Off-Topic / The "Anglicization" of Europe [132]


I don't have a problem with English adopting more simplified spellings as it will make it even easier for foreigners to learn.
The point that you seem to be missing is that the language is called English, not American.


More fool you.
RT is at least as bad as all those you listed.

History / The memory about the Invasion of Poland 1939 - today's events [26]


Doug,you are politicizing this.
This is the history my family taught me as a child in the sixties....... way before PIS.

History / Do Polish people in general dislike Russia or Germany more? [369]


My respect for you has just gone.....you are truly insane....

History / The memory about the Invasion of Poland 1939 - today's events [26]

moved from

September 1st 1939........ 80 years ago today.
An important date in Polish history.

youtu.be/BmiMN2v0o04

Eighty years ago today.
Very few survive to tell the tale.
But it must be repeated,so that people remember......

youtu.be/tPPaP0mNhso

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Off-Topic / The "Anglicization" of Europe [132]


That is exactly why RT should never be trusted.
They can't even spell English properly.....
Remember, RT TV is what used to be Radio Moscow..... that well trusted broadcaster......LOL!

History / Do Polish people in general dislike Russia or Germany more? [369]

Sticking to the question posed as the title of the thread, it is without question, The Russians.
Germany ocuppied,suppressed and murdered Poles for five years,Russians did the same for over forty years.
No contest.

Off-Topic / DALMATIA - How much Poles love Dalmatia ? [123]

It certainly is, I wish you would turn it down so that we could converse like normal human beings.

Off-Topic / The "Anglicization" of Europe [132]


No it's not.
I and many others struggle to speak in that English "Country bumpkin" accent that came from The west country, East Anglia and maybe from Ireland too.It is essentially the accent of peasants.

Off-Topic / The "Anglicization" of Europe [132]


Not sure I agree with that.
Australian,New Zeeland,Irish,Scottish,Welsh and English accents all have their place.
I think many people are getting bored with the overkill of American English from TV and Movies.
In China, the fastest growing and largest population learning English, they are learning English English.

Off-Topic / The "Anglicization" of Europe [132]


Spot on Rich!

Bufroonery! I love it !!!!!

Off-Topic / The "Anglicization" of Europe [132]


Sorry mate, but so did I.
Your English is excellent, but so American that I struggle to understand you at times.
I don't have that problem with Joker,Johnny,Rich or Dirk.
Why is that?

Off-Topic / The "Anglicization" of Europe [132]


Spot on, Lyzko just doesn't get this......


Yes, I think you take it too seriously.
Language is just a form of communication and evolves constantly.

Off-Topic / The "Anglicization" of Europe [132]


Not just winning Rich, it's over....English is the world language now.

Off-Topic / The "Anglicization" of Europe [132]


That is what you don't understand.
There are no rules.......languages just don't work that way......

Off-Topic / The "Anglicization" of Europe [132]


Because I hear it every day.
From Poles,Romanians,Bulgarians,Portuguese,Sri Lankans,Indians and the rest!
Yeah, it does **** me off sometimes, but in the main, we understand each other.
Isn't communication the most important thing here?
And why English has been such a success?

Off-Topic / The "Anglicization" of Europe [132]


I just don't even see the point you are trying and failing to make.
English is a very forgiving language, probably the most forgiving, which is why it has been so successful.
Bad English works!!!
Bad French and Polish do not work.....German is more like English.....

Off-Topic / The "Anglicization" of Europe [132]


Not always true, but even if it was, so what?
English rules..... no competition...... :-)

Genealogy / Birth in Lviv in 1926: Polish or Ukrainian nationality? [29]

What is the difference?

Off-Topic / The "Anglicization" of Europe [132]


Not at all.
It is precisely why English has superceded all other languages.
It is easy to learn, very forgiving in how you can express yourself, even incorrectly, and still be understood and evolves......
No other language can compete.

Life / Poles speaking English - examples [263]


Tusk is a Poish traitor.
He doesn't care for Poland.
All he cares about is The EU.
He is an untrustworthy pig with his snout in The EU trough.

Genealogy / Birth in Lviv in 1926: Polish or Ukrainian nationality? [29]


This is a question of race and nationality.
If your grandmother spoke Polish and had Polish parents.She was Polish.
But as Poland didn't exist at the time, she could not have Polish nationality.
Does that make her any less Polish?
I don't think so.

Off-Topic / The "Anglicization" of Europe [132]


Good for everyone.
We have been here before, when Latin was the international language and later, to a degree French.
Eveyone benefits from having a second, common language.
I don't understand what problem you have with that.

Off-Topic / The "Anglicization" of Europe [132]

Poland is not too different from the rest of Europe in this respect.
English is by default the second language in Europe.
But this has no effect at all on the native language of the host country.
Only France tried to ban English words from their own language and that failed miserably.
European languages adopt English words and phrases just as English adopts words and phrases from all over the world.
Languages evolve constantly.
I really do not see this as a problem.
The fact that English is becoming the global "lingua franca" can only be seen as being a good thing.

History / Polish-German alliance. [489]


Complete agreement.
In any case, Poles would never have been even capable of thinking of siding with Germans, even despite some fascistic Polish thinking at the time.

History / Why Poles love Russia [105]


Yes but not similar enough to have more than just a basic conversation.
But the question is much deeper than that.
What is a Russian?
The country is so vast that it encompasses so many different people who are culturaly, ethnically and linguistically different.
I can't remember the percentage, but I recently read that a large minority of Russians do not speak Russian as their first language.

USA, Canada / Poles Living in the Chicago Area [343]


Nowhere near as dangerous as Chicago..... London Muslims are mainly pussies...... ;-)


Yeah, I get that!

Off-Topic / DALMATIA - How much Poles love Dalmatia ? [123]

Just another Serbian lie.
The Croat tribes inhabited The Balkans before The Serbs even got there.
Give it up Crow.......

USA, Canada / Poles Living in the Chicago Area [343]

I can't even begin to imagine what life is like on a daily basis in most American cities.
Yeah, if I lived there, I would want a gun too..... a big one....
Luckily, I don't live there.

History / Modern myths and legends about communist past in Poland [250]


I can't believe you posted that.......

Food / British food products in Poland? [334]


It is, but it is cheap.
I would rather poor families could at least fill their children up with this junk than let them go to bed hungry..
Children do not understand hardship if they are not suffering.