent man such as you
believe in G-d?"
It's not a matter of belief, but a simple act of faith.
Sounds like a rationalization to me. Kinda reminds me of Ayn Rand meeting William F. Buckley on a TV interview,
at which point she turned to Buckley and asked him point blank, "How can such an intelligent man such as you
believe in G-d?"
It's not a matter of belief, but a simple act of faith.
Lyzko
4 Sep 2019
Off-Topic / DALMATIA - How much Poles love Dalmatia ? [123]
I know no such thing, Rich! Einstein wrote that he believed in a higher diety.
The enemy of science isn't religion or vice versa, but ignorance pure and simple:-)
I know no such thing, Rich! Einstein wrote that he believed in a higher diety.
The enemy of science isn't religion or vice versa, but ignorance pure and simple:-)
Lyzko
4 Sep 2019
Off-Topic / DALMATIA - How much Poles love Dalmatia ? [123]
Fairy tales?
Religion and science are on the same path, only they diverge in their methods, not their goals.
Fairy tales?
Religion and science are on the same path, only they diverge in their methods, not their goals.
Lyzko
4 Sep 2019
Lyzko
4 Sep 2019
Off-Topic / DALMATIA - How much Poles love Dalmatia ? [123]
As far as the former is concerned, you don't know what you're missing.
As far as the former is concerned, you don't know what you're missing.
Lyzko
4 Sep 2019
Off-Topic / The "Anglicization" of Europe [132]
Nonetheless, your prior post has nothing to do with the linguistic Anglicization of Europe, attempting
to weave British superiority in soccer as part of the discussion thread:-)
Nonetheless, your prior post has nothing to do with the linguistic Anglicization of Europe, attempting
to weave British superiority in soccer as part of the discussion thread:-)
Lyzko
4 Sep 2019
Lyzko
4 Sep 2019
Off-Topic / DALMATIA - How much Poles love Dalmatia ? [123]
If religion is the "enemy" of intelligence, how then do you explain the enlightened writings of many a prominent theologians and philosophers
such as Reinhold Niebuhr, Martin Buber, Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas along with many others too numerous to list here?
If you've heard of, much less read, any of the above, I'll eat my hat!
If religion is the "enemy" of intelligence, how then do you explain the enlightened writings of many a prominent theologians and philosophers
such as Reinhold Niebuhr, Martin Buber, Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas along with many others too numerous to list here?
If you've heard of, much less read, any of the above, I'll eat my hat!
Lyzko
4 Sep 2019
Lyzko
4 Sep 2019
Life / Why Polish people should be proud of being Polish? [370]
The Poles have a proud heritage, sadly ignored, often maligned by the West.
The Poles have a proud heritage, sadly ignored, often maligned by the West.
Lyzko
4 Sep 2019
Off-Topic / DALMATIA - How much Poles love Dalmatia ? [123]
Without spirituality, there can be no religion, merely idol worship or the worshipping of tin gods such as Hitler:-)
On the contrary, Rich, religion discussed intelligently doesn't end conversations, it begins them!
Without spirituality, there can be no religion, merely idol worship or the worshipping of tin gods such as Hitler:-)
On the contrary, Rich, religion discussed intelligently doesn't end conversations, it begins them!
Lyzko
4 Sep 2019
Life / Poland vs Hungary for an expat? [41]
Yes, I've been told the same thing.
Regarding the ease as opposed to the difficulty in learning either Polish or Hungarian, I'd have to say that being an Indo-European language, Polish is somewhat more lexically "transparent' with numerous related root words and Latinate productive verbal prefixes than Hungarian, with its heavily Uralic word stock as well its frequent S + O + V structure.
Yes, I've been told the same thing.
Regarding the ease as opposed to the difficulty in learning either Polish or Hungarian, I'd have to say that being an Indo-European language, Polish is somewhat more lexically "transparent' with numerous related root words and Latinate productive verbal prefixes than Hungarian, with its heavily Uralic word stock as well its frequent S + O + V structure.
Lyzko
3 Sep 2019
History / What do Poles owe to Germans? [451]
Poland owed or owes NOTHING to Germany, and to assert the contrary is as farcical as it is criminal!
Poland owed or owes NOTHING to Germany, and to assert the contrary is as farcical as it is criminal!
Lyzko
3 Sep 2019
Life / Poland vs Hungary for an expat? [41]
Compared with Poland, Hungary fared far better under their brand of "gulyas-communism" than most of Europe, this I will say!
Kadar and Nagy proved themselves far less authoritarian than either Gomulka in Poland, certainly than Rakosi, the head of Hungary's Communist Party immediately after the War. Economically of course, Hungary surpassed Poland considerably, even if the forint and the zloty were more or less on a parLOL
It's interesting to compare how these two countries approached the entire party line from Moscow, in contrast with the former East Germany. Although every Communist society had some form of State Police, Hungary's was more there for show than for shackles:-)
Compared with Poland, Hungary fared far better under their brand of "gulyas-communism" than most of Europe, this I will say!
