Language / Your perception of the Polish accent [145]

The really disturbing thing is when someone says "Eastern European accent" (or "Central European accent"). There is no such thing. I have a so-called "Eastern European" accent as well, but for my ear, the Polish accent sounds funny when they say things like "mornying", "trainying", "finyish".

Also, the error MareGaea mentioned (the omission of definite/indefinite articles, e.g. "I go to bank") is a "feature" of Slavonian English-speakers only. :)

Language / NAMES POLES GIVE THEIR DOGS [76]

No. If it's a bitch, you just give her your mother-in-law's name.

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]


:-D

Yeah, there is, but I think you've mistaken the forum. "Pina Linda" would mean "Linda Cunt" -- in Hungarian! Wouldn't be the nicest name for a girl.

:RoTFL:

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]

I'm browsing through this topic but I can't find the answer. Are there any common swear phrases (not just words) in Polish?

The other day my colleague asked me which swearing I found most offensive in Polish - well, I don't know. Do you often say things like "F*** your (wh*re etc.) mother (etc.)" when you're really pissed off? 'Cause one day I accidentally whacked me head in something and managed to shout out like that (po węgiersku), and she went, "Wow, that sounded so long." :)

Language / Your perception of the Polish accent [145]


No offence, but it seems that the English have no different accents - they are just trying to make individual efforts to avoid speaking properly.

Anyway, Latin and Germanic languages tend to "spread apart", while Slavonic languages are much more cohesive. If you're a native in English, sometimes you can't even understand a fellow native English speaker, and it's even worse for a German or an Italian - and you are mutually unintelligible in speech (I mean a German for an English etc. - save the Italian-Spanish inter-intelligibility in some cases). But if you're a native in Russian, for instance, you can even manage with a Pole, Croatian etc. (most of the time they only have political reasons not to do so).

Language / Your perception of the Polish accent [145]

I know that there are accents (I actually prefer the non-Southern English accents, with no vowel-split). But I mean, come on, people, you’ve probably made every logopedian flee from the country. Most of the time, it’s not the accent but the fact that there’s no articulation in speech, you just do not pronounce the sounds clearly. (I mean "you" in the impersonal sense here. :) It’s just a kind of broken English. Especially young people can speak as if their tongues were just failed efforts that Darwinism speaks of. :)

UK, Ireland / Warning to British people visiting Poland!! Don't get drunk and smash the place up! [453]

Well, there's one thing about the night-life in England: most clubs close at 2am. No wonder why...

IMHO the underlying problem is not the alcohol, but the fact that the English youth (or, hmm, the youth in England) have no discipline. When they go out on the p*ss, they know neither God, nor human. They drink brainlessly... And they turn totally unpredictable, no matter their age, though. At home, I know "who to avoid, where to go" (generally the low-life type of people like gipsies and low-class pubs + all-too-popular clubs), but in England even the most harmless situation can end up awfully...

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]


It's called inferiority complex...

But has anyone noticed that "nigger" is not only a racial term all the time, but a denomination of social status? In that sense, it can be applied to non-black people as well.

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


And what about kumpel? It means “mate”, if I’m not mistaken. (Of course, not in the British English “vocative” way at the end of every single sentence, but as a reference between males who know each other.) Is it closer to przyjaciel, friend?

Language / Polish words difficult to translate into English [66]


Do you use kilkadziesiąt for everything over 20 (between 20 & 100), or use specifically “kilkatrzydzieści”, “kilkaczterdzieści” etc. as well? In English, they use twenty-some, thirty-some... hundred-some etc. (Several is no good. I.e. several hundred = 200 and more, while hundred-some = from 101 to up to a very maximum of 199.)

I can’t really think of anything specific for kilkanaście, apart from "ten or so".

Life / Racism in Poland - the future [558]

LoL, hopefully.

Language / Is the term 'Polak' derogatory?? [254]

IMHE (in my humble experience), as long as terms are not racial, they depend on the context heavily. Racial terms tend to be derogatory by definition.

Language / Do Poles prefer US American or UK English language? [185]


Not bad, but when it comes to British accents, this Scottish bloke is the classic :)

youtube.com/watch?v=KH_kOjsXakM

Language / Foreigners speaking Polish - examples. [71]

Hungarians speaking Polish (thick accent as far as I can tell, ignoring differences between ś and sz, i and y etc., LoL):

youtu.be/HMIR1PiQeho

You can also see 1956.pl for the former Hungarian ambassador speaking Polish.