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Polonius3   
6 Nov 2015
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

isn't even aware of mr.Braun

Fair enough. Only goes to show he did not run a porper campaign. But even if he had, his chances of making it into the second round, let alone winning, were zero.
Polonius3   
6 Nov 2015
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

great president of Poland

The majority of Poles disagree as attested to by his poor showing in the presidential race. Poles want moderate, even-keeled head of state and that's why they elected Duda and rejected that buffoon Komorowski.
Polonius3   
6 Nov 2015
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Grzegorz Braun

Personally I believe he is a bit too extreme and would rank him with RN, Korwin and Palikot in terms of radicalism. More of a happening-monger than a serious politician and it's no wonder. Braun started out with the Orange Alternative, a satriical protest group that appeared in the late PRL period.
Polonius3   
5 Nov 2015
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

ATT MODS: If possible, please do not merge. Since the elections are over, I suggest this new thread dealing with events on Poland's poltical stage in the post-election period. For starters, the first post-election political-preference poll. According to a survey carried out by Ibris, Poles expressed their support as follows:

United Right: 36, PO 19, Petru 12, Kukiz 10, United Left 6, Razem 5, PSL 4 and Korwin 4.

Noteworthy is that PO fared worse in the survey than in both the last pre-election poll and in the election itself. Petru has moved ahead and may soon match or eclipse PO.

The ZL (excommies) have lost some support. Razem would have made it into the Sejm but the PSL would not.

United Right

The losers are busy badmouthing, contesting, deriding, provoking and sticking their big nose in the cabinet-forming process which is none of their business. Szydło said Gowin would be defence minister, Kaczyński will run things from the backseat, Macierewicz hysteria is being whipped up, Duda chose the wrong date for the first Sejm session because Poland won't be represented at a EU summit, bla-bla-bla, etc., etc., ad nauseam.

Szydło did not say Gowin would be def. min., only that he was a candidate. Neither the law nor the constitution stipulates how a government is chosen by the winning side. The ex-commies won the 1993 election but their leader did not head up the govt because they but Pawlak into the PM's seat, as was their right. The AWS did make their leader Krzaklewski the PM but chose an outsider Buzek.

It was Tusk, who closely follows the Polish poltical scene and knows 11th Nov. is a public holdiay who set the 12th Nov. date for the summit. Was this deliberate sabotage -- another PO spanner hurled into the works?

If the losers showed a but of goodwill, Poland could be represented at the summit. Kopacz could submit her resignation in writing and attend the summit later in the day. She could even do so in person and be flown to Malta -- it isn't Vancouver! But for that to happen some PO goodwill would be needed -- a commodity in extremely short supply amongst those embitteredadn vindictive losers.

Rather than stoking the flames of the Polish-Polish war, as they have been for the past decade, the Platformers would do beter to clean up their own act. Their party is fraught wtih factionalism, is unravelling at the seams and quite likely their support base will soon be eclipsed by by Petru's Nowoczesna.
Polonius3   
3 Nov 2015
Genealogy / Want to find a person [770]

Krygier

For more info on Poland's Krygiers please contact me.
Polonius3   
2 Nov 2015
History / Time for Slavic Commonwealth around Poland as center [223]

militarily attack and attack in mass media

No matter what devious justification you try to use, the world was appalled by Serbian atrocities such as Srebrenice and the mediaeval brutality of decapitation and impaling enemy heads on poles. This is Europe?! There are also those who try to deny or justify Katyń or the Holocaust! Some of those Serbian monsters have been put on trial for it at the Hague. Why don't the Serbian people make a clean breast of things and turn over those cowardly killers still in hiding!?
Polonius3   
1 Nov 2015
History / Time for Slavic Commonwealth around Poland as center [223]

