Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


Exactly!!! I heard it in Budka Suflera`s hit Never believe a Woman. :):):)


No, I don`t think it is a derivative of stronger words. I think gingerbread was the most popular cake in old Poland. When it got stale aka dry, it produced negative associations which later passed onto grumpy silly people of age.

History / 70th anniversary of 1943 Wołyń/Volhynia and Eastern Galicia Massacre - controvercies [454]

No, mission impossible. ):)

History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [503]


We need more Russias coz we love it so much!

Food / Polish cake with poppy seeds in it. Makowiec [7]

The latest trend is making poppy seed star. It comes in shapes and forms which may vary a little but all resemble a star, indeed.

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Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [980]

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Off-Topic / A VERY CHRISTMASSY FORUM - IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS THREADS [156]

Rzekłem.

Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [980]

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Off-Topic / A VERY CHRISTMASSY FORUM - IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS THREADS [156]


No, it is you we are talking about now. Every time you come to the forum and peddle your aggressive insults and abuse, spoiling the atmosphere, I will react and straighten you out into proper position. Ha!!!!
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Off-Topic / A VERY CHRISTMASSY FORUM - IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS THREADS [156]


In which London district is this sewer located???


Your education is on sewer level if you can`t understand what I said about skipping infantile exchanges between Joker, johhny and you. So, leave the thread alone because it also features other content than your stupidities. :):):)

Off-Topic / A VERY CHRISTMASSY FORUM - IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS THREADS [156]


I don`t read your infantile exchanges coz they are all the same bs and my time is too precious for it. But I looked at your first post this evening and see you bring in sewer style into the forum in each of your posts.
Yes, answer my question - where were you educated???

Off-Topic / A VERY CHRISTMASSY FORUM - IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS THREADS [156]


I pointed to your posts coz each of them contains aggressive abuse and insult. While johhny`s only 1/5 or even less. That is why I suggested you do sth with it coz you intruduce unhealthy atmosphere in the forum each time you come here.
Where were you raised??? In the sewer?

Life / Polish grandma`s advice on life and food [30]

Broth, mostly chicken soup in Poland, needs veg to be aromatic. Luckily, they are easily available: carrots, parsley root, celery, leek and onion.

The second trick for the perfect broth is to add an ingredient which people often forget about which is a leaf of Italian cabbage.
This ingredient not only enriches the soup's flavor with nutty and horseradish notes, but also absorbs excess fat, which is especially important for people who care about a lighter diet.

There is one more thing to those veg. Experts on taste recommend roasting them before adding to the soup. In result, the broth gets richer and stronger aroma and flavour.
Roasting also gives the broth a more intense color, which is a hallmark of a well-prepared broth. Unfortunately, many people try to cut corners by adding raw vegetables and meat, which makes the soup taste much flatter.

Off-Topic / A VERY CHRISTMASSY FORUM - IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS THREADS [156]


Why do you peddle insult and obscenities in EVERY post of yours??? Can`t you limit them to for example 1/4 of your activity in the forum??? Where were you raised?? In the sewer???

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


yes, we know you ran a car service garage. ):)
But when you were active professionally, all season tyres weren`t invented yet so what you are saying about them here comes from what you read online and you should know the net is the primary source of fake news and disinformation. Better keep wary.

Travel / About cars, electric and combustion in Poland. [162]


Exactly. Especially with such equipment on board:

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History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [503]


Sardines were available only during prosperity times. While at other, only winter sprats. But as I love both, it didn`t really matter to me which ones were or weren`t on sale.

History / 70th anniversary of 1943 Wołyń/Volhynia and Eastern Galicia Massacre - controvercies [454]

Volhyn Massacre rememberance on a car:

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Study / Various education and school issues in Poland. Opinions, stories, controversies. [1006]

Going to work early you can observe such views as the birth of a new day:

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History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [503]


Of course not. When you found yourself in the wrong place at the wrong time, you could be beaten up by drunk hooligans. I still remember how my mates or other people warned me not to visit certain notorious places where assaults were frequent.


