jon357
2 Feb 2021
Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (my picture) [376]
Worth actively disbelieving them. People just make stuff up online.
Worth actively disbelieving them. People just make stuff up online.
jon357
2 Feb 2021
Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (my picture) [376]
Conspiracy theories are rubbish; nobody sells your organs. DNA tests aren't perfect though; any information they give you is dependent on the number of customers any given service has from a particular ethnicity.
That means they can sometimes be very specific and they can sometimes be very vague.
there is a conspiracy that your organs might be sold, if you take the DNA test.
Conspiracy theories are rubbish; nobody sells your organs. DNA tests aren't perfect though; any information they give you is dependent on the number of customers any given service has from a particular ethnicity.
That means they can sometimes be very specific and they can sometimes be very vague.
jon357
2 Feb 2021
Language / Terms of endearment in Polish [227]
It's spelt Słodziutko. People sometimes still use it.
sloczootky ?
It's spelt Słodziutko. People sometimes still use it.
jon357
2 Feb 2021
jon357
1 Feb 2021
Language / What is your biggest problem with Polish language? [158]
Very much so. The same goes for Polish speakers when speaking English; to a British ear it can sound over-enunciated.
english speakers speaking Polish tend to reduce some vowels too much
Very much so. The same goes for Polish speakers when speaking English; to a British ear it can sound over-enunciated.
jon357
1 Feb 2021
Language / What is your biggest problem with Polish language? [158]
Hence dozens of doctoral theses about Polish isochrony, most of them vehemently disagreeing with each other.
The jury's still out on this one.
The harder to define languages have elements of both
Hence dozens of doctoral theses about Polish isochrony, most of them vehemently disagreeing with each other.
The jury's still out on this one.
jon357
1 Feb 2021
Language / What is your biggest problem with Polish language? [158]
More about how to classify the language. Stress-timed, syllable-timed or a third, harder to define, category that has aspects of both.
Indeed it should.
basically arguing about, how where the syllable stress
More about how to classify the language. Stress-timed, syllable-timed or a third, harder to define, category that has aspects of both.
In music, it should be liberal.
Indeed it should.
jon357
1 Feb 2021
Language / What is your biggest problem with Polish language? [158]
Polish isochrony. A decades' long debate which is still ongoing.
Polish isochrony. A decades' long debate which is still ongoing.
jon357
1 Feb 2021
Real Estate / About terminating my flat contract in Poland [23]
Is that:
a. anywhere in this thread
b. 'blackmailing'
No, Deepak, it isn't.
There's also one key word in the OP's message that you haven't picked up on.
blackmailing landlords for stealing taxes,
Is that:
a. anywhere in this thread
b. 'blackmailing'
No, Deepak, it isn't.
There's also one key word in the OP's message that you haven't picked up on.
jon357
1 Feb 2021
Language / What is your biggest problem with Polish language? [158]
Welsh poetic (and lyrical) metrics can be very complicated and unique; that does sometimes lead to a very specific sound.
With Polish, there are also unique issues, specifically about prosody; linguists are split into different camps about how to classify it. I'm in the 'third' camp; the existing terms "syllable timed" and "stress timed" aren't adequate for categorising some languages, including Polish.
Welsh poetic (and lyrical) metrics can be very complicated and unique; that does sometimes lead to a very specific sound.
With Polish, there are also unique issues, specifically about prosody; linguists are split into different camps about how to classify it. I'm in the 'third' camp; the existing terms "syllable timed" and "stress timed" aren't adequate for categorising some languages, including Polish.
jon357
1 Feb 2021
Real Estate / About terminating my flat contract in Poland [23]
He can if he wants, however the person he rents from can in practice do next to nothing.
He can if he wants, however the person he rents from can in practice do next to nothing.
jon357
1 Feb 2021
Real Estate / About terminating my flat contract in Poland [23]
Evidently you don't.
