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Ironside   
4 Feb 2016
Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

Ironside, as Poles, neither of you two should even attempt to compare, that is, judge the English of an educated native speaker;

Don't tell my what I should or shouldn't. You are being rude and obnoxious. I can judge your English all right, if you don't like it sue me or keep your silly prejudices to yourself.
Ironside   
3 Feb 2016
Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

Yes you would

No I wouldn't!

You once got very cross with me for correcting your spelling

Nah, I got cross with you because you proceeded to lecture me in a very snotty manner. You persisted in that folly even after I have patently explained to you error of your ways. You would have none of it and since then you casted me as a villain of this forum - another folly.

To the point, you lie about what had happened. As a matter of fact you were using spelling as yet another stone to be casted at me in your indignation and haste to punish poor me for telling you to mind your own business and stop interfering into something you as a newbie on this forum have no clue about.

If somebody would bother to correct my errors without an ulterior motive in mind I wouldn't mind it at all.

You make loads of errors in spelling and grammar

I'm well aware of it thank you. You see I'm dyslectic and I would have to read my posts again in order to correct those errors. I'll pass, thank you.

One of the features of your own English Ironside is that your command of syntax and grammar deserts you big-time when you get over-excited.

The some goes for any other language I would use.

And one of the nice things about Ziemowit is that he continues to want to learn and improve his English skills, it's one of the reasons he visits this forum

I'm baffled why would he choose PF forums for it. I think he would do himself a favor if he was to seek some forum better suited for his needs. On PF very few posters can be learned from, very few indeed.

I have to finish by correcting a mistake you make all the time because it's driving me absolutely nuts: stop saying 'end off' as a conclusion to posts.

I haven't realized that I'm writing 'and off' rather than 'end of' - thank you! By the way I'm not using that particular phrase very often, it means you must be reading my posts with a bated breath. I'm faltered.

And yes my own Polish is cringe-inducing although people are very kind and tell me 'ale bardzo ładne Pani mowi po Polsku'

I'm sure your Polish sounds very pretty. You are a feisty Irish lady indeed and I must confess that I do enjoy provoking you into your spirited outbursts, its fun. I'm sure we would get along splendidly under different circumstances.
Ironside   
2 Feb 2016
Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

you're scarcely the one here to judge my English

In that you are mistaken my friend I can judge your English.

[AN] inferiority complex

See if you would have contented yourself with correcting some grammatical errors even in my posts I wouldn't mind it at all. You would go around in your merry way wailing on a sorry state of contemporary educational standards unmolested.

However you are a person who is displaying less than agreeable traits.
You are judgmental, moody, contradictory, domineering and patronizing. It is irrefutable fact that you are behaving like a dick at times, in other words you were behaving badly. Nothing more and nothing less. Behave, show some manners and we can have a proper debate as adults should.

A quick-witted response

A witted response would be a more appropriate phrase here. However you are complaining Lyzko so he'll not pull you on that one. If you on the other hand would've scold him it would irrevocability put you in his black book and he would've point that out.

His English is not erroneous

Everything has its time and place. This forum is mainly dedicated to debate about things connected with Poland or to the exchange of information about Poland. Hence English on this forum should be clear, informative and to the point. Other than that one needs to remember that people are writing here in the way they talk. English of this forum is more oft than not a conversation in a form of a written post.

His English is overtly stylized. He reminds me of a craftsman who know his trade well but he is not an artisan he claims to be. Whose works are being testimony to the fact that coping masterpieces cannot turn a copycat into a master by any stretch of imagination.

It all would be charming and harmless if at the same time he wouldn't usurping himself position of a judge of the English language usage and standards, perhaps he misses his job as a lecturer.

I disagreed and replied in a post that followed that everyone was entitled to use English of whatever century

You and him are very much alike you both like to tell people what to do and who to do it. Perhaps you are a lecturer too. I have an advice for you a one you can take or disregard - don't bring your work home.

By the way - your English is stiff, measured and proper - not a refreshing read but clear and commutative.
Ironside   
31 Jan 2016
Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

sorry Ironside but with such personal attacks it's you who proves to be more of a dickhead

Look mishu mind your own business if you have feelings for Lyzko that is you problem. I know your opinion and I don't care much for it.

