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gumishu   
4 Aug 2011
History / Kashubians are nation in Poland? [124]

They are the descendants of the Goths who migrated from Scandza (Scandinavia) to Gotiscandza (Northern Poland). See the attached map. Look up goths in wikipedia. This knowledge was opressed in Poland by the Soviets for a very long time.

that Goths lived around Gdańsk Bay at the time you mention is commonly accepted among scientists - however this is no evidence Kashubians are their descendants - Goths most probably moved further south in time as we find them on Dnieper and even the Black Sea in some 3rd century AD - they have left traces along their migration route and even linguistic traces in neighbouring common Slavic speech (a good couple of words borrowed from the Goths by Slavs and perhaps a couple that made the opposite way too) - my guess (I am not that well informed on the subject) they haven't left any populations behind in the course of the migration
gumishu   
24 Jul 2011
Food / What's your favorite Polish coffee? [75]

I usually buy Dallmayr or Illy, but I'm not sure if you can get them in Poland.

there are coffee vending machines with the Dallmayr brandmark in bigger railway stations in Poland - packaged coffee of the brand is not popular though (and definitely not widely available)
gumishu   
23 Jul 2011
Life / Rich man, poor man - today`s Poland [80]

By the way, why whenever people decide to save money they start with pencils and erasers? The do that in the States too. How is the $50 a year going to make a difference?

in Poland they have already done (starting late 2008) most possible cuts on the fuel expenses for police - and it shows in the streets and in the reports how the police work in many cases (you have to understand Polish and watch Polish TV from time to time to hear about these things mostly)
gumishu   
23 Jul 2011
Po polsku / O co chodzi z tymi Żydami. [144]

Z jakiej paki ma nagle wypłacić 65 miliardów jak już powiedział że rząd polski nie zapłaci? I ci napaleni na kasę Żydzi się dalej wściekają?
Z jakiej paki ma być 15% inflacja?

a skąd rząd weźmie pieniądze jeśli nie z podatków - a podatki to kto ostatecznie zapłaci w cenie towarów

ja mam szczerą nadzieję, że nie dostaną złamanego centa za nienależne spadki bo sobie jakiś tam pan na jakimś międzynarodowym zlocie żydowskim powiedział że 'nie dopuścimy do tego żeby Polacy dziedziczyli po Żydach' (ten pan tak nawiasem mówiąc jakimś tam bylekim to raczej nie był tylko bardziej taką szychą w różnych Kongresach ichniejszych) - ale... sęk w tym że gwarancji nie ma i tak sobie wyobrażam pawian że w takim SLD to jest trochę osób które są jakby nieco bardziej filosemitami niż ty i by chętnie z sobie znanych powodów odpalili parę miliardów USD 'środowiskom żydowskim' (świadomie piszę parę mld USD bo wiesz że to niby taki dobry interes że chcieli 65 mld a my daliśmy im tylko marne 7,5 dajmy na to - i taki scenariusz wydaje mi się niestety realistyczny - teraz sobie policz ile to te 7,5 mld USD jest w porównaniu z rocznym Polskim deficytem budżetowym)
gumishu   
23 Jul 2011
Po polsku / O co chodzi z tymi Żydami. [144]

Widocznie czują że Polacy nie wiedzą jeszcze wszystkiego o swoim antysemityzmie, który jest przecież taki swojski i naturalny że staje się niezauważalny.

hahahah dobre - faktycznie ja jeszcze wszystkiego o swoim antysemityźmie nie wiem :) w każdym razie na to wygląda ;)

