Lyzko
23 Apr 2023
Lyzko
21 Apr 2023
Genealogy / SKI...SKY...ZKI...Polish surname endings [38]
A colleague of mine has the family name "Koszarski". Might it mean "basket maker" or the like? Think I might have alreadt posted this question on PF.
A colleague of mine has the family name "Koszarski". Might it mean "basket maker" or the like? Think I might have alreadt posted this question on PF.
Lyzko
21 Apr 2023
History / Can anyone from Poland tell me about Auschwitz and The Ghetto? [625]
Indeed, Milo.
Few among us would risk our lives for either our freedom or that of our fellow beings. The will to survive remains the strongest of all human instincts, including that of sacrificing ourselves for the sake of others.
Of course, I've always maintained that heroes are made by the moment rather than born. The younger we are, the more likely (forget consciously willing) to take impetuous risks. Were my wife or family were trapped inside a burning building, I'd surely like to think that I'd try to go in to save them.
Remember from "Miracle on 34th Street; faith goes where common sense tells us not to, or how about in the '53 film "Titanic":
Boiler room engineer to chaplain as the ship is sinking: For God's sake Father, don't go in there!
Chaplain: For God's sake, I must.
Indeed, Milo.
Few among us would risk our lives for either our freedom or that of our fellow beings. The will to survive remains the strongest of all human instincts, including that of sacrificing ourselves for the sake of others.
Of course, I've always maintained that heroes are made by the moment rather than born. The younger we are, the more likely (forget consciously willing) to take impetuous risks. Were my wife or family were trapped inside a burning building, I'd surely like to think that I'd try to go in to save them.
Remember from "Miracle on 34th Street; faith goes where common sense tells us not to, or how about in the '53 film "Titanic":
Boiler room engineer to chaplain as the ship is sinking: For God's sake Father, don't go in there!
Chaplain: For God's sake, I must.
Lyzko
20 Apr 2023
History / Can anyone from Poland tell me about Auschwitz and The Ghetto? [625]
Fear often, indeed mostly, governs human behavior! Sadly, the exception outpaces the rule.
Fear often, indeed mostly, governs human behavior! Sadly, the exception outpaces the rule.
Lyzko
17 Apr 2023
Lyzko
11 Apr 2023
Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]
Rather like pantomime, isn't it?
Rather like pantomime, isn't it?
Lyzko
11 Apr 2023
Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]
Mowic to srebro, milczyc to zloto = Silence is golden
For whatever reason, the first part is omitted in English.
Mowic to srebro, milczyc to zloto = Silence is golden
For whatever reason, the first part is omitted in English.
Lyzko
3 Apr 2023
Lyzko
2 Apr 2023
Real Estate / Property Sale Tax [3]
Where overseas exactly, stokrotka? Rules may vary, especially on tax related issues.
Where overseas exactly, stokrotka? Rules may vary, especially on tax related issues.
Lyzko
27 Mar 2023
Lyzko
26 Mar 2023
Travel / Hiking and Camping Trails in Poland [51]
Good to know. However, I need to be convinced! Tourists are usually targets.
Good to know. However, I need to be convinced! Tourists are usually targets.
Lyzko
26 Mar 2023
Travel / Hiking and Camping Trails in Poland [51]
I might. However, I've heard that foreigners can get royally screwed if the campsite is not in good order, no matter how well they might know the language!
Pity I'm not fluent in the universal language of BRIBERY:-)
I might. However, I've heard that foreigners can get royally screwed if the campsite is not in good order, no matter how well they might know the language!
Pity I'm not fluent in the universal language of BRIBERY:-)
Lyzko
22 Mar 2023
Travel / Hiking and Camping Trails in Poland [51]
Will have to return to Poland one day. My wife's never been (-:
Will have to return to Poland one day. My wife's never been (-:
Lyzko
21 Mar 2023
Travel / Hiking and Camping Trails in Poland [51]
I was referring to the Continent, not Scotland or Northern Scandinavia.
I was referring to the Continent, not Scotland or Northern Scandinavia.
Lyzko
21 Mar 2023
Travel / Hiking and Camping Trails in Poland [51]
The last unspoiled wilderness on the European continent just about.
The last unspoiled wilderness on the European continent just about.
Lyzko
21 Mar 2023
Travel / Hiking and Camping Trails in Poland [51]
Zakopane is a popular area for camping, the Polish lake country in the Mazur region too.
Zakopane is a popular area for camping, the Polish lake country in the Mazur region too.
Lyzko
15 Mar 2023
Life / Boys acting and dressing feminine, girls acting and dressing masculine - transgender teens in Poland [272]
Gender identity issues are as old as the hills! Typically though, as with most everything else deemed "deviant", it was never, ever, ever discussed or even hinted at certainly not in public (perhaps not in private either).
Surely Freud and colleagues had studied umpteen examples of this while studying the human mind.
Gender identity issues are as old as the hills! Typically though, as with most everything else deemed "deviant", it was never, ever, ever discussed or even hinted at certainly not in public (perhaps not in private either).
Surely Freud and colleagues had studied umpteen examples of this while studying the human mind.
Lyzko
14 Mar 2023
Life / Boys acting and dressing feminine, girls acting and dressing masculine - transgender teens in Poland [272]
The entire issue seems to me as a male more than anything else a matter of personal space and nothing more!
Obviously, ingrained cultural ideologies play a significant role as well, namely, what constitutes "manly" vs. "womanly" behavior. Women have testosterone too, you know:-)
The entire issue seems to me as a male more than anything else a matter of personal space and nothing more!
