Law / Polish Police and Their Tactics [204]

Oh, of the latter I'm well aware! :-)
As far as such tricky vowel distinctions like those you mentioned,
I honestly can't think of a single language learner group I've taught in
over thirty years of ESL instruction who can distinguish "bother"/"father",
"mother"/"moth" etc. Then again, I was teaching exclusively US English.

Certain consonantal combinations as well can drive English learners to distraction
and by no means exclusively the Poles.

Po polsku / Tylko dla Polaków [16]

Ha-Ha, Panie Rysku!!

Wiec Rozewicz, Tuwim, Kozinski, itd..... NIE sa Polakami??!
Grekami sa?

To jest glupstwo!

Law / Polish Police and Their Tactics [204]

Younger, university educated Poles tend naturally to have more British-style accents in English than much older,
less educated Poles!

Same all over. While American vocabulary is becoming more common throughout Europe, Europeans still learn
the RP spoken on the BBC rather than American pronunciation.

Po polsku / Tylko dla Polaków [16]

Co to jest "prawdziwych Polakow", Alien?
Czy to znaczy " dla urodzonych Polakow"??
Czy to znaczy dla zagranicznych Polakow?
Ciekawy jestem.
:-)

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News / Germany eyes Poland's economic miracle [44]

How right you are, Milo! Never underestimate the Slavic tiger:-)

UK, Ireland / BBC launches new Polish language news service [87]

The Poles a joke?? Sounds to me like you're in the wrong shop there, buster!

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UK, Ireland / BBC launches new Polish language news service [87]

At long last!!
Can't tell youse how long New York's been broadcasting Telemundo Uno
to assist the city's often monolingual Hispanic population:-)

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News / The Iran war and Poland [826]

??? What are you talking about, Bobko?

Life / Why there is always around a horrible smell of sweat in Poland [220]

Once again, this was the '70's and Italy in general was far less affluent than it is today!
However like Poland, Italy was simply dogged by scandal at that time, Craxi and all those guys.

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History / Heil Poland!.....? Poland is a pro-Nazi state? [185]

Yes and no, WarSore!
Apparently for years now, Israeli school groups are invited to visit Krakow's Jewish Quarter,
paid for by the Polish gov't:-)

There probably are more native-born Polish Jews living in Poland, even if under
an assumed identity, than in Germany. As you know, Poland's Jews were historically
far less assimilated than in Germany.

History / Heil Poland!.....? Poland is a pro-Nazi state? [185]

Most enlightening, Maf! Thanks,
Am always willing to learn:-)

Life / Why there is always around a horrible smell of sweat in Poland [220]

Didn't take any public transportation when last in Poland during the '90's,
however surely it couldn't be any worse than in Rome during the '70's.
Thought I'd keel over from the stench inside a packed bus in the summer
when I was on a teen tour. Apparently, the windows didn't open and Romans
didn't believe in deoderant!

History / Heil Poland!.....? Poland is a pro-Nazi state? [185]

You're saying then that Catholicism in Poland is/was more of a shield against the onslaught of Communism
post war, than a religious conviction. Is this substantively correct?

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History / Heil Poland!.....? Poland is a pro-Nazi state? [185]

If anything, present-day Poland bends over backwards to accomodate Jewish people.
Whether it's a "police state" or not, I couldn't say as I never lived in Poland. My experiences
though with Polish people nowadays whom I've met throughout my life, suggest that Poland
remains an arch-Catholic Conservative country, but scarcely Nazi leaning.

Sounds frankly like rubbish to me.

History / Heil Poland!.....? Poland is a pro-Nazi state? [185]

Merely attention getting claptrap, Bobko.

History / Heil Poland!.....? Poland is a pro-Nazi state? [185]

Heil Poland????!! Gimme a f#$%%in' break, people!

News / The Iran war and Poland [826]

Good guess anyway, amiga!
Close but no cigar:-)

News / The Iran war and Poland [826]

What do you mean here by "moral equivalency"? Yet one more example of
language transference from Polish to English. The words of course are clear
and you obviously know English, however I can't quite grasp your meaning.

And when you write, "break the norms of war", do you mean perhaps "set new standards
for warfare"?

I'm not trying to carp on your English, I simply wish to understand what you are saying, that's all!

News / The Iran war and Poland [826]

@amiga500,
Mine is/are English and German.
Thought I detected some degree of second-language interference in your
reply.
To be frank, Poles tend to remind me of dramaramas when replying to
a complex topic about which they desire to make a serious impression in a second language.

Your writing was not entirely comprehensible. No offense. It's
merely language transference from one thought process to another:-)

UK, Ireland / The best way for a Polish person to learn English? [46]

The Spaniards under Franco weren't so hot either!

News / The Iran war and Poland [826]

?? Is English your first language?

UK, Ireland / The best way for a Polish person to learn English? [46]

@jon,
In parts of Lusatia, today Lausitz, an extant Slavic language was spoken
long after the War, when apparently it was banned. Today? Anybody's guess.

News / The Iran war and Poland [826]

Don't see the analogy, amiga500. You're comparing apples and oranges.

Life / The Best Things About Poland [65]

The music of Chopin aka Szopen.