Lyzko
23 Jun 2022
Lyzko
23 Jun 2022
Language / Best books to self-study Polish? [30]
I do know that homophones are also called "sound-alike" words, whereas I recall that homonyms also look the same or similar,'yet sound different and mean different things.
I do know that homophones are also called "sound-alike" words, whereas I recall that homonyms also look the same or similar,'yet sound different and mean different things.
Lyzko
23 Jun 2022
Love / What cities have most blonde girls? [26]
On the whole, I'd say that's about right.
Yet, I did encounter quite of number of brown-haired, dark-eyed Swedes while I was in Goeteborg/Gothenburg.
However, those I spoke with confessed there might have been some Lapp or Saami ancestry way back when.
On the whole, I'd say that's about right.
Yet, I did encounter quite of number of brown-haired, dark-eyed Swedes while I was in Goeteborg/Gothenburg.
However, those I spoke with confessed there might have been some Lapp or Saami ancestry way back when.
Lyzko
23 Jun 2022
Language / Best books to self-study Polish? [30]
Homonyms then. Same spelling (with only a single significant variant), totally different meaning?
Homonyms then. Same spelling (with only a single significant variant), totally different meaning?
Lyzko
23 Jun 2022
Language / Best books to self-study Polish? [30]
Right, Paw!
There are numerous other "dangerous" homophones in Polish, f. ex. "kat" vs."kat" with a cedilla bellow the "a" in the second word, the latter meaning an edge or corner:-)
Right, Paw!
There are numerous other "dangerous" homophones in Polish, f. ex. "kat" vs."kat" with a cedilla bellow the "a" in the second word, the latter meaning an edge or corner:-)
Lyzko
22 Jun 2022
Lyzko
22 Jun 2022
History / POLISH AND RUSSIAN FRIENDSHIP WILL LAST FOREVER [513]
@Tacitus, you must also not forget that for centuries, Austria was the buffer state, so to speak, between the Muslim Turks who'd been successfully driven back by the Poles under Jan Sobieski in the 17th century, and Western Christendom.
No surprise therefore that Austria, in particular Vienna, had also served as the sort of Black Market way station right after '45, learning to deal literally with the Allies and the Communists.
Nowhere in my opinion has the "Austrian Dilemma" been so skillfully depicted as in Graham Greene's THE THIRD MAN!
Incidentally, how come you haven't responded to my private posts over the last year or so? Just wondering
@Tacitus, you must also not forget that for centuries, Austria was the buffer state, so to speak, between the Muslim Turks who'd been successfully driven back by the Poles under Jan Sobieski in the 17th century, and Western Christendom.
No surprise therefore that Austria, in particular Vienna, had also served as the sort of Black Market way station right after '45, learning to deal literally with the Allies and the Communists.
Nowhere in my opinion has the "Austrian Dilemma" been so skillfully depicted as in Graham Greene's THE THIRD MAN!
Incidentally, how come you haven't responded to my private posts over the last year or so? Just wondering
Lyzko
22 Jun 2022
History / POLISH AND RUSSIAN FRIENDSHIP WILL LAST FOREVER [513]
Being sarky once again, Bobko old man?
Some of us might take serious issue here.
Then of course, I trust you weren't serious:-)
Being sarky once again, Bobko old man?
Some of us might take serious issue here.
Then of course, I trust you weren't serious:-)
Lyzko
22 Jun 2022
History / POLISH AND RUSSIAN FRIENDSHIP WILL LAST FOREVER [513]
Ahemm, Boltzmann, Schroedinger along with many other Austrians helped usher in the atomic age, for better or worse!
And where would the entire field of genetics be without Gregor Mendel? Don't blame him 'cuz Adolf got his grimy mitts all over that area and began preaching the Gospel according to Dummkoepfe LOL
Ahemm, Boltzmann, Schroedinger along with many other Austrians helped usher in the atomic age, for better or worse!
And where would the entire field of genetics be without Gregor Mendel? Don't blame him 'cuz Adolf got his grimy mitts all over that area and began preaching the Gospel according to Dummkoepfe LOL
Lyzko
22 Jun 2022
Love / What cities have most blonde girls? [26]
Kindly too distinguish between dyed vs. natural Blondes.
Kindly too distinguish between dyed vs. natural Blondes.
Lyzko
22 Jun 2022
History / POLISH AND RUSSIAN FRIENDSHIP WILL LAST FOREVER [513]
@Bobko, I figure you're only being sarcastic in your latest post.
Putin's no Metternich, and Lavrov's sure no Gentz, so let's not kid ourselves.
@Bobko, I figure you're only being sarcastic in your latest post.
Putin's no Metternich, and Lavrov's sure no Gentz, so let's not kid ourselves.
Lyzko
22 Jun 2022
Love / What cities have most blonde girls? [26]
@Boboshku,
New York ain't America! What goes or doesn't go on along New York City streets is not nor has ever been a barometer for what's happening throughout the rest of the country.
'specially round about the time Marilyn was in her heyday, it was the common wisdom that "Blondes have more fun":-)
@Boboshku,
New York ain't America! What goes or doesn't go on along New York City streets is not nor has ever been a barometer for what's happening throughout the rest of the country.
'specially round about the time Marilyn was in her heyday, it was the common wisdom that "Blondes have more fun":-)
Lyzko
22 Jun 2022
Love / What cities have most blonde girls? [26]
Nearly every guy's got the same fixation!