I will gladly adviSe you that the word is "thickheadedness":-)

Thank you Lyzko that is very kind of you. I have been looking for a word that would combine many 'qualities' and the word thickheadedness doesn't give a justice to what I have in mind.

How would you call someone with an abhorrent attitude combined with inferiority complex, stubbornness and lack of manners? Furthermore that someone is convinced that he is a very well mannered and helpful soul with good intensions.

Calling that someone a certain part of the human anatomy seems to be convening my intent quite well.
However I'm always willing to learn and if you could come up with an appropriate equivalent I'm sure it would came handy.
Ironside   
31 Jan 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

A voice in discussion. Matthew Tyrmand talks in Warsaw about many aspects of Poland's post-election political scene. He also talk in some length about reactions to the result of the last election in Poland in the leftie/liberal western media and their sources in Poland. In English.


Ironside   
28 Jan 2016
News / Let's protest censorship in Poland's mainstream media! [90]

Yet you fail to provide one teensy weensy bit of evidence for your wild assertion.

Hmm jon you are in no position to argue trust me. The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

My guess

You are the one that can be counted on to butt in rudely.
Ironside   
28 Jan 2016
News / Let's protest censorship in Poland's mainstream media! [90]

And other parties are what, Korean ?

What others? PO or N are both Soviet parties.

Poland doesn't acknowledge a nation has a minority (see - Silesians, Ślązacy, Kaszubi)

Cause they are not a minority and never were.
Ironside   
27 Jan 2016
Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

What about the twerps or people who wanted to learn English and failed, huh Wulkan??

Wulkan? Ironside not Wulkan. You really should lay off those meds Lyzko.
Read the topic of this thread. Tic tack tick tack - got it ? now let it sink in.
Ironside   
27 Jan 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

. And since you hate gays so much

Could you share how you came to that not so brilliant conclusion?

because he is an arrogant and hateful chap

Really? How come? So far he appear to be on of the most restrained and cultured as well as well mannered politician who is being constantly attacked haters, hate speech, slanders and vulgar politicians and other nasty people who lie all the time like Lis for example.

Nobody would care about his sexual orientation

Fact is nobody cares about his orientation but hypocrites and twerps.

in Britain snide little references to his homosexuality would be all over the tabloids.

In Britain you could have be jailed if they have caught involved in homosexual acts in the 70'. Maybe they didn't implement that law in 70' but few decades or even a decade earlier it was a very real possibility for gays to be jailed.

In Poland homosexuality was never persecuted by the law. Nobody cared , until these damned activist came together with their twisted ideology. Still nobody really cares.

I Would think that those activist if they would really care about homosexuals would be set against using alleged homosexuality of JK as a political weapon against him. Thing is they don't care about gays but about their agenda. Hypocrites.
Ironside   
27 Jan 2016
Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

Polish merely LOOKS like the hardest language in the world to learn, English IS the hardest language in the world to learn [right].

I'm not sure that someone really care about that. Maybe some twerps or people who wanted to learn Polish and failed.
Ironside   
27 Jan 2016
Feedback / Is it Polish forum or foreign forum? [159]

This does not feel like a Polish forum because of you.

Let me put it this way Ktos, for you are fairly new here, you have no room to complain, right now everybody has a chance speak his or her mind and every voice is treated equally, moderating got better, if you disagree with somebody and if they are wrong that is their right and their choice, should they be censored?

You can take my word for it things were bad in the past for two reasons; less moderating by the mods and Admin annoying attitude, foreigners were given more leeway than Poles. Right know that isn't the case. So man up and stop whining.
Ironside   
25 Jan 2016
News / Polish President vetoes PO's dingbat gender law [173]

Having a gender is dangerous how?

it can strangle you in your sleep.

By t he way don't pretend you don't know what he is talking about.

Well done Mr. President!
Ironside   
15 Jan 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Good news, as in more propaganda and less facts?

Really delph are you going to play this game now? There is not facts but only propaganda. Do you still want to preened that anti-Pis campaign in media has anything to do with facts? Find yourself somebody stupider.
Ironside   
15 Jan 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Another day, and yet more bad news for PiS.

hmm, give a two or three weeks more and there will be more of good news under new management in TV.
Ironside   
10 Jan 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Your demagoguery has not limits. Fortunately nobody is buying it.

Some people are coming here to debate issues as it is a prefect opportunity to do so on this forum but some people unfortunately come here to play games and propaganda. Delph belongs to the later group.