NATO nations have murdered tens of millions

A wild and irresponsible accusation. (Sounds like Crow under a differenet nick?!) Any proof of those off-the-wall figures? NATO had to move in and stop the blood-thirsty Serbs from butchering any more innocent poeple. Turkey is a loyal NATO ally serving as a bulwark agaisnt ISIS and a beacon of stability in that turbulent part of the word. Only some of the deranged Balkan statelets keep expounding their anti-Turkish obsessions.
Polonius3   
31 Oct 2015
History / Time for Slavic Commonwealth around Poland as center [223]

i don`t understand

Not everyone shares your hang-ups abotu Turks, The Ottoman empire has come and gone and today Turkey is a civilised country despite its Moslem majority. In the past, Poland had had its run-ins with Turkey but later they became fast friends. Turks are not amongst the streams of refugees flooding Europe. Let bygones be bygones and move forward. Russia has shown it continues to be a thrteat by its anti-Urkainian aggression and installing Iskander missiles jsut across the Polish border in Kaliningrad. Turkey by contrast is a faithful NATO ally. Some day hopefully Serbs may see the light, apologise for their atrocities and join NATO themselves. If NATO will have them?!
Polonius3   
31 Oct 2015
Language / Polish names without a nickname (or less frequently shortened) [61]

[quote=PippoZ]-ino : small, gatto -> gattino = kotek. koteczek, kicia
-one : big, gatto -> gattone = kocisko , kocur (tomcat)
-accio : ugly, gatto -> gattaccio = kocisko
-etto : pretty, casa -> casetta (small pretty lovely house) = domek, domeczek
-uncolo : tiny, meaningless, uomo -> omuncolo = ludzik, człowieczek (little but not necessarily man)
-uccio : similar to -etto, casa -> casuccia = domek, domeczek

QUESION: can these be used interchanegably, eg gatuccio?
Polonius3   
31 Oct 2015
Language / Polish names without a nickname (or less frequently shortened) [61]

Ksawery

Ksawerek - used also on a soap I watch with the Mrs. Bear in mind that Polish is a variant-prone language easy to coin new diminutives in. There are countless unique-case scenarios in the nicknaming field, at times limited to a single family or perhaps even a single household within that family. Ksawery itself is quite rare in Poland but I can readily imagine such people also being endearingly referred to as Ksawuś, Ksawunio, etc.

Mira and Mirka as usually pet forms of Sławomira or Mirosława. Other possibilities are Sławcia, Sławka, Mirunia, Mireczka, Mircia...,
Polonius3   
31 Oct 2015
Language / Polish names without a nickname (or less frequently shortened) [61]

Kacpe

Kacperek. BTW is Hyacinth a women's name in English as per Mrs Bucket aka Bouquet of "Keeping up Appearances" fame? In Polish Hilary is a man's name, in fact a Polish spectacle-wipe manufacturer has labeleld his product Hilary. Know why?
Polonius3   
29 Oct 2015
Language / Polish names without a nickname (or less frequently shortened) [61]

Monika, Marta, Agata, Aneta, Iga, Ida, Kamila, Aga, Dorota, Justyna, Paweł, Marcin, Błażej, Mariusz, £ukasz, Jacek, Dawid, Mateusz,

Poles will come up with pet forms of most every name since the use of diminutives is an immanent feature of the Polish language, hence:

Moniczka, Martunia, Agatka, Igunia (rare but not impossible), Idźka, Kamilka, Justysia, Pawełek, Marcinek, Błażejek, Mariuszek, Maniek, £ukaszek, Jacuś, Dawidek, Mateuszek.

Dorota has a number of variants: Dorotka, Dorcia, Dosia and even Doda (although the latter is a contrived stage name).
Unlike English where short pet forms prevaill (Bill < William, Meg < Margaret), Polish endearing names often add an exrtra syllable, eg Mareczek < Marek.
Polonius3   
29 Oct 2015
Language / What computer keyboards are in use in Poland? [34]

like Ę, Ą)

The problem is that many typewriter keyboards seemed to have been misdesigned by clueless engineers or maybe elves who had never done any real typing themselves in a given language. A properly designed keyboard should take a given country's typing needs into account.

For instance, all seven upper-case Polish accented letters can be dealt with by a single dead key: '/˛.
I have heard of and seen a picture of only one typewriter from before WW1 that actually had a full (upper and lower-case) Ę and Ą key on the keyboard.
Polonius3   
28 Oct 2015
Language / What computer keyboards are in use in Poland? [34]

fonts

On typewirters they were called key-slugs. But in general you are right -- 214 was patterned on the German keyboard. So were many typewriters, however the four German keys Ä, Ö and Ü as well as ß were not sufficient to accommodate all 9 Polish accented letters. £ and Ż were usually separate keys, but that would leave only 2 keys (from the German foursome) for ą, ę, ć, ń, ó, ś and ź. In my opinion the best layouts (Olympia, Adler, Mercedes, Remington, Royal, etc.) had the lower-case accented letters in the top row with the numerals above. Then you could type Polish quickly and efficiently. Upper case were made with a dead key. The PRL-style keyboard was poorly designed and requried shifting for lower-case ę, ś, ń, ć and ź. Instead of smooth typing the typists was constantly shifting. 214 is only a slight improvement as you still have to shift for ć, ę and ź. One of the worst Polish keyboards was on a pre-war Hermes Rocket -- lots of shifting!
Polonius3   
28 Oct 2015
Language / What computer keyboards are in use in Poland? [34]

why there is no Polish keyboard.

I tried to explain that Poles are extremely docile vis-vis-à-vis the West, America in particular. That tends to make the uncritical and extremely receptive to everything coming from there (including some of the really idiotic sticome they show on Polish TV). The French are far more assertive with regards to their indigenous culture, probably in large part due to their inbred dislike of Anglos in any size. shaep or form..

But let Poles pretend to be Yanks or cowboys, as long as I'm able to merrily type away on my trusty and reliable 214! Vive la (le?) deux cent quatorze! (Mon français n'est pas si bon!)
Polonius3   
28 Oct 2015
Language / What computer keyboards are in use in Poland? [34]

slows down typing

I too intially couldn't figure out why Poles would use the "cowboy" (US) keybaord rather than their own. As it was explaiend to me, it was not a matter of preference but availabiltiy. The first comptuers were składaki, assembled by small fly-by-night firms from usually cheap Made in Asia parts catering to the huge US market where the US keyboard prevailed. Poels got used to it and don't mind double-typing for Polish letters. Most don't even know there's an alternative.

That does not change the fact that Polish 214 is ideal for both Polsih and English plus a few other languages thrown in. Not only is faster typing possible but it is far more convenient and versatile, becuase everything is right up front on the keyboard. You don't double-type to type Polish diacritics: ą, ć, ę, ł, ń, ó, ś, ś, ź and ż. Neither do you have to go into the INSERT mode of the toolbar to type garçon, façade as well as déjà vu, Übermensch, mañana, Višehrad and others with no hassle.

But the clusmy, time-consuming and non-versatile Polish double-type Programmer's Keyboard rules the roost. Poles are a docile lot and readily take what they get. If more Poles had demanded the Polish 214, it would have become widely available. Incidentally, even postage-stamp-sized countries like Denmark use their own national keyboards, but not Poland!
Polonius3   
25 Oct 2015
Life / The nature of Polish jokes? [128]

how other ethnicities

Other ethnic groups (Jews, Negroes, Hispanics, Italians, etc.) in the US are actively combating bigotry and need no outside help. PolAms are less assertive by and large and too many of them prefer not to rock the boat and grin and bear it. Maybe they have fogotten (or never heard) the old American adage: it's the squeaking wheel that gets the grease!
Polonius3   
25 Oct 2015
Language / Nice Polish phrases to say to men [76]

"handsome"

"Cześć przystojniaku" is how Polish the film translators usually translate Hollywood films with the lead-in "Hi handsome!"
Polonius3   
22 Oct 2015
Language / Polish names without a nickname (or less frequently shortened) [61]

short step to Spanish

Actually I studied Spnaish for one year at uni mayn years ago, hence the soy, so I would have to de-hispanicise any Italian I would learn.

Io ha studiato espagnol alla universitate un uno. I know that's probably wrong but it's understandable to an Italian isn't it, so I think I could get by in basic conversation.

Anyway, grazie!

Back to the topic
Polonius3   
22 Oct 2015
Language / Polish names without a nickname (or less frequently shortened) [61]

suffix "modifiers"

Pippo, that's tremendous! I never knew Italian had all those modifying forms. I'm impressed. (Soy imponato?!) As you can see my Italian is non-existent, something I greatly regret but somehow I never had the opportunity to learn.