We Jews call it "schicksappeal":-)
Nearly every guy's got the same fixation!
We Jews call it "schicksappeal":-)
Lyzko
22 Jun 2022
Lyzko
22 Jun 2022
Language / Best books to self-study Polish? [30]
Looks good for first-time learners at that age; no English and lots of visuals:-)
Looks good for first-time learners at that age; no English and lots of visuals:-)
Lyzko
21 Jun 2022
Lyzko
21 Jun 2022
Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1049]
Interesting here that "sztuka" can mean both art as well as drama or play, depending solely on the respective context.
Interesting here that "sztuka" can mean both art as well as drama or play, depending solely on the respective context.
Lyzko
21 Jun 2022
Lyzko
21 Jun 2022
Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1049]
Walt Whitman in Polish. Just about as tantalizing as Mickiewicz in English. Oh, it's been done, but it's almost like reading a different author, no?
Walt Whitman in Polish. Just about as tantalizing as Mickiewicz in English. Oh, it's been done, but it's almost like reading a different author, no?
Lyzko
21 Jun 2022
Language / Best books to self-study Polish? [30]
Not certain where in the UK you live at present, but if it's London, I believe there's a bookshop called Dillon's (near Charing Cross Rd.?), if it still exists, and they have or used to have a wonderful and detailed selection of language learning books!
The second or perhaps it was the third floor of the old Foyle's Bookshop had about the best serious selection of linguistics and scholarly-type books I'd ever seen, but this was thirty-some odd years ago:-)
So sorry, I meant Hachette, NOT DIllon's.LOL
Not certain where in the UK you live at present, but if it's London, I believe there's a bookshop called Dillon's (near Charing Cross Rd.?), if it still exists, and they have or used to have a wonderful and detailed selection of language learning books!
The second or perhaps it was the third floor of the old Foyle's Bookshop had about the best serious selection of linguistics and scholarly-type books I'd ever seen, but this was thirty-some odd years ago:-)
So sorry, I meant Hachette, NOT DIllon's.LOL
Lyzko
20 Jun 2022
Life / Poland's birthrate on the decline [480]
Does Poland support the use of abortion if only in order to protect a woman's life?
Does Poland support the use of abortion if only in order to protect a woman's life?
Lyzko
20 Jun 2022
Language / Best books to self-study Polish? [30]
Ronald Feldstein put out a popular and relatively acclaimed paperback Polish grammar some years back in fairly exhaustive detail. Sure it's been reprinted and, again, he really covers those counting patterns admirably for an American writing for Anglophone learners:-)
Problem with any such book on foreign language grammar is that considerable prerequisite knowledge is required for the stuff to make any sense whatsoever.
Were Polish my FIRST second language as an adult and I'd zero background from either childhood or even middle school, I'd have thrown in the towel after page fiveLOL
Ronald Feldstein put out a popular and relatively acclaimed paperback Polish grammar some years back in fairly exhaustive detail. Sure it's been reprinted and, again, he really covers those counting patterns admirably for an American writing for Anglophone learners:-)
Problem with any such book on foreign language grammar is that considerable prerequisite knowledge is required for the stuff to make any sense whatsoever.
Were Polish my FIRST second language as an adult and I'd zero background from either childhood or even middle school, I'd have thrown in the towel after page fiveLOL
Lyzko
18 Jun 2022
Lyzko
18 Jun 2022
Po polsku / Polska miedzy Niemcami i Rosja. Zalety i wady. [512]
Tak samo kiedy Polacy sie staraja mowic ze soba po angielsku:-)
Oni takze mowia od lasa do sasa a jednak sie jakos rozumieja!
Tak samo kiedy Polacy sie staraja mowic ze soba po angielsku:-)
Oni takze mowia od lasa do sasa a jednak sie jakos rozumieja!
Lyzko
17 Jun 2022
Po polsku / Polska miedzy Niemcami i Rosja. Zalety i wady. [512]
No, to inna sprawa. Ukraina nie wodzi wojne przeciwko Ameryki:-)
No, to inna sprawa. Ukraina nie wodzi wojne przeciwko Ameryki:-)
Lyzko
17 Jun 2022
Language / Best books to self-study Polish? [30]
Swan and Feldstein are by far the best for Anglophone Polish learners!
They break down the number quirks especially very clearly, even for me LOL
Swan and Feldstein are by far the best for Anglophone Polish learners!
They break down the number quirks especially very clearly, even for me LOL
Lyzko
16 Jun 2022
Lyzko
16 Jun 2022
Food / Where can I buy lamb in Poland? [89]
Looks like you've been wracking your brains out for a rack of lamb LOL
Well, my limited experience in Poland is that lamb is indeed on the menu, but more for foreign or international -style eateries.
Looks like you've been wracking your brains out for a rack of lamb LOL
Well, my limited experience in Poland is that lamb is indeed on the menu, but more for foreign or international -style eateries.
Lyzko
16 Jun 2022
Lyzko
16 Jun 2022
Po polsku / Polska miedzy Niemcami i Rosja. Zalety i wady. [512]
Niemcy w przyszlosci musia byc NIEPODLEGLI od Rosji, o tym to chodzi!
Niemcy w przyszlosci musia byc NIEPODLEGLI od Rosji, o tym to chodzi!