There seemingly three groups of foreigners on this forum.
The first group has no clue what is going on in Poland due to the poor language skills and limited numbers of people they really interact with. Hence their comments in this section of the forum are pathetically wide off mark.

The second group of foreigners are either looking at PiS through a very narrow lenses of their ideological bias or/and those who somehow identified PO with liberal, leftie, progressive party (for some bizarre reason) and are viewing PiS as a nemesis set against those "values".

Hence they miss what really going on in Poland and they focus on this issues which in fact are only sideshow or byproduct of circumstances.

The third group is somewhat confused as to goings in the Polish politicks and their views vary from one individual to another.

Of course Mr Oracle doesn't care for realities and circumstances of the Polish politicks, he is only playing and having fun - as they say the play is the thing.
Ironside   
8 Jan 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

The guy is obviously one of Cameron's goons, and has had one too many bottles of plonk.

Actually he sorta get it. You on the other hand seems to be as dense as hardtack.

The problem with "Good Evening" is that everybody used that in the times of general Jaruzelski, whereas the phrase "conspiring with outside forces"

The crux of the matter here is not in phrases they used but in their meaning and general context. If words or a phrase describe reality accurately that in itself is a sufficient justification to use it. The only problem here is in your head not in the phrase.

And they're in trouble. Big trouble.

You are in a big trouble since you learned how to talk.
Ironside   
7 Jan 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

All too often this phrase could be heard in the times of general Wojciech Jaruzelski.

In the times of Jaruzelski even more often phrase you could hear everyday and in his speeches on TV was Good Evening. According to your logic anyone who uses that phrase today must be a crypto-communist another phrase which sounds very outlandish and have a smell of another conspiracy theory.

I think that using the rhetoric of the communists in this dispute is utterly wrong.

That is not communist rhetoric it is rather communist regime that used national and state rhetoric to their own ends.

I'll tell you why: becuase they are all biased, horse-blinkered, rabble-rousing a*seholes, that's why!

Hallelujah!:)

And the approach needed now is for PiS to break the law

Are you an expert or just another horse-blinkered as....le taking side in a political dispute.

Excellent column by Tomasz Lis.

Do we have to read your mental shingles here? On the other hand it is not surprising that you're attracted to scum.
Ironside   
2 Jan 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

A longtime staunch supporter of PiS (and very outspoken critic of PO)

The fact she was critic of PO doesn't make her supporter of PiS. She is simply a theoretician who doesn't understand implication of circumstances and realities at the ground do in practical politick.

Make no difference another card to be played in that propaganda war waged between the system and PiS.
Ironside   
31 Dec 2015
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Are you trying to seriously suggest that PiS didn't make a huge deal out of demanding lustration and the removal of ex-PZPR men from public life?

Lustration doesn't equal removal of ex-PZPR men or women from public life and never was. Ten years ago PO were on their hills with their political platform at the time.

But given that PiS have completely chosen to ignore the rulings of the Constitutional Tribunal,

the CT is not a Pope and if they break the law or overstep their authority there is rule of law to rain them in.

why have they appointed an ex-PZPR

Transparency mean being clear and public about past assassins of people appointed to a public office.

So one would assume that prosecutors in those times who actively took part in the prosecution of the opposition should be excluded from public life, as should former high ranking members of the Milicja.

Well you can assume whatever you want, I could even say that they should be jailed. However your assumptions and my wishes have nothing to do with the PiS political platform or their policy.

Ironside, try as you might, you can't get away from the fact that PiS are very much PZPR-bis.

Hmm, I could well expected to you your come-back would an utter tripe.
the Delphian Domine can I call you Oracle? I think O is shorter and more to the point.
Ironside   
31 Dec 2015
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

When did PO run on a platform of ridding former commies from public life?

When did PiS run on such a platform?

He doesn't care about rule of law,

You are talking about rule of law as if there were not rule of law in Poland. You are repeating some PO propaganda like an automaton without mind of his own.

PiS claimed to be anti-communist. They lied.

Nah they championed transparencyin public life you i....! - meaning all people wanted to step out onto the policies scene should be screened and clear about their past and their past associations.

Mainly it is about the secret commie police or being a snitch for the commie regime.
They never claimed that all rank and file of the former PZPR members should be excluded from holding of public offices.