rozumiemnic
24 Dec 2015
Life / Why do Silesians hate Poland? [41]
so all Silesians are miners are they? and Silesian is just a rregional dialect of Polish?
so all Silesians are miners are they? and Silesian is just a rregional dialect of Polish?
rozumiemnic
24 Dec 2015
Life / Why do Silesians hate Poland? [41]
is that because they are essentially similar? The problem with English and Welsh is that they are so very different. Also only a small percentage of Welsh people actually do speak it properly...
OK so leaving the royals out of it (and what happened to the last true Princess of Wales the poor good woman)...is there a relationship based on insults similar to Welsh and english? for example the English call the Welsh 'sheep shaggers'. What the Welsh say about the English....well sadly most of us cannot understand a single word of Welsh..which is odd as London is less than 300 miles away.
Could a 'Polish' person recognise a Silesian from looks/accent etc?
unlike English and Welsh, Poles can understand much of it.
is that because they are essentially similar? The problem with English and Welsh is that they are so very different. Also only a small percentage of Welsh people actually do speak it properly...
OK so leaving the royals out of it (and what happened to the last true Princess of Wales the poor good woman)...is there a relationship based on insults similar to Welsh and english? for example the English call the Welsh 'sheep shaggers'. What the Welsh say about the English....well sadly most of us cannot understand a single word of Welsh..which is odd as London is less than 300 miles away.
Could a 'Polish' person recognise a Silesian from looks/accent etc?
rozumiemnic
24 Dec 2015
Life / Why do Silesians hate Poland? [41]
so is it something like the relationship between the English and the Welsh? Is there a separate language?
so is it something like the relationship between the English and the Welsh? Is there a separate language?
rozumiemnic
18 Dec 2015
Law / UK driving license mess in Poland [72]
Well I hired a car here in the UK last month and just showed my plastic licence....
Well I hired a car here in the UK last month and just showed my plastic licence....
rozumiemnic
18 Dec 2015
Law / UK driving license mess in Poland [72]
AFAIK it is now obsolete.
I applied for a replacement licence recently and only received the plastic card.
AFAIK it is now obsolete.
I applied for a replacement licence recently and only received the plastic card.
rozumiemnic
16 Dec 2015
Genealogy / What are common Polish character traits? [417]
yeh I have heard that about East Germany under communism as well. The lack of advertising images allowed people to express their sexuality in a more natural way....
Sex was not so much a commercially exploited "fashion", but something more natural which was simply a part of life as it should be.
yeh I have heard that about East Germany under communism as well. The lack of advertising images allowed people to express their sexuality in a more natural way....
rozumiemnic
16 Dec 2015
Life / All Things Christmassy in Poland [281]
I have found that Polish people like curry OK., they just might take a little persuasion....
I have found that Polish people like curry OK., they just might take a little persuasion....
rozumiemnic
16 Dec 2015
Life / All Things Christmassy in Poland [281]
Yep, one per person it has to be. If there are leftovers, then you also have tasty sandwiches for the next day.
Even a good sized duck will only serve two really...
Yep, one per person it has to be. If there are leftovers, then you also have tasty sandwiches for the next day.
Even a good sized duck will only serve two really...
rozumiemnic
16 Dec 2015
Life / All Things Christmassy in Poland [281]
IME all those tiny birds like guinea fowl, pheasant and so on, might weigh a kilo but alot of that is bones (assuming they have been cleaned, gutted, plucked etc) and there is v little meat on them in the end. V tasty though.
IME all those tiny birds like guinea fowl, pheasant and so on, might weigh a kilo but alot of that is bones (assuming they have been cleaned, gutted, plucked etc) and there is v little meat on them in the end. V tasty though.
rozumiemnic
11 Dec 2015
Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1040]
I was going to suggest some online translation but the results from those almost need translating themselves....
perhaps it means something like 'You are mistaken.(!) and you will find out tomorrow?
I was going to suggest some online translation but the results from those almost need translating themselves....
perhaps it means something like 'You are mistaken.(!) and you will find out tomorrow?
rozumiemnic
8 Dec 2015
Law / UK driving license mess in Poland [72]
I am afraid I have to agree. If I am driving and see Polish plates, I will hang right back, and on one occasion of being stuck behind a swaying Polish truck on a country lane, actually changed my route.
There have even been incidents of Polish drivers here in the UK going the wrong way down a motorway for a short cut home!!!
I am afraid I have to agree. If I am driving and see Polish plates, I will hang right back, and on one occasion of being stuck behind a swaying Polish truck on a country lane, actually changed my route.
There have even been incidents of Polish drivers here in the UK going the wrong way down a motorway for a short cut home!!!
rozumiemnic
7 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]
yes well personally I think you are living in a dreamworld. It is certainly not possible in the UK, for example.
Besides I think childcare is probably better than being trapped in a house with a mother on the edge of insanity.
There are many downsides to latch-key kids and youngsters raised by infant schools, after-school clubs, nannies, CD-ROMS with little contact with parents.
yes well personally I think you are living in a dreamworld. It is certainly not possible in the UK, for example.
Besides I think childcare is probably better than being trapped in a house with a mother on the edge of insanity.
rozumiemnic
7 Dec 2015
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]
Polly, there is a reason why so many women in the 1950s were on valium, you know. Not wishing to 'deride' any woman who chooses this. But then as you point out yourself, this kind of set up is no longer financially viable anyway.
And this despite the ubiquitous feminist propaganda which has tried to discredit and deride housewives, homemakers and stay-at-home mums.