The OP has been answered adequately; there is little or nothing the landlord can practically do.
I know more about Polish
Evidently you don't.
The OP has been answered adequately; there is little or nothing the landlord can practically do.
jon357
1 Feb 2021
Language / What is your biggest problem with Polish language? [158]
About rhoticity and the alveolar trill (as in krok) and the alveolar flap (as in który).
About rhoticity and the alveolar trill (as in krok) and the alveolar flap (as in który).
jon357
1 Feb 2021
Language / What is your biggest problem with Polish language? [158]
And Scots, plus West Country English
Italian, Spanish, and Bavarian:-)
And Scots, plus West Country English
jon357
1 Feb 2021
Real Estate / About terminating my flat contract in Poland [23]
If it went to court on a technicality like that, a bigger problem would be the phrase "best efforts".
If it went to court on a technicality like that, a bigger problem would be the phrase "best efforts".
jon357
1 Feb 2021
Real Estate / About terminating my flat contract in Poland [23]
Lista polecona should be more than OK, and nowadays if they've communicated already by email, it would be stretching it to say that notice in that format is invalid unless specified otherwise in a contract.
Lista polecona should be more than OK, and nowadays if they've communicated already by email, it would be stretching it to say that notice in that format is invalid unless specified otherwise in a contract.
jon357
1 Feb 2021
Language / What is your biggest problem with Polish language? [158]
There are still older people of a certain social class who use that sound.
Vanishing now though.
What is "the proper diction"? Proper for whom?
The dark "Ł" sound isn't much common, nowadays
There are still older people of a certain social class who use that sound.
Vanishing now though.
nobody seems to care about the proper diction,
What is "the proper diction"? Proper for whom?
jon357
1 Feb 2021
Language / What is your biggest problem with Polish language? [158]
There are frequent and sustained revivals.
I would never want to see that any more than has already been. Provincial opera in the UK and to an extent France loves the veristi with a passion In Poland? It all depends of course on a. how tragic the dramatic heroine can be and b. whether or not Ewa Michnik's been anywhere near it. People like the limited repertuar here and of course in Warsaw, it depends what they're doing with Cardiff/Brussels for the obvious reason.
Opera Restored, however, works. Or did, since I don't think they're active now and must all be getting on a bit. Now if that were done in Poland. The clearly enunciated sounds of Polish would work so well with that.
This is wandering off topic though...
the single exception might be the revival
There are frequent and sustained revivals.
I keep waiting for an extensive rediscovery of verismo
I would never want to see that any more than has already been. Provincial opera in the UK and to an extent France loves the veristi with a passion In Poland? It all depends of course on a. how tragic the dramatic heroine can be and b. whether or not Ewa Michnik's been anywhere near it. People like the limited repertuar here and of course in Warsaw, it depends what they're doing with Cardiff/Brussels for the obvious reason.
Opera Restored, however, works. Or did, since I don't think they're active now and must all be getting on a bit. Now if that were done in Poland. The clearly enunciated sounds of Polish would work so well with that.
This is wandering off topic though...
jon357
1 Feb 2021
Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]
365 windows, 52 doors, 33 steps 7 altars in the building and 666 types of plastic souvenire on sale outside.
Licheń
365 windows, 52 doors, 33 steps 7 altars in the building and 666 types of plastic souvenire on sale outside.
jon357
1 Feb 2021
Language / What is your biggest problem with Polish language? [158]
Another one to never make it to the repertoire outside Poland...
Halka,
Another one to never make it to the repertoire outside Poland...
jon357
1 Feb 2021
Real Estate / About terminating my flat contract in Poland [23]
More importantly, what can he do? It would be difficult to sue, and provided you've given the specified notice you have the upper hand. It looks like the landlord is trying it on.
"Best effort" seems a very vague and ambiguous phrase to use in a contract.
What can i do about this?
