Posts by tomekcatkins

tomekcatkins

14 Oct 2007

Genealogy / Do Polish people have big noses? [450]

I think Polish people have big noses because the Germans trained them to find truffles for their fuhrer..... xD Haha!

Edit:

(I'm just joking. I hope you won't be offended. In fact I'm quite grateful for your translations and stuff. :-))

tomekcatkins

25 Feb 2009

Love / English Men vs Polish Men [207]

British men not romantic? And what about James Bond then?! ;)

tomekcatkins

25 Feb 2009

Love / English Men vs Polish Men [207]

Oh I wish there would be laws to forbid to spoil such a pure and innocent people as the Polish, with such vulgar words!

Maybe Poland should be made a wild park with only romantic and sensitive people in it. And the ugly Brits may only visit when they keep inside their safari-jeeps. ;)

tomekcatkins

8 Jun 2009

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]

But what to say to the Polish customs officers if your name is 'Pierre Doyle' :D

tomekcatkins

8 Jun 2009

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]

There is a big problem with a Chineses named "Hui"... ;)

What does that mean in Polish? :D

tomekcatkins

2 Jul 2009

Life / Babcia or Busha - any social class difference? [359]

babunia

omg do you really use that name?? :D
it sounds so cheesy

tomekcatkins

9 Jul 2009

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

Haha well it's good that the language goes along with the girls/women. Both extremely hard to master/understand :D

tomekcatkins

19 Aug 2009

Language / Funny/strange/deviant words in the Polish language [35]

Do you know funny/strange/deviant words in the Polish language? I found two:

1) Parasol / parasolka (przeciwsłoneczna) - 'para (el) sol' means 'for the sun' in Spanish, but the Polish use the name for an umbrella. The word 'parasolka (przeciwsłoneczna)' (little parasol (against the sun)) refers to a sunshade on the other hand.

2) Prysznic - The Polish word for shower refers to the surname of a Czech hydrotherapist
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincenz_Priessnitz
while in most other languages the word for shower is derived from the Italian 'doccia' (from the Latin 'ducere' - 'to lead/guide')
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ducere

tomekcatkins

19 Aug 2009

Language / Funny/strange/deviant words in the Polish language [35]

Well, now that's interesting! Didn't know that. Then the French word 'parapluie' (pluie = rain) makes more sense. :P

tomekcatkins

19 Aug 2009

Language / Funny/strange/deviant words in the Polish language [35]

Could you explain what's curious about the 'ekstrahuje'-form of 'ekstrahować' in English, Piorun? :-)
Does 'huje' has something to do with 'chuje' or something?

tomekcatkins

21 Aug 2009

Language / Funny/strange/deviant words in the Polish language [35]

The Americans tend to speak the 'a' as an 'e', so maybe the Polish adopted the "American pronunciation".
As well I believe the British pronounce the 'a' in 'gentleman' more as an 'u' (as in 'run') then as an 'a'.