Kadar and Nagy proved themselves far less authoritarian than either Gomulka in Poland, certainly than Rakosi, the head of Hungary's Communist Party immediately after the War. Economically of course, Hungary surpassed Poland considerably, even if the forint and the zloty were more or less on a parLOL
It's interesting to compare how these two countries approached the entire party line from Moscow, in contrast with the former East Germany. Although every Communist society had some form of State Police, Hungary's was more there for show than for shackles:-)
Lyzko
3 Sep 2019
Off-Topic / The "Anglicization" of Europe [132]
Rubaszny Rumcajs,
Yes, it IS in fact "pre"-scriptive, since I was recommending aka "prescribing" rather than prohibiting" or "proscribing", quite right, my hat's off to you! In addition, kudos to someone whose first language isn't English catching a native English speaker on a point of use. Good show indeed, old chap.
Language though very much is a thing, a living organism with a life all its own, I constantly tell my students:-) As you wouldn't consciously or with malice of forethought, presumably, damage a flower, willfully harm a blossom, kick a sick puppy or take the life of an animal (save for shooing away bugs and the like), except for a disease-carrying rodent, or in self-defense etc., why should you apply a double standard to the life of a word??
In the beginning was the Word, according to the Bible, and about that, there can be no dispute! Verbal language is that which separates us from the four-legged species of animal. By using language with the care and precision which it no less deserves, we are all reaffirming our humanity every day of our life. Language is sacred, and so too its users. Devalue language and we devalue one another.
Rubaszny Rumcajs,
Yes, it IS in fact "pre"-scriptive, since I was recommending aka "prescribing" rather than prohibiting" or "proscribing", quite right, my hat's off to you! In addition, kudos to someone whose first language isn't English catching a native English speaker on a point of use. Good show indeed, old chap.
Language though very much is a thing, a living organism with a life all its own, I constantly tell my students:-) As you wouldn't consciously or with malice of forethought, presumably, damage a flower, willfully harm a blossom, kick a sick puppy or take the life of an animal (save for shooing away bugs and the like), except for a disease-carrying rodent, or in self-defense etc., why should you apply a double standard to the life of a word??
In the beginning was the Word, according to the Bible, and about that, there can be no dispute! Verbal language is that which separates us from the four-legged species of animal. By using language with the care and precision which it no less deserves, we are all reaffirming our humanity every day of our life. Language is sacred, and so too its users. Devalue language and we devalue one another.
Lyzko
3 Sep 2019
Language / Harmless old-fashioned Polish swear words/phrases [159]
Possibly too, native Yiddish speakers perhaps, from a shtetl who managed somehow to cobble together some broken Polish?
Possibly too, native Yiddish speakers perhaps, from a shtetl who managed somehow to cobble together some broken Polish?
Lyzko
2 Sep 2019
Off-Topic / The "Anglicization" of Europe [132]
You want to believe in American English, since you know no other language but English,
and are therefore ignorant.
You want to believe in American English, since you know no other language but English,
and are therefore ignorant.
Lyzko
2 Sep 2019
Language / Harmless old-fashioned Polish swear words/phrases [159]
Or forgot their native language:-)
Or forgot their native language:-)
Lyzko
30 Aug 2019
Lyzko
30 Aug 2019
Off-Topic / The "Anglicization" of Europe [132]
The American accent IS "British" pronunciation, only not RP, but instead an amalgam of Southwest Dorsetshire with their flat a's and voiced frontal r's, combined probably with Scots-Irish along with certain influences from the Scandinavian immigrants from Sweden who populated much of the current Midwest:-)
@Rubaszny-Rumcajs,
Firstly, I think you meant prOscriptive, secondly, the degree of "penetration" into the world markets is only due to the presence internationally
of mostly US-companies, in addition to the attraction of rock music, namely Elvis and the Beatles and the rest is history, no mystery!
Regarding the admitted importance of English as passport to the globe, I ask for the zillionth time, would you keep your passport in as orderly, clean and presentable condition as possible, or rather all dog-eared and dirty?
Only you can answer that...yet somehow, I already know unfortunately what the answer will be.
The American accent IS "British" pronunciation, only not RP, but instead an amalgam of Southwest Dorsetshire with their flat a's and voiced frontal r's, combined probably with Scots-Irish along with certain influences from the Scandinavian immigrants from Sweden who populated much of the current Midwest:-)
@Rubaszny-Rumcajs,
Firstly, I think you meant prOscriptive, secondly, the degree of "penetration" into the world markets is only due to the presence internationally
of mostly US-companies, in addition to the attraction of rock music, namely Elvis and the Beatles and the rest is history, no mystery!
Regarding the admitted importance of English as passport to the globe, I ask for the zillionth time, would you keep your passport in as orderly, clean and presentable condition as possible, or rather all dog-eared and dirty?
Only you can answer that...yet somehow, I already know unfortunately what the answer will be.