Polly, there is a reason why so many women in the 1950s were on valium, you know. Not wishing to 'deride' any woman who chooses this. But then as you point out yourself, this kind of set up is no longer financially viable anyway.
rozumiemnic
3 Dec 2015
Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [554]
is there really a language called 'Indian'? How bizarre!
i want to learn polish
and maybe teach indian in exchange
and maybe teach indian in exchange
is there really a language called 'Indian'? How bizarre!
rozumiemnic
2 Dec 2015
History / What Hitler really thought about Poles? Hitler's letter to Himmler 1944 [111]
I would suggest that he had very rich and powerful backers.
How came it that Hitler, as mad as he was, took the ruling position is still a complete mystery.
I would suggest that he had very rich and powerful backers.
rozumiemnic
30 Nov 2015
Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]
oh dont be more stupid than you have to be Levi, and use the rest of my quote.
I bet you are a thin little guy who thinks he should be pumped up with a tache, to look like a real gay.
While strong types like Americans, Australians or Russians make a lot of success, usually brits are target of jokes because they are very female.
oh dont be more stupid than you have to be Levi, and use the rest of my quote.
I bet you are a thin little guy who thinks he should be pumped up with a tache, to look like a real gay.
rozumiemnic
27 Nov 2015
Genealogy / What are common Polish character traits? [417]
the removal or not of female armpit hair is not a 'character trait' Johnny!!
the removal or not of female armpit hair is not a 'character trait' Johnny!!
rozumiemnic
27 Nov 2015
Life / Moving to Poland and not drinking vodka [26]
it is not a disease it is a condition brought on by drinking too much.
A disease is eg, leukaemia
OP just say NO!
The kind of vodka drinking that I have witnessed in Poland is just downright dangerous tbh.
alcoholism is not seen as a disease by still too many Poles.
it is not a disease it is a condition brought on by drinking too much.
A disease is eg, leukaemia
OP just say NO!
The kind of vodka drinking that I have witnessed in Poland is just downright dangerous tbh.
rozumiemnic
25 Nov 2015
Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]
I suppose it is just different cultural expectations. I will never forget when I was working in Greece , two Greek girls were telling me laughingly how British men 'looked like pushti' (gay) because their muscles were small and they wore baggy tshirts. While their idea of 'sexy male' was a pumped up guy with a tache and tight t-shirt. which to a British woman's eyes just looks.....well...gay.
I suppose it is just different cultural expectations. I will never forget when I was working in Greece , two Greek girls were telling me laughingly how British men 'looked like pushti' (gay) because their muscles were small and they wore baggy tshirts. While their idea of 'sexy male' was a pumped up guy with a tache and tight t-shirt. which to a British woman's eyes just looks.....well...gay.
rozumiemnic
25 Nov 2015
Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]
well Harry might have a point, there might be good reasons why Polish girls like the British boys. esp about the shared housework.
What woman wants a relationship that means she is a household servant?
well Harry might have a point, there might be good reasons why Polish girls like the British boys. esp about the shared housework.
What woman wants a relationship that means she is a household servant?
rozumiemnic
25 Nov 2015
Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]
I must say I agree too, some of the British guys I met in Poland were seriously 'punching above their weight'.
I must say I agree too, some of the British guys I met in Poland were seriously 'punching above their weight'.
rozumiemnic
24 Nov 2015
Feedback / Is it Polish forum or foreign forum? [159]
lol Jammo's and Seppo's and bloody Pommies...:)
lol Jammo's and Seppo's and bloody Pommies...:)
rozumiemnic
24 Nov 2015
Feedback / Is it Polish forum or foreign forum? [159]
the last Aussie I met called them 'jam rolls'..:)
had you brought up the idea that the word Pole offensive in Australia that would be interesting
the last Aussie I met called them 'jam rolls'..:)
rozumiemnic
24 Nov 2015
Feedback / Is it Polish forum or foreign forum? [159]
well he can say what he likes in Polish.
But using the term 'negro' or 'negroid' in English is downright offensive and it is silly to suggest that it is not.
if progressive thinkers want to apply some racist connotation to the term "Murzyn", it is their problem really.
well he can say what he likes in Polish.
But using the term 'negro' or 'negroid' in English is downright offensive and it is silly to suggest that it is not.
rozumiemnic
24 Nov 2015
Feedback / Is it Polish forum or foreign forum? [159]
no it isn't, it is a self defining term.
and capitalisation is not 'grammar'. Just saying.
Yes, (I already explained twice above as to why that is) but calling them "Black people" is offensive
no it isn't, it is a self defining term.
and capitalisation is not 'grammar'. Just saying.
rozumiemnic
24 Nov 2015
Feedback / Is it Polish forum or foreign forum? [159]
but it is OK to call Black people 'negroids'?
We value our country and we value Polish pride, term "Pole" is offensive and any Polish who thinks otherwise is breaking Polish code of Polish pride.
but it is OK to call Black people 'negroids'?
rozumiemnic
24 Nov 2015
Feedback / Is it Polish forum or foreign forum? [159]
ha ha good luck with that.
Ever called a black man that to his face?
ha ha good luck with that.
rozumiemnic
24 Nov 2015
Feedback / Is it Polish forum or foreign forum? [159]
lol, and you are objecting to Polish people being called 'Poles'?
You do see the irony surely?
In English I tend to use term negroid
lol, and you are objecting to Polish people being called 'Poles'?
You do see the irony surely?
rozumiemnic
24 Nov 2015
Work / How does a person join the Poland's army? [39]
the clue is in the name. duh.
Poland wouldn't do that?
the clue is in the name. duh.
rozumiemnic
19 Nov 2015
History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]
there is no such person as a 'Serbo Croat'. Just saying.
as many as Serbo-Croats
there is no such person as a 'Serbo Croat'. Just saying.