Life / Jerzy Kosinski - Polish author and liar [127]

I too!

Po polsku / Krótkie tłumaczenia z polskiego na angielski i z angielskiego na polski [32]

Teraz zrozumiem! Po niemiecku tej róznicy nie ma.

Po polsku / Krótkie tłumaczenia z polskiego na angielski i z angielskiego na polski [32]

A po rosyjsku "dumit"= myslec.

Po polsku / Krótkie tłumaczenia z polskiego na angielski i z angielskiego na polski [32]

? Och, dzieki Lenko! Tylko nie dokladnie rozumiem róznice miedzy pychiem i duma w tym kontekscie. To objasnij mnie, ale po polsku, aby lepiej rozumiec-:)

Po polsku / Krótkie tłumaczenia z polskiego na angielski i z angielskiego na polski [32]

...czy "Duma idzie przed upadkiem" czyli "Pride goeth before the fall". Takze slynnem przyslowiem po polsku.

Life / Jerzy Kosinski - Polish author and liar [127]

So-called" race defilers (Rassenschaender) too were abused equally with the Jews!

History / Poles should emulate Jews? [153]

Spot on, mate-:)

Travel / Had the most unwelcoming experience in all my travels in Poland, very unfriendly people. [115]

Hear, hear, Alien! An attention-grabbing troll's troll if I ever saw one.

Travel / Had the most unwelcoming experience in all my travels in Poland, very unfriendly people. [115]

Nice one!

Travel / Had the most unwelcoming experience in all my travels in Poland, very unfriendly people. [115]

Using foul language serves little mature purpose! This ís so typical of the Dutch I've often encountered abroad.

Love / Polish wedding traditions/ toast ideas [9]

And how! How much Warta mocna can a fella consume?

Love / Polish wedding traditions/ toast ideas [9]

I went to one once in Greenpoint in the early 2OOO's. Neither of either parents spoke English and so my buddy Antek, the groom and Polish-American on both sides, asked me if I'd translate some before the ceremony. All I remember is the amount of food brought out for the buffét, every conceivable Polish specialty imaginable!

History / Wartime Rescue of Jews by the Polish Catholic Clergy. The Testimony of Survivors. [22]

Well deserved, as I posted earlier. I see it was deleted-:(

Travel / Had the most unwelcoming experience in all my travels in Poland, very unfriendly people. [115]

@badholiday, I appreciate your forthright reply-:)

Travel / Had the most unwelcoming experience in all my travels in Poland, very unfriendly people. [115]

@Right, Atch! If the dude's truly on the level, then surely SOME part of his stay by sheer logic must have been reasonably pleasant. I mean nothing's all bad.

Travel / Had the most unwelcoming experience in all my travels in Poland, very unfriendly people. [115]

Curious how you find German manners stack up against Polish ones-:) It's not a loaded question, by the way.

Life / How would you describe the Polish sense of humour? [66]

Right on the money there, pawian! Thanks.

Life / How would you describe the Polish sense of humour? [66]

They explained, "No, to zart!" -:)

Life / How would you describe the Polish sense of humour? [66]

Yeah, makes sense.

Life / How would you describe the Polish sense of humour? [66]

Allright, now we're getting somewhere. You admit then that my saying (in translation): "Lousy weather today!" and Mirek's responding "But Mark pal, it's not my fault!" is clearly Polish in character-:) It elicited such laughter, but I didn't find it funny. Incidentally, we only one address another in Polish, as even after one year, their Englísh is still rather halting.

Life / How would you describe the Polish sense of humour? [66]

I assure you, my Polish pronunciation is better than their mutilated English, pawian! Stop making bloody excuses and take my side for a change; it was culture issue and I want an explanation, NOT sarcasm.

Travel / Had the most unwelcoming experience in all my travels in Poland, very unfriendly people. [115]

We've only your word, badholiday! Once more, it takes TWO to tango.

Life / How would you describe the Polish sense of humour? [66]

In Polish. What else?

Travel / Had the most unwelcoming experience in all my travels in Poland, very unfriendly people. [115]

In the end, our young Dutch friend's negative experiences in Poland owe themselves solely to poor cross-cultural skills combined with inadequate language knowledge.

Travel / Had the most unwelcoming experience in all my travels in Poland, very unfriendly people. [115]

Rudeness usually cuts both ways-:)

Life / How would you describe the Polish sense of humour? [66]

Merged:

Polish humor

Recently had an odd if totally harmless encounter with some Polish colleagues. Having just returned from a driving rain nearly destroying my umbrella, I remarked to Stan and Mirek, "Straszna pogoda dzisiaj!", to which the latter replied, "Ale Marku, to nie jest moja wina.", at which point both guys began cracking up like teenagers-:) Did I miss something here?

Travel / Had the most unwelcoming experience in all my travels in Poland, very unfriendly people. [115]

Amen, Atch!

Travel / Had the most unwelcoming experience in all my travels in Poland, very unfriendly people. [115]

It wasn't that the issue was addressed, but HOW! The presentation was infantile and vulgar.

Travel / Had the most unwelcoming experience in all my travels in Poland, very unfriendly people. [115]

I'd have to roundly concur. So far, he's yet to respond to one of my posts, clearly because he knows I'm on to him.

Travel / Had the most unwelcoming experience in all my travels in Poland, very unfriendly people. [115]

I had no problems either whatsoever! Again, I found the Poles unfailingly polite, if slightly nonplussed by a Polish-speaking, non-Slavic foreigner. If my Polish was comprehensible if rudimemtary, the English skills of my interlocutors were apparently non-existent! Perhaps they in the bread-and-breakfast were merely a trifle embarrassed:-) Aggressive?? The Dutch came across as almost belligerent.