Food / Poland-Tea or coffee land? [156]


You assume he knew or cared.


Żoliborz nomenklatura. He probably has a Swedish passport, a bicycle and eats vegan bigos.

I got the impression that he's one of those who thinks high air pressure or sitting with his back to the driver on a tram make you ill, that weak tea is a stimulant and that ice cream is bad for the throat.

And probably has one of these.
mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/1875847-Do-you-dunk-your-penis

News / Referendum to decide about exotic immigrants in Poland [559]


Have you any actual proof that he favours this in Poland?

History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]


If either r*SSia or Poland were like the U.K. or U.S. there may be a possibility. As it stands? No.


Perhaps he's trying to present himself as less extreme with an eye to future political office.

Life / Why is women-hatred and stereotyping so popular in Poland? [181]


The more I think about it, the more I like it. A phrasal verb with more dynamic meaning than the statice verb hate.

Life / Why is women-hatred and stereotyping so popular in Poland? [181]


It isn't, since sadly all too many people are exactly that.

I'm not from the big city originally myself and have had all too much time and experience to make a fair comparison.


Originally about Australia as I remember. There's also the Gandhi quote about Britain.

Life / Why is women-hatred and stereotyping so popular in Poland? [181]


Entirely free of irony, since that's exactly the source of most of it.


At least it's unlike yoghurt there, since if you leave yoghurt for 200 years it develops a culture.

Life / Why is women-hatred and stereotyping so popular in Poland? [181]


You and me both. It's not new though and perhaps we should hope for steady change and a better next generation.

A lot of the trash talk in any country is from weak-minded small town bigots.

Life / Why is women-hatred and stereotyping so popular in Poland? [181]


Just another internet sewer rather than real life. Stanislaw Lem's quote on the internet is still very true.


Vile, isn't it...

Life / Why is women-hatred and stereotyping so popular in Poland? [181]


I thought so too, however presumably the OP picked it up from seeing it or hearing it.


Too right wing for me however the Workers' movement in PL never seem to get their act together.

News / Referendum to decide about exotic immigrants in Poland [559]


That article suggests they don't disagree. If anything, it talks about their current onslaught of social media adverts.

The ones on YouTube are quite transparent, using actors and a script.


Just google it.

I doubt they have it in English, given that the voters all speak Polish (and if they don't, shouldn't be voting).

News / Referendum to decide about exotic immigrants in Poland [559]


Have a look online at the party's manifesto.

PiS are using YouTube ads now, entirely negative and not very convincing ones with actors pretending to be members of the public. All aimed at that one politician rather than the party. A sure sign they they're panicking.

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]


You are so sweet.


I've had.

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]


That doesn't accord with the meme or the comment, yet ne'er mind. Let's move on.


Stay off the snark and it'll stay off you. I've always found that a good rule in life.

Much nicer to discuss rather than argue, and that is when the careful use of words does matter.

There are enough orc supporters and sundry trumpist MAGATs and other fascists to argue with without us doing it.


I'm actually a large and somewhat mangy black tomcat.

News / Poles start to feel arrogant and superior to Southern Europeans [182]


Amphetamine eyes can be pretty dramatic looking. Perhaps the meds had a similar effect.

Someone once remarked that my eyes looked like that one day. I couldn't say too much about it though for certain reasons.

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]

@Paulina

Yes, I did get that right away, within a fraction of a second even. As pretty well anyone would.

Odd you'd think otherwise.

So your jejune meme is as redundant as your post.

It still reminds me of pindulka though, one of my favourite Polish words.


It's an OK one. To a speaker of very traditional English English it sounds potentially rude as well.

Food / Poland-Tea or coffee land? [156]

I have two favourite stories about tea and coffee in Poland which I must admit that I tell to people abroad.

One was when I was having a meeting with a client and asked him if he'd like a coffee. His reply was "No thank you, I already consumed 220 mililtres of green tea just over 90 minutes ago".

The other was when I was waiting for a friend in a cafe (the kind run by sort of hipsters, paid for by someone's Żoloborz parents) by pl. Wilsona. I'd had a white coffee which was as weak as cats' **** and my friend was late so I ordered a double espresso. The young man behind the counter looked at me in abject horror and said in a tone of voice that was as shocked as if I'd asked for a placenta smoothie with a heroin chaser: "Bbbbut that would be three coffees!"

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]



I like those.

The latter reminds me of "pindulko".

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]


People often call me their saviour however I tend to demur from usurping the name of the second person of the Trinity. On Wednesdays, anyway.


Indeed we can, however it seldom behooves us to aver that in social intercourse.


Good for you, however we're drifting away from the subject of Polish swear words.

What about the word "klota"? A friend uses it quite a lot.

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]


If it's their opinion it's their opinion, and subjective. Something others shouldn't attempt to control, however much they may have their own divergent opinion. To be otherwise is essentially a particularly pedantic iteration of doryphoria.


I've looked at it too and found it to be at best mixed. A more useful way seems to be looking up a whole phrase. The only time that website is useful is if there are several user definitions and you can double check elsewhere online, though it's always best to ask someone with veins rather than cables.

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]


Calm down.

Not that there was a mistake to correct. Just an opinion, and those aren't for 'correcting'.


More interesting than great. Some of the definitions are flawed and some are inserted by users with political agendas.

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]


How quaint.

Just calm down and relax.


Not a good website.

Much better to create one that is understood in Polish, despite being a whole new word.

Life / The Polish Wedding - What is it Like in Poland? [338]

The person from the couple who picks up the most (or is given the most) is blessed with luck and looks after the family finances.

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]


Relax.

Not everyone posts here to argue, and it doesn't matter to the world as a whole or to the gods in their heaven that you're often wrong about things, It's not an issue and you're forgiven.


Not Polish-sounding enough and not great in English.

I'll think about one this week and consult a philologist.

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]

Calm down!

So how about a nice new Polish swearword that we can create.

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]


Overthinking it a bit, and of course different words are used by different people in different ways.

I wonder what the next new swear word will be in Polish. It could be fun to make one here.

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]


Yes, and doubtless new ones created every day and many used by just one person. I used to work with a lady who used the word "pizdreczka" quite often. If she was speaking English, she'd say thingummyjig.

The beauty of language is that you can make new words up all the time and they're as valid as any in a dictionary.

NB. With an r. Not pizdeczka.

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]


Piernik sounds like it so it's a play on words like kurcze or saying flipping instead of *******.

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]


No. More playing with the word which derives from piernik, meaning gingerbread.

History / Historical look at various civilisational differences between Russia and the West [159]


Did you know that in the Soviet Union there was no real tea? Only nasty herbal stuff.

Because in Marxist-Leninist ideology, all proper tea is theft...

News / Does Poland support the idea of Slavic unity? [142]



No need to pay though since twitter and telegram are full of such videos, mostly set to music.