Language / Children's Songs in Polish [66]

My friend sang me a song about a cucumber with a green suit in work about a month ago she said she learned it in kindergarden. anybody know it?

Language / Children's Songs in Polish [66]

Hot Dang
She is in poland
You are in Texas
The kids are in bed
I'm here

Thats the right song Thank you very much Ms PGT
I searched for it........obviously not very well.

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [656]


You are not

Language / Your perception of the Polish accent [145]

I asked about this and was told that there is not much difference in accents with a few obvious exceptions. I find it hard to believe as within my city there are differences in accents. In other countries there are distinct regional accents.

Is it true that someone from Poznan is indistinguishable from someone from Warsaw?

Language / Your perception of the Polish accent [145]

Honestly you are talking about relativly large distances. I can tell where domeone if from in my city.

The comment about education introducing a common demonator is interesting. In English you can tell an educated person irrespective of their accent the speech tends to be "softer" in total heading towards a common middle ground.

I like hearing accents but could you say Poland is more "advanced/Integrated" (cant think of a better word at the moment) in this respect? Could the Survival of the language ensuring the survival of the culture have had something to do with this?

Language / Your perception of the Polish accent [145]


The Irish was lost in less than one generation about 150 years ago yet accents developed very quickly. In Spain Regional accents are very pronounced often coupled with different languages but there doesnt seem to be a merging. In France they have distinct accents and attempts are under way to resurrect regional accents/dialects (eg Occitan).

I find it strange that Poland doesnt seem to have distinct accents.

I was talking today with my friend about her home town she said that X village was German, this didn’t surprise me but when she said that town Y was Russian this did.

It was something that others were talking about in another thread about the survival of the language that made me think of that. My friends home town is near Poznan, far from Russia.


I agree but my brain is a bit slow

Life / Gypsies or Roma: European and Polish attitudes towards [87]

Same in Spain

What is thought of as Spanish/Castillian music is Gitano music.

History / Polish Atlantis (pre-war Warsaw, Poland in pictures). [38]


Common Del lots of people.
Most dont feel they can contribute positively so they say nothing. I was going to ask about the degree of damage in smaller towns and did larger places get better treatment in rebuilding.

History / Polish Atlantis (pre-war Warsaw, Poland in pictures). [38]


Thanks Sean I dont know how I missed that thread I'll have a good look later.

But some details are astounding I didnt read it all closely but the Spiders web on the raised gable and the door, I wonder if are they the same building?

Pawian's dry humour on display again I see oh plus


Quote of the day.

Work / Teaching English in Zakopane, is it safe? [45]


Yeah, one minute they look good, the next they are getting in the way!
Whats with that?

History / Polish historical myths - to break or not to break them? [257]


I have been reading about this episode recently.


From angelfire.com/mi4/polcrt/PolesinHaitiA.html

Most links refer to the sympathetic nature of Polish soldiers towards the Haitians especially as slavery was a foreign concept to Polish people. Most of the soldiers died of yellow fever and all but a handful of the survivors stayed in Haiti.

History / Polish historical myths - to break or not to break them? [257]

Polish historical myths - to break or not to break them?
Myths help define a nation painting it in a good light, today it's called spin. It’s not the fact that the truth is widely known but how the majority of the people feel about a story. The Hati myths though not widely known are a fine example, what is good about them is the sympathetic light shone upon the Polish legions (refracted by known Polish history).

I would say leave the myths alone.

History / Polish historical myths - to break or not to break them? [257]

Bratwurst Boy
Talking about almost anything with an idiot is difficult. A normal person knows what is mythic and what is not.

History / Polish historical myths - to break or not to break them? [257]


People who are easily imprinted like baby ducks dont make good discussion partners. I dont know anyone who always believes the first thing they are told.

Indoctrination rarely occurs, religion is a good example of failed indoctrination, most people who say they are Catholic dont take communion on a daily basis when they could, in effect, rejecting Christ.

People are smart.

History / Polish historical myths - to break or not to break them? [257]


Do you think most people are brainwashed?
National myths are important its how one approaches/defends them that may cause offence.

History / Polish historical myths - to break or not to break them? [257]


They reinforce identity


I guess a lot of Americans do know and this is the point, they celebrate it as a national festival with collective amnesia.


Exactly.

History / Polish historical myths - to break or not to break them? [257]


Be advised, my passport's green
No glass of ours was ever raised
To toast the Queen
(Seamus Heaney)

History / Polish historical myths - to break or not to break them? [257]


Its all there for you to read, you can read?

History / Polish historical myths - to break or not to break them? [257]

Very interesting
Are you saying that people hide behind myths?

History / Yalta Conference and Poland [78]


Operation Unthinkablee
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Unthinkable

History / Polish historical myths - to break or not to break them? [257]


They didnt its a myth
check the links Here

Life / Do you collect mushrooms in your country? Poles in Poland do. [79]


That is a lovely pastime, I often take my Girls Blackberry picking then they bake Muffins. Mushroom picking is not something people tend to do here and I think that there are only a few deadly poisonous varieties.

History / Digital reconstruction of Warszawa - Miasto Ruin - rebuilding the destroyed Warsaw [31]

Some more stills

plejada.pl/15776,1,2,miasto-ruin-kadry-z-filmu,fotogaleria.html
Click image to enlarge

History / Prophesy - Poland from sea to sea. [57]


By its very nature you cant hide behind satire (broken people cant do satire).


You always make me smile.

History / Prophesy - Poland from sea to sea. [57]


Predictions my man, Predictions.

History / How Poland views Europe [44]

In all such maps Ireland is either Pub, Drunks, Potatoes etc,
Druid is slightly more creative.

It could be worse the map could say Green, leprechaun, buckle shoes etc:)

History / Poles in the Crusades to the Holy Land [75]


They never captured any towns but kidnapped lots of people......the white slave trade.....
By turks I think he means Ottomans. It was Algerians who kidnapped an entire Irish village.

Barbary pirates in Ireland: The Sack of Baltimore, Co. Cork

History / Poles in the Crusades to the Holy Land [75]


I had never heard that but its a good story.

History / Poles in the Crusades to the Holy Land [75]


Yeah I had found a link to a review of The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom which looks like a good read some day....

I found a link to Leszek the White and his beer thing but Trev had posted

History / Poles in the Crusades to the Holy Land [75]


I was looking at this stuff the other night and came across a passage that in essence said Spiritual works can be seen as equivalent to modern day health insurance given the lack of effective care at the time.

But your summary seems sound.