Widzisz różnicę? :):):) Czy już wiesz dlaczego na polskim forum ktoś czuje że trzeba Polakom coś uświadomić? :):):):) Możesz mieć Żydów w dupie jak napisałeś ale nie uciekniesz, kochasiu, daleko... Żydzi Cię zawsze dopadną. :):):)

o stary - ty jakiś apokaliptyczny filosemita jesteś albo apokaliptyczny fatalista :P

ciekaw jestem jak będziesz chłopie śpiewał jak pan Tusk po wyborach (a będzie pewnie rządził z SLD które z dystansu do środowisk żydowskich raczej znane nie jest) zgodzi się panom z AJC wypłacić dajmy na to w ciągu 5 lat 65mld dolarów rekompensaty za utracone mienie żydowskie i obetną ci wskutek tego pensję o 15 procent nominalnie a dojdzie do tego drugie 15 procent inflacji
gumishu   
23 Jul 2011
Life / Polish and Czechs [191]

despite all this pan-Slavic bullshit

pan-Slavic movements were never very popular in Poland for political reasons...

...still the affinity of the languages just makes Czechs, Slovaks, Poles, Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians close (closer than Germans and the English I reckon)
gumishu   
23 Jul 2011
History / Polish historical myths - to break or not to break them? [257]

Could be, hussars armour had no backplate.

because it hadn't for the most part

I am no specialist but I guess the rope used for lassoeing was attached to some hook on the saddle and the warrior's arms were mostly used to throw the lassoe and then quickly fasten it arround the 'hook'

pulling from the back is I guess considerably more effective in dismounting any rider then pushing from the front - in case of pushing from the front the body automatically reacts to oppose, a reaction which is not present in puling from behind - there is also a difference in where the force is applied - lassoe can catch the upper part of the body (including the head only which is very dangerous) - in all I believe lassoing is a very effective way of dismounting (and consequently harming) a rider of any kind (especially pulling from behind) and thus very dangerous

again hussars fought not only in formations and not only in frontal attacks - in case of fighting Tatars they could have been easily mixed in or surrounded by their mobile cavalry (mobile skirmishes) - having said that it is not that I am 100 per cent sure that the 'wings' were actually used this way - I just think they could have been used this way and if so probably originated from anti-lassoe measure
gumishu   
22 Jul 2011
History / Polish historical myths - to break or not to break them? [257]

it's not the best thing (from military point of view) but the fantastic look of the film

youtube.com/watch?v=w7bXsUyGWhw&feature=related

note that in 4:54 the guy playing a reiter gets kicked by the horse under Kmicic/Olbrychski
gumishu   
11 Jul 2011
Language / Why is the Polish language so difficult? [363]

Russian for family-familia

familia is more like a family name in Russian than the family itself and Russian also have a different word for family 'sjemja' ('syem'ya') which I guess is Slavic (maybe it comes from 'seed' - compare archaic Polish 'siemię' = 'seed')

Lyzko:
True, Alex! And yet, Polish typically borrows heavily from non-Slavic word roots. Having said all that, Both Polish and particularly Czech use almost exclusively SLAVIC word roots for both the days of the week as well as the months and seasons, compared say with Russian in the case of the former.

So, in other words, Russian is easier than Polish?

Russian grammar is a bit simpler than the Polish one but it still has good couple of noun cases and comparable difficulty of verb aspects (perfective/imperfective)

Russian phonetics is a bit simpler than Polish - but hardly any Westerner masters their 'soft consonants' and most pronounce these as their plain variants (it hardly sounds Russian anymore then)

the different alphabet is not a big problem - you can read it pretty fast after some practice (I learned it almost instantly as a kid in school) - the only problem is some sounds behind the alphabet
gumishu   
10 Jul 2011
Travel / Poland wildlife and similar wild life where you live. [246]

Is that a newt?

