Travel / Would Polish visit Greece for it's islands or for it's history ? [30]


I would visit for both :)

Language / The Future of Polish Language [179]

Actually, I don't only allow it but I really appreciate when someone corrects my mistakes (in a nice or neutral way) :) It's always a way to learn, after all.

Language / The Future of Polish Language [179]


Sometimes it isn't a "misguided illusion" :) What then?
When someone's Polish/English/any other language is really basic (or even less than basic) or the pronunciation makes what the person says unintelligible it can be a real pain to communicate. At first you may smile and nod politely but on an everyday basis it could be irritating, I suspect :)

Language / The Future of Polish Language [179]


Actually I can't believe she even speaks to you at all considering how you call her. Do you call her like that also in front of her or just behind her back?

"Says it's easier to speak in English. Can you believe this s'hit?"

Well, if you try to speak to her in Polish and your Polish sucks then it may be easier for her when you speak in English. Or if you speak in English and expect her to answer you in Polish it's also not so easy for the brain to switch from one language to another.


Yes, you have a problem.


Slap yourself.

Who's that woman, anyway? Your housemaid?

Love / Are all beautiful Polish girls as crazy as this? [262]


Taking into account the state of my throat right now I think I'd die of pain while drinking it ;D
Besides, I don't drink vodka ;)


Yes, that's a very good idea, the bed is calling me -_-

Good night :)

Love / Are all beautiful Polish girls as crazy as this? [262]


;O
I'm so sorry...
I thought you've forgotten about it long ago :P Then I'll answer as soon as I can (I will try tomorrow but I'm terribly sick right now so I won't promise anything in case I fail again ;/).

Love / Are all beautiful Polish girls as crazy as this? [262]


You mean my reply? :O


OK, OK, I won't :P

Genealogy / Popular Polish First Names? [152]


I don't know, I've never met anybody with this name, probably that's why :)


Yeah? Well then, maybe you're right :) I guess I don't pay much attention to which traditional names are used.
And what do you think about Sławomir? I know at least one Sławek (he's 31).

Genealogy / Popular Polish First Names? [152]

Mirosław sounds modern? I wouldn't say so... But I guess you're right about Radosław - there was one Radosław at my year at my univeristy. You can shorten it to Radek and this makes it sound more modern, I think. The same is with Przemysław - Przemek, that's why I mentioned it.


No, I don't think so. My uncle's name is Zbigniew, but he's older, of course.
You can find Slavic names more often among older people, of course, especially in the countryside.

view-card.com/Kartki-Kartka-Kartke-PL/Najpopularniejsze-Imiona-w-Polsce-Imiona-Kobiet-Imiona-Mezczyzn-Top-50.php

5. STANIS£AW 632.666
17. ZBIGNIEW 359.076
22. KAZIMIERZ 282.202
30. MIROS£AW 221.970
32. S£AWOMIR 207.288
33. JAROS£AW 206.743
35. WIES£AW 194.354
37. W£ADYS£AW 186.115
40. ZDZIS£AW 167.080
42. MIECZYS£AW 162.329
45. PRZEMYS£AW 155.804
47. CZES£AW 148.557

News / Polish Lithuanian Diplomatic War? At last. [533]


The Vietnamese are immigrants, they don't have the status of minority in Poland. The status of minority in Poland have those nationalities which lived in what is now Poland over the centuries.


LOL
Maybe they will get road signs in English when there will be as many English people in Poland as there are Polish people in England? :D

No, I doubt that :)
I think it's silly. Polish immigrants who come to the UK should learn English. You should learn the language of your host country.
Btw, in which Western country besides the UK and Ireland do you have road signs in English? :D According to you in every country where there are some English people there should be road signs in English? :D

History / Maus by Vladek Spiegelman - animals to represent Poles? [68]


I don't do such things, you're far better at demagogy and twisting things to your liking.
I am honestly curious what you meant.


And how the second part of your sentence changes the meaning of the first part? Can you explain?


No, I can't compete with you, sorry :)


Indeed.

History / Maus by Vladek Spiegelman - animals to represent Poles? [68]


But entire families were executed for hiding Jews. That's a fact. Apparently this is how the Nazis interpreted this law about helping Jews. Such was the "law" in the Nazi occupied Poland. Mass executions without a trial, pacification operations - burning down entire villages and killing their inhabitants for helping the Polish resistance troops, killing entire families for helping Jews.

So what do you say to that?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacification_operations_in_German-occupied_Poland


Really? All those people who died with their families for helping Jews don't matter? Interesting...

History / Maus by Vladek Spiegelman - animals to represent Poles? [68]


Are you serious???

treblinka.bho.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=77&Itemid=71

"Pomoc Żydom, nie ograniczała się tylko do żywności, ubrań, lekarstw ale też do ukrywania w miejscach bezpiecznych. To właśnie ten rodzaj pomocy, był obarczony olbrzymim ryzykiem. W przypadku ukrywania Żydów każdej osobie oraz jego rodzinie groziła kara śmierci. Nie było mowy o jakimkolwiek sądzie, znalezienie ukrywanych Żydów oznaczało egzekucję całej rodziny. Jedna z takich historii wydarzyła się we wsi Dąbrowa."

Food / Taste of food in Poland vs other countries [186]

My God, I see this thread turned into a food fight ;D


Teffle, I think that if someone isn't a good cook he/she can spoil even a simple dish :)
This one for example:


I wouldn't call it "cakes":
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Wings

I don't know how would you judge the level of difficulty of faworki (it's a simple dish, after all), but I would say that it isn't so easy to make really tasty faworki. I know because I can compare those that I've eaten in restaurants and bought at shops or at confectionery and those made by my mum and my grandmother. Even my mum's and my grandma's faworki differ. My grandma's are better. I don't know why, my mum is always trying to make them as crispy, delicate and tasty, but she never succeeds. Grandma's faworki can even fall apart - they're that crispy, they just melt in your mouth... aaahhh... They're perfect... They're the synonym of heaven... ;O

*drools*

;D


I don't get it, does a dish have to be difficult to make to be tasty? :)


Well, it definitely isn't "revolting" for me :) Germans also seem to like bigos, as I've heard (probably they're more familiar with such types of dishes).

I, for example, find sushi revolting, I just hate the taste of raw fish. Algae isn't too appealing for me either. But apparently sushi is quite popular (I don't understand why, but hey... everything is for the people :)) :) And it's a such a simple dish!

Some people are crazy about all those types of French cheese, some people hate it.
I guess that during childhood we get used to certain flavours and ways of cooking.
The Japanese like to bring out the natural flavour of ingredients. They can do this with all types of fish as they live on islands and they can always get fresh fish (and hence the raw fish in sushi, I suppose).

Europeans, the French for example, like to alter the taste of ingredients with all kinds of different spices and treat them in all kinds of ways.

I think simple dishes can be very tasty. Look at the Chinese cuisine - it's simple, tasty and affordable. And probably that's why it's so popular around the world :)

Now, what I think nott meant (but was a bit too critical, I think ;)) is that there's not much real cooking done in the British households? I can't say from my experience as I've never been to the UK, but my mum spent some time in the North of England because she was sent there from her work place for a training. She said that "normal" cooking has been, apparently, replaced by heating