Of course. The homeless were removed from streets by the regime police using force on those resisting. That is why you never saw them.


Not exactly. They checked the attendance and those absent ones had to submit official explanation why they didn`t come.


They are not horrors but fairy tales for good kids. Hey, we are not going to bed yet! :):):)

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

In a matching exercise with food and container words, a few of my students, in different classes, wrongly matched a bag of cereal instead of a box of cereal. In most cases cereal in Poland is available in packages not boxes.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]

Yes, old guy. But why gingerbread and not poppy seed cake???

As for the other two, sorry no.

Hint - linen press is meant not as a machine but as a place where it is exploited. The word is used on situations where verbal communication among people is abundant.

No - it is real embers which a person might offer to another on request. What for? Hint - mostly done in the street.

How about sitting on your phone/computer??

History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [503]

The fact that the communist system here was milder at certain times than in other countries doesn`t mean it didn`t exist. Polish communists tried to make it as communisty as elsewhere but the nation`s resistance prevented it.

History / Crazy 1990s in Poland - transition from communism to capitalism - stories [111]


That was an empty slogan and the reality was much greyer. E.g, you could afford buying only one shirt monthly while your dreamed of two or three. That is why you defected to the West.

History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [503]

Donald Duck chewing gum was very popular in Poland back then because the package contained a mini cartoon story and everybody wanted to collect them coz normal comic books with Disney characters were never published in communist Poland and their availability depended on private import.
So did the import of Donald gum. The state companies didn`t import them and it was Polish tourists who brought them to Poland. They were bought in the West and in result were sold at astronomical prices here - 5 communist zlotys per piece. I remember it like today that at the time a ride on a city bus/tram cost 1 zloty. So did a daily newspaper or a phone call no matter how long.

My sister and me collected those cartoons and we had a few dozen each. Unfortunately, we left home early during various disturbances and we didn`t take our collections with us. My sister still regrets her lost collection cos our mum packed it up in several boxes and took to the countryside for poor village kids.

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History / Crazy 1990s in Poland - transition from communism to capitalism - stories [111]

Crazy 1990s are also known for English learning hype. Before, the main foreign language taught in Polish schools as compulsory subject from grade 5 primary school was Russian. But most students refused to learn it as the language of occupiers.
All of a sudden, after the Eastern Block collapsed, everybody desired to learn English. People resorted to various offers and probably the most popular ones were courses which could be addressed to a lot of students at a time. It was important due to the shortage of teachers of English in the edu market.

Less popular ways of acquiring English was private tutoring, but many people couldn`t afford it or again there weren`t enough teachers in the area.
That is why TV educational programmes were also used to learn the language. I remember the most famous one - about a funny monster from space called Muzzy who likes eating clocks on Earth. The series was liked by kids and we, teachers, also played it to our students during course classes or at language camps.

Here you are.

Life / I saw Polish nationalism today [263]


If a similar fanatic kills your fave Konfederacja politician for being a pro Putin thug, will you also approve of the act so happily and suggest he had it coming???????

News / Dirty deeds of foreign guys in Poland [128]


Actually, that`s the only source which mentioned it, now I can read it too. Sorry for being unkind, but I was sure you made that story up.

Off-Topic / THE POLISH FORUMS CHRISTMAS TREE! [56]


They are in our home and you can see them only after you lift and spread the bottom branches away. It is not my fault that your Christmas tree is so poor and depleted that you can`t hide presents under it.

News / Dirty deeds of foreign guys in Poland [128]


Why didn`t you provide a link to your news source at once?? Such laziness caused this unnecessary tension coz we were convinced you were joking in an indecent way.

Off-Topic / THE POLISH FORUMS CHRISTMAS TREE! [56]


For everybody to see everything at once??? No, the atmosphere needs some mystery to be remembered for a longer time than a day or two. That is why presents should be hidden under the tree. Puzzle wrapped in other enigmas etc.