Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

You are Slovenian, lunchbox, or a foreigner based there? Nice if you are a Slovenian, I think you'd be the first. Slovenia is a Slavic country and I've talked to Poles that have been there. It seems quite ok to follow as a language, I heard your PM speak out against Slobodan Milosevic all those years ago.

Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

I did it in reverse. First Japanese and then Polish. The difficulty also depends on how comfortable you are. When I'm with close friends, I can be more natural and use Polish better. When there's more pressure, it gets difficult.

Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

Japanese, I don't agree. Maybe Thai and Vietnamese, with Finnish and Hungarian too.

Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [574]

Maybe another few a's? ;)

Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [574]

Sorry mate, just goin down the road :)

How is fatherhood, hairball? It must really cement your connection to Poland. How do you find the level of support from the State?

Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [574]

Aye, an a packa Tuda crisps for the wee man. A right canny lad, he'll be watching backdated episodes of Auf Weidersehen Pet soon enough.

Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [574]

My mistake. He's a wee nipper then. Hmm...not a crab, ok ;)

Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [574]

Nice kid, hairball.

My connection to Poland. Hmm...I'm, like, so earthed man ;) Nah, my fiancee and my work.

Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]

It looks Hungarian. I saw a town name called Kutas there.

Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]

Kutas means penis or is an insult. Like calling sb a dickhead.

Life / 3 reasons why you hate Poland. [1049]

ScotRail is pretty good but very pricey. You shouldn't travel osobowy, Yoshi. Hayai ja nai

Life / 3 reasons why you hate Poland. [1049]

The trains are not that bad for punctuality here although they can be on occasion. However, I remember waiting for trains in Japan and they were almost always to the second. A minute out was a lot.

Life / 3 reasons why you hate Poland. [1049]

I called for its abolition some time ago but hate is an emotion which isn't in short supply sometimes :(

Language / Your perception of the Polish accent [145]

They are intertwined of course but I just meant the sound of the voice as opposed to the local words used.

No worries though :)

Language / Your perception of the Polish accent [145]

Regardless of the flaws, I can still recognise sb as being from a specific part of the country and that's the point I and njc are trying to make.

Language / Your perception of the Polish accent [145]

I was talking about accent, not dialect. I'm well aware of Gwara as my fiancee's parents use it. My Silesian is not bad ;)

Language / Your perception of the Polish accent [145]

In Silesia, it is different. They often use o instead of a. For example, co mosz? No, mom bilet, no.

I could differentiate sb from Chorzów and sb from Warsaw.

Language / Your perception of the Polish accent [145]

Well, Slavic people tend to understand each other. I understand some of what Putin says when he speaks Russian due to the similarity to Polish. Also, some Serbian songs were forwarded to me and I understood some of the words there. My American friend has a penchant for Croatian films and I also understood a fair few words thanks to a knowledge of Polish.

The English have many accents, don't be so harsh ;) I was talking about the UK as a whole btw. More variety than an international brothel ;)

Language / Your perception of the Polish accent [145]

Aha, now I know where it is, thanks!

Language / Your perception of the Polish accent [145]

Podlasie, I've heard of it but couldn't pinpoint it on a map of Poland.

Language / Your perception of the Polish accent [145]

I've heard someone from near the border and there was a slight change. Still, it's not as pronounced as in the UK. I mean, it's not a contest here but some regionally identifiable accents are nice. Variety is the spice of life :)

Language / Your perception of the Polish accent [145]

My fiancee even admits that there is no real variety. I have heard students from different areas and they just sound, well, Polish.

Life / The Pole is happy when someone else cries... [75]

Exactly, freebird, exactly :) Summed up in a nutshell.

Life / The Pole is happy when someone else cries... [75]

And why not? Some of the drivel I see here defies belief.

Life / The Pole is happy when someone else cries... [75]

Yet again, this is something which I haven't seen. Probably because I don't look for that kind of thing. Justy put it beautifully, it's human nature and by no means confined to the Poles.

Language / Your perception of the Polish accent [145]

The Polish accent lacks variety. Poland is more than 2 times bigger than the the UK. I have asked people here to do a Gdańsk accent, or a Poznań accent etc etc. They look at me like I've lost my mind. In the UK, I could copy any number of accents. Liverpudlian, Mancunian, Brummy, Belfast, Cardiff or Glaswegian, you name it. I can't pinpoint where Poles are from from their accent. Maybe if they use some dialectal words that I recognise but the sound of their voice is the same.

Come on Poles, prove me wrong! The UK has a much more diverse and richer range of sounds.

Food / Bigos Recipe [183]

The Americans call it Hunters Stew. Scots seem happy just to call it bigos

Language / Polish slang phrases - most popular. [606]

Some good ones there, Sledz. A couple were new on me.

Life / Price of cigarettes in Poland? [192]

Typically 8PLN. They want to hike it up to 10PLN in the near future to bring it in line with European prices. The downside of harmonisation.

Life / 3 reasons why you hate Poland. [1049]

How do you plan to do that? You operate pretty much solely within the confines of your own country.