Life / Izabela? - Advice with Polish name for a girl [36]


Me neither. Well, actually, I did but it was 40 years ago.


Of course. If Belucia is possible, Bella even more. I wrote that anything goes.


I think it`s called hormones. :)


It has just dawned on me you probably made a spelling mistake - it should be Belusia. It makes sense - a cute nickname for some female first names is Dusia. Klaudia - Klaudusia - Dusia - one of my students` example.

Life / Poles speaking English - examples [263]


It is amazing that PiS TV is critisizing Trzaskowski for his knowledge of foreign languages. They claim it proves his arrogance and he can`t express himself in Polish well enough. hahahaha Incredible. Truly, PiS is the best party for confirmed morons.


That guy was Luke Marcinkiewicz, PiS supporter with Am passport.

Read about it here
wiadomosci.radiozet.pl/Polityka/Wybory-prezydenckie-2020/Wybory-2020.-TVP-atakuje-Trzaskowskiego-za-mowienie-w-obcych-jezykach

Life / West-East life in Poland? [45]

Yes, indeed, but don`t forget that your capital`s origins go back to BC, it even belonged to Alexander the Great or Romans at certain points. At those times, the location of a town in the Highlands was a huge advantage do to its harder accessibility (at least in theory) to potential invaders.

Or it is just an exception, like a pure accident, the first settlers` whim. I am looking at the map of Bulgaria now and other major cities are located in Lowlands.

Life / West-East life in Poland? [45]


The answer is simple - the area with the mentioned cities is located in Highlands. They don`t get best climate due to mountains nearby. And it wasn`t so easy to get there in the past when air travel was non-existent.

Life / Who's the best looking (and acting/singing) celebrity in Poland? [32]

If it wasn`t serious, informative, educational, you wouldn`t hang around here, would you? After all, you are an intelligent person, aren`t you?

UK, Ireland / Why are Polish people, especially women, so disrespectful toward the English? [442]


hmm, I didn`t know this British proverb/saying/idiom about entering the house through the window. What does it mean exactly? I imagine it suggests getting to your female lover whose room is upstairs and you need to climb up to avoid meeting the husband. Correct?

USA, Canada / Nearly 39 million have lost jobs in US since virus took hold [9]

The situation is improving but:
"But the recovery will be painfully slow. It will take years, probably a decade to get back to where we were at the end of last year."

cbc.ca/news/business/economy-jobs-covid-1.5599744

News / Nazi gold train 'found in Poland' [90]

Treasure news is always good news.

There is also another hunt in the region - in the Owl Mountains.

tvn24.pl/wroclaw/gory-sowie-rozkopana-lesna-skrytka-mogly-byc-tam-ukryte-kosztownosci-z-palacu-schloss-cammerau-4614981

Life / Izabela? - Advice with Polish name for a girl [36]


Possible, but it`s too long - a nickname should be shorter. It suggests your parents visit you rarely and they didn`t get tired of saying such a long word yet.


Anything goes in one`s family but it certainly isn`t Polish if you meant that. Sounds more Italian than Polish.


Yes. And don`t forget Bella.

Life / Who's the best looking (and acting/singing) celebrity in Poland? [32]


I am afraid no members here are interested in such things. We prefer to focus on a really serious stuff and to run deep intellectual discussions on history, philosophy, education, science, economy etc.

My advice is: goggle the name of a magazine you like with the word: okładki which means covers. Then you will be able to see them all grouped together.

E.g.,
wirtualnemedia.pl/jedynki/cosmopolitan/2018-12-10

News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]

@Spike31
The problem is that sometimes Polish conservative values lead to suicidal disasters like partitions. :):)

News / Balcerowicz - PO trojan horse in Ukrainian government [11]


Of course, not all were total crap. Only 90% of them. 10% was promising.


Probably not, coz he only implemented what other foreign economists had invented long before. But he will be mentioned in Polish history books as the one who dared to take the risk and transform communist system into capitalist. It had never been done before so he made a few mistakes, which were painful to some groups, e.g., PGR state farm workers. But the final result was very positive.

Work / Teaching English in Zakopane, is it safe? [53]


Firstly, you should type in Polish: Job Offers in Zakopane. There are few dozen offers each week.

pl.indeed.com/Praca-w-Zakopane,-ma%C5%82opolskie


How are you going to combine two full time jobs at a time?