I know the question is age old - but not it's not a newt it's just a common type of lizard 'jaszczurka' (there are three native species of lizards in Poland but one is not at all common (jaszczurka zielona = european green lizard)
gumishu   
9 Jul 2011
Travel / What is the weather like in Poland where you are now? [211]

a pretty accurate rainfall and sky condition prediction - USAAF European meteorological service:

you need other sources to see what is the prediction of temperature

there is also this site [eurometeo.com/english/meteosat/jump_EUMET:MPE-1] - this is close to real time satellite imaging focused on precipitation - let's you know if a storm or a storm front is developing and aiming for where you're at

sometimes pogodynka.pl has its meteorological radar images updated close to real time (when big rainfall is predicted - normally they have over 3-hour delay) - nowa.pogodynka.pl/radary
gumishu   
9 Jul 2011
Language / Why is the Polish language so difficult? [363]

Rain33

I discovered that she is Kashubian, so she is probably not the best person to ask to recite something in Polish.

Kashubians speak perfect Polish - they are sort of bilingual

Ya ne govoryu horosho po russkomu[b][/b]

po ruski - ja toże nie goworiu choroszo chotja ja ucziłsia jego w szkolie - Polish has it's own specific transliteration of Russian which is not completely phonetic but reflects the Russian written forms
gumishu   
1 Jul 2011
Life / Why is circumcision not practiced in Poland? [701]

Why is circumcision not practiced in Poland?

because you would have to pay for it - secondly many people would think you are a Jew and Jews don't have good opinnion in Poland generally - thirdly as PennBoy said why fix something that is not broken - maybe circumicision makes sense in hotter climates but little in Poland
gumishu   
26 Jun 2011
Travel / Why do you visit Poland? [223]

Szedłem na wakaję, kiedy studiowałem w zeszłym roku w Niemczach. Zwiedziłem Warszawę.

I went on vacation while studying in Germany last year. I visited Warsaw.

It must have taken you a good couple of weeks to walk all the way to Warsaw and back to Germany ;) - this is what the sentence roughly means in Polish

Don't translate word for word using dictionaries - it actually seldom works

OK - after reading your Polish sentences I notice this szedłem is the only mistakenly used vocabulary so don't despair - you're doing pretty fine.

Kiedy studiowałem w Niemczech, pojechałem do Polski na wakacje.
gumishu   
25 Jun 2011
Life / What Are Top Television Shows to Watch in Poland? [20]

hardly, son, hardly

the only soap that I like is the 'Na dobre i na złe' - it's about doctors in a hospital

oh sorry I also enjoyed 'Ranczo'

I have no idea if you can watch these from TV Polonia satelite channel or from some sime on the internet though
gumishu   
17 Jun 2011
News / Polish-German Close Cooperation Plan [31]

Tusk stays for a successful Poland, growing economically and politically, stable and respected, ...believe it or not! ;)

sure Germans should praise Tusk - they can't imagine a better partner in Poland

the word PR (public relations) in Poland has gained much popularity and hmm PO government and Tusk himself stand mostly for PR for many Poles(and not much else more) - there is a growing risk crucial developements will be missing before the EURO 2012 (like motorways) - btw Tusk is also a simple (edit: I meant plain) and blatant liar
gumishu   
17 Jun 2011
News / Polish-German Close Cooperation Plan [31]

Tusk fits Merkel...he is like her a quiet worker, not the great poser. Pragmatic but gets things done.

you must be living on some different planet - or maybe it's just the language barrier
gumishu   
2 Jun 2011
History / Tuchola in Poland - roots of Katyn? [220]

or not comment on your dislike about a group of people you have no knowledge on.

I haven't quoted on my dislike towards Georgians - I have a pretty neutral stance towards them - it's been Georgia that has been bullied not Russia
gumishu   
2 Jun 2011
History / Tuchola in Poland - roots of Katyn? [220]

It makes me sick when I hear Poles loving Georgians & hating Russians.

I don't know any people who hate Russians (it does not mean nobody Polish hates Russians - my grandpa who was a POW in Russia (was allowed to return home in the winter of 1940( as he lived in the Russian occupation those who lived in the German occupational zone were not ) - he never hated Russians - nor did he hate Germans

I do not love Georgians - I don't even know much about them - I just know if a bully comes to your neighbour we better help him out somehow or the bully comes again next time perhaps to us - united we stand, divided we fall