Obviously, ingrained cultural ideologies play a significant role as well, namely, what constitutes "manly" vs. "womanly" behavior. Women have testosterone too, you know:-)
Lyzko
14 Mar 2023
Lyzko
14 Mar 2023
Life / Boys acting and dressing feminine, girls acting and dressing masculine - transgender teens in Poland [272]
Again, as there are men's and women's changing rooms, we don't consider THAT discrimination now, do we. Same for LGBTQ or transgenders:-)
Again, as there are men's and women's changing rooms, we don't consider THAT discrimination now, do we. Same for LGBTQ or transgenders:-)
Lyzko
14 Mar 2023
Life / Boys acting and dressing feminine, girls acting and dressing masculine - transgender teens in Poland [272]
I'm certain someplace, somewhere on this planet, LGBTQ/transgender restrooms exist.
Consequently, don't see why all the fuss 'n feathers!
I'm certain someplace, somewhere on this planet, LGBTQ/transgender restrooms exist.
Consequently, don't see why all the fuss 'n feathers!
Lyzko
14 Mar 2023
Life / Boys acting and dressing feminine, girls acting and dressing masculine - transgender teens in Poland [272]
LGBTQ along with transgender identity are nonetheless still foreign to most Poles and the country continues to grapple with it, considering the hold of the Catholic Church of the country's morality.
Germany, Spain, Sweden, even Italy, exhibit slightly more liberal acceptance of what many considered societally deviant behavior.
LGBTQ along with transgender identity are nonetheless still foreign to most Poles and the country continues to grapple with it, considering the hold of the Catholic Church of the country's morality.
Germany, Spain, Sweden, even Italy, exhibit slightly more liberal acceptance of what many considered societally deviant behavior.
Lyzko
14 Mar 2023
Lyzko
14 Mar 2023
Language / Is Polish easy to learn? [10]
Jon's correct here of course!
I grew up with German and English, almost bilingual.
Had I tried to master German completely, naturally, all but indistinguishably from a German-born native speaker by the time I'd entered my freshman year of college at roughly eighteen, I'd have flunked from the first day of Frau Koerner's class with flying colors LOL
Any language can be learned the younger one is, practically as with any motor skill, from foreign languages to driver's ed.
Polish admittedly is a far different quantity from either English or German. As the latter are both related Germanic languages, it stands to reason they would be easy to master for Brits, Yanks or anybody with a similar mother tongue.
Being a Slavic language, Polish presents certain immediate obstacles for foreign learners, not the least of which is the base vocab., followed by pronunciation, thereupon counting quirks and paired verbal aspects.
Polish children naturally absorb the latter with their mother's milk:-)
Jon's correct here of course!
I grew up with German and English, almost bilingual.
Had I tried to master German completely, naturally, all but indistinguishably from a German-born native speaker by the time I'd entered my freshman year of college at roughly eighteen, I'd have flunked from the first day of Frau Koerner's class with flying colors LOL
Any language can be learned the younger one is, practically as with any motor skill, from foreign languages to driver's ed.
Polish admittedly is a far different quantity from either English or German. As the latter are both related Germanic languages, it stands to reason they would be easy to master for Brits, Yanks or anybody with a similar mother tongue.
Being a Slavic language, Polish presents certain immediate obstacles for foreign learners, not the least of which is the base vocab., followed by pronunciation, thereupon counting quirks and paired verbal aspects.
Polish children naturally absorb the latter with their mother's milk:-)
Lyzko
13 Mar 2023
Po polsku / Nowy film "Osiol" [12]
Bo nigdy nie potrzebowalem google'a, juz masz racje, ze definitywne musze pocwiczyc moj polski!
Dzieki za Twoje polecenie:-)
Cwiczenie czyni mistrza, czy nie?
Bo nigdy nie potrzebowalem google'a, juz masz racje, ze definitywne musze pocwiczyc moj polski!
Dzieki za Twoje polecenie:-)
Cwiczenie czyni mistrza, czy nie?
Lyzko
13 Mar 2023
Language / Is Polish easy to learn? [10]
Polish does indeed have its challenges for non-Polish native speakers such as myself!
However from a sheer practical point of view, it's well worth the effort.
Polish does indeed have its challenges for non-Polish native speakers such as myself!
However from a sheer practical point of view, it's well worth the effort.
Lyzko
12 Mar 2023
Po polsku / Nowy film "Osiol" [12]
Dzieki! Ten film musze ogladac, tylko ogladam w tym momencie "Popiol i Diamenty" od Andrzeju Wajdy.
Czy Skolimowski jest popularny w Polsce?
Dzieki! Ten film musze ogladac, tylko ogladam w tym momencie "Popiol i Diamenty" od Andrzeju Wajdy.
Czy Skolimowski jest popularny w Polsce?
Lyzko
12 Mar 2023
News / Is NORD STREAM dangerous for Poland's natural enviroment? [540]
Yes, good analogy. Both Czech and Ukrainian, unlike Polish or Russian, lack the "h" sound in their language, therefore UkCz.."holub", not Pol. "golab", Uk/Cz.. "holodni" vs. Pol. "glodny" etc.
Sorry, I meant "lack the "G"-sound!!
Yes, good analogy. Both Czech and Ukrainian, unlike Polish or Russian, lack the "h" sound in their language, therefore UkCz.."holub", not Pol. "golab", Uk/Cz.. "holodni" vs. Pol. "glodny" etc.
Sorry, I meant "lack the "G"-sound!!
Lyzko
12 Mar 2023
Po polsku / Nowy film "Osiol" [12]
Ciekawy jestem, jak ludzie tu w PFach reagowaja na nowy film "Osiol" od Jerzego Skolimowskiego.
Ciekawy jestem, jak ludzie tu w PFach reagowaja na nowy film "Osiol" od Jerzego Skolimowskiego.
Lyzko
9 Mar 2023