Life / West-East life in Poland? [45]


This list looks a bit random. Rzeszów as a little known part of Poland? It`s the capital of Podkarpackie region after all. Zamość is famous for its Old Town so it is quite known too.

Love / Do Polish Women age well? [153]


Yes, mostly when they realise their lousy male partners will never learn how to make a woman reach the climax at last.

USA, Canada / What do Poles think about drinking raw milk? In America, unpasteurized milk is PROHIBITED. [49]

It would be funny to see you trying to milk them.

USA, Canada / What do Poles think about drinking raw milk? In America, unpasteurized milk is PROHIBITED. [49]

I envy you. But only on condition it is warm, foamy and fresh from the udder.

News / Poles drinking more than ever, as incomes rise. [32]

Be careful as a parent. While taking care of kids, regardless where, you mustn`t be drunk coz it is treated as endangering your dependents` health or life. Two women with 4 kids were arrested for being drunk in Gdańsk. They face up to 5 years.

dziennikbaltycki.pl/gdansk-pijane-kobiety-opiekowaly-sie-czworka-dzieci-23latke-i-45latke-zatrzymala-policja-mieszkankom-elku-grozi-wiezienie/ar/c15-15039720

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Law / How to pay a drinking fine in Poland? [5]


Besides, who drinks and pays, they don`t lose honour - kto pije i płaci, honoru nie traci.

USA, Canada / What do Poles think about drinking raw milk? In America, unpasteurized milk is PROHIBITED. [49]


Yes, it is. I must go around the village and find out where they keep cows coz I can hear mooing frequently. I will ask them to sell a gallon of warm foamy freshly milked milk. It`s been decades since I last drank it.

News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]


Like in Nazi Germany or Stalin`s Russia? No, thanks. Patriotic Poles prefer Polish ways. :):)

News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]

Nope. I am proud of him. :):) And when I told my younger kids that the hardcore curriculum they are overwhelmed with at primary school now is PiS` trick on students due to the infamous deform of education, they also vowed never to vote PiS in the future. hahahaha

Life / Is Polish church involved in politics too much? [137]


It is a simple process - a Catholic believer doesn`t like PiS for political or ideological reasons. PiS is openly supported by some priests. Then these priests are associated with disliked PiS. In result, the dislike towards PiS is transfered onto the Church represented by individual priests.

Is it a correct reasoning?

Life / Is Polish church involved in politics too much? [137]


I see. So, they also should be prepared that people who dislike such support will turn away from the Church first and then from God and faith.

News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]


Because it wasn`t advertised on PiS TV. There is a war going on between fractions in PiS, read an article about it, Morawiecki is believed to damage Duda`s chances:

wiadomosci.onet.pl/tylko-w-onecie/wybory-2020-tvp-morawiecki-odsuniety-od-kampanii-dudy/28b6jqj

On a funny note, Trzaskowski`s men made a nice parody of Duda, especially his infamous stupid faces.

youtu.be/nzPDnbeL95g

News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]


They weren`t neither brazen nor lies. :):) He just forgot about it. It was visible when he was reminded about those facts by his assistants while still on the stand and came back the mike to correct himself. .


You weren`t so convinced in the past. Am I wrong or your views have evolved? :)


Yes, I read about it but let`s be honest, the opposition fans can be equally brutal. As I said earlier, emotions are high.


My eldest son didn`t vote in two last elections though he was already eligible. He didn`t care. How he vows he is going to participate coz he`s had enough of idiotic right wingers. My blood! hahahaha

Study / School meals in Poland [145]

I didn`t know about it. I worked in eateries but that was 30 years ago. Don`t the staff in restaurants eat the food that is to be wasted anyway?

Study / School meals in Poland [145]


That has also been my observation both from my young days as a student and later on as a teacher. Most kids have certain taste preferences and the menu in Polish schools is too limited, l mean the choice of one, two dishes for a day is a silly idea. We need to develop canteens which offer much bigger selection, like in a real diner in town. Then kids can choose what they really like. But that requires funding which is unavailable right now.

Real Estate / Time limitations to selling a flat in Poland (bought a year ago) [4]


Yes, exactly. However, if there is any profit from such a sale made within 5 years from the original purchase of that property, the tax is 19%.

biznes.radiozet.pl/Finanse-Osobiste/Ile-wynosi-podatek-od-sprzedazy-mieszkania-2019.-Od-wzbogacenia.-Przed-uplywem-5-lat

Life / How is red hair viewed in Poland [37]

Most of whom are dyed.

But red ones are mostly dyed, too. :)