More importantly, what can he do? It would be difficult to sue, and provided you've given the specified notice you have the upper hand. It looks like the landlord is trying it on.
"Best effort" seems a very vague and ambiguous phrase to use in a contract.
jon357
1 Feb 2021
Language / What is your biggest problem with Polish language? [158]
The consonantal clusters however do.
Russian opera has a similar problem, though fortunately less so, being a better language to sing in. Czech is the same; better to sing in, and of course Janacek's melodic structure is very different.
It's a hugely popular period with much of the repertoire from then and of course significant revivals of lesser known works. Even Marschner, despite the orchestra size, something which isn't an issue with Moniuszko.
Primary penultimate stress doesn't seem to have hurt Italian when it comes to opera
The consonantal clusters however do.
Russian opera has a similar problem, though fortunately less so, being a better language to sing in. Czech is the same; better to sing in, and of course Janacek's melodic structure is very different.
the style is from a time and musical period (middle 19th century) that audiences are at present less interested in exploring
It's a hugely popular period with much of the repertoire from then and of course significant revivals of lesser known works. Even Marschner, despite the orchestra size, something which isn't an issue with Moniuszko.
jon357
1 Feb 2021
Language / What is your biggest problem with Polish language? [158]
That's one reason why, sadly, Moniuszko's operas are less well-known than they might be.
singing in Polish, because of the abundance of consonants and the second-last syllable accent
That's one reason why, sadly, Moniuszko's operas are less well-known than they might be.
jon357
31 Jan 2021
Life / Arts & Crafts Stores in Warsaw, Poland? [18]
People buy on Allegro which is a bit like EBay or Amazon Marketplace. There isn't an equivalent of, say, Habiknit, however a lot of towns now have a Flying Tiger where there are some craft supplies.
suppliers
People buy on Allegro which is a bit like EBay or Amazon Marketplace. There isn't an equivalent of, say, Habiknit, however a lot of towns now have a Flying Tiger where there are some craft supplies.
jon357
31 Jan 2021
Language / Information on Polish textbook Hurra Po Polsku [33]
That's a title not to translate at all.
ít sounds odd in English as a title.
That's a title not to translate at all.
jon357
31 Jan 2021
Work / Teaching Post in Zory (2600 zl per month after tax good?) [10]
Plenty of people do. The traffic close to Katowice can be busy in the rush hour, however not terrible. The main roads there are ok, much better than they used to be.
Unfortunately it's a road journey; commuting to Katowice by train from Zory is a bad idea.
Plenty of people do. The traffic close to Katowice can be busy in the rush hour, however not terrible. The main roads there are ok, much better than they used to be.
Unfortunately it's a road journey; commuting to Katowice by train from Zory is a bad idea.
jon357
31 Jan 2021
Language / Information on Polish textbook Hurra Po Polsku [33]
Hooray in Polish.
Some phrases in a language don't translate well word for word to other languages. Not all book titles are that great either.
Hooray in Polish.
Some phrases in a language don't translate well word for word to other languages. Not all book titles are that great either.
jon357
29 Jan 2021
Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]
It is. Here it's often associated with Russia and Ukraine, though some people here do make it at home and supermarkets often have it.
I love it. Shops in the U.K. sometimes have it now. Tastes great, not good for teeth though.
I've tried it in countries other than Poland, but presume it's pretty much the same.
It is. Here it's often associated with Russia and Ukraine, though some people here do make it at home and supermarkets often have it.
I love it. Shops in the U.K. sometimes have it now. Tastes great, not good for teeth though.
jon357
29 Jan 2021
jon357
29 Jan 2021
Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]
Google Felicjanów, the one near Plock.
It's a fascinating place, a sort of oddity with its own environment ang feeding.
I found it fascinating that there were a majority of Protestants in a Polish-speaking village before WW1
Google Felicjanów, the one near Plock.
I really like Zaolzie in genera
It's a fascinating place, a sort of oddity with its own environment ang feeding.