News / 11th November Independence Day in Poland [73]


What's that bit of nonsense supposed to mean?

And they're just watching a band parade.

Language / Cultural disparities shown through Polish and English languages [195]


Is a misunderstood word. It's not a synonym for excellent. You can y fluent and make a lot of mistakes; immigrants to a country who learnt the lańguage around them rather than from a textbook are often very fluent but go against a lot of the principles of grammar.

Food / Best hypermarket to shop for foods in Poland? [50]


I was visiting an Old People's Home and there was a decorative bottle of Heaven Scent talc next to the bog. It was as if my granny was in the room.

Food / Best hypermarket to shop for foods in Poland? [50]


I use Brut 33 sometimes. They still sell it and it's actually good quality. Nobody under a certain age remembers it, and for people older, it has nostalgia.


One good thi grin Poland is some of the 'cheaper' brands made for Eastern Europe. The quality is often very good and they tend to be robust. Plus the 'special' versions from well known brands for that market. I bought a Kenwood stand mixer/food processor, made in the U.K. but sold in Poland, Ukraine etc. Much cheaper than their other stuff, takes the same attachments and has lasted me for years.

EuroRTV are particularly good for those products and Media Markt often has some.

USA, Canada / Will Americans flee from the US to Poland? [186]


There ar even higher taxes in France.And they still have to file returns if they live overseas.

USA, Canada / Will Americans flee from the US to Poland? [186]


They could always try for asylum in Canada or Mexico.

News / How will Polish-American relations change if Trump is elected president again? [694]


We're part of the anima; kingdom.


Black swans do pretty well. Black cats too.

News / Polish military contingent in Lebanon. [183]


Oddly enough, Nowy wspaniały świat is how Huxley's Brave New World is titled in its Polish translation.

Dreary and rather annoying like most Huxley (though I can see why it was popular in PL) except for Eyeless in Gaza, very worth reading.

Food / Best hypermarket to shop for foods in Poland? [50]


Since they started showing some self-respect, a few centuries ago.


Moisturising is more important; any will do, even the cheapest (though non-greasy ones are best), last thing at night.

News / How will Polish-American relations change if Trump is elected president again? [694]


One thing that used to be seen as a little embarrassing is that some of the major early archeological sites in PL were inhabited by Burgundian rather than proto-Slavic cultures.


Why would skin colour matter?


Oh dear...

Language / Dog Commands in Polish [49]


Very much so. It's the tones they hear, not so much the words, even though they seem to recognise them.

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1408]


Definitely conservative.

Which current party do you prefer?

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1408]


She was a Conservative.

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1408]


Maybe their economies are more adaptable; we came out well because we responded efficiently.

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1408]

They should count their blessings. Life is harder in Turkey, Brazil, former z Yugoslavia etc.

Food / Best hypermarket to shop for foods in Poland? [50]

There always Spolem.

It's supposed to be a co-op though I've never figured out how to join and there aren't any posters in the shops about it. I once asked someone how to join and just got a blank look.

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1408]


Yes, Kamala Harris would have been good, as are the SPD in Germany.

They're both a bit too much towards the right wing however the do their job well and there's no reason that mild dissatisfaction with some policies should lead to du ping them in favour of fascists.

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1408]


Would you prefer AfD running it or not?

News / How will Polish-American relations change if Trump is elected president again? [694]


Sadly some people are easily manipulated.

Language / Dog Commands in Polish [49]

I didn't look (at work and posting in spare minutes and now travelling on a very bumpy road). Seek sounds a good possibility.

Do ye ken the old song: "Do ye ken John Peel". Plenty of hunting language and stuff about doggies, including the call "view halo" which is I suspect a forerunner of the telephone term "hello", that or connects to the word "hail/hele".

A nice song too. I have about half my roots in that region.

News / How will Polish-American relations change if Trump is elected president again? [694]


Missing it wider than a missile "fired" by one of Putler's drunks.


Economically, largely yes, however one party favours developed government and building up a sort of welfare state and the other party believes that if someone¡s poor, then it's somehow their fault.


I'm surprised you haven't joined. You could sign up with one of your fake social media profiles and perhaps help them at election time with telephone canvassing. Over Skype...

News / How will Polish-American relations change if Trump is elected president again? [694]


It seems it can even count in their favour.

The moral of the story is that it's entirely the media and PR nowadays. Marketing is everything and a drip drip drip of bile does seem to work.

Language / Dog Commands in Polish [49]


Same with me. Or seen it in a novel. I wonder what the etymology is.

Language / Dog Commands in Polish [49]


I've never heard it at all. Is it American?


I can't imagine telling a doggie to do that,.

Language / Dog Commands in Polish [49]


They're not too hard.

It sems like a lot of 'commands' for just one doggie.

Feedback / I love this forum - It's so Polish: tolerant, inconsistent, amusing [337]


Yes, there are some improvements. Makes things easier, doesn't it.

News / How will Polish-American relations change if Trump is elected president again? [694]


It's compulsory to eat Tom Trott. But only once a year
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonfire_toffee

Off-Topic / Random Sports News [855]

And it's still only lunchtime...

Off-Topic / Random Sports News [855]

Perhaps you're reading too much into that.

Off-Topic / Random Sports News [855]


I'm almost tempted to post a photo here, however I can pass for 15 years younger very easily. And the last time someone tried to gues, they got it 19 years out.

Here's a tip (if you're male and part of the patriarchy). If you grow a big luxuriant moustache when you're younger, it makes you look older. If you grow one when you're older, it makes you look younger.

I won't suggest you try though who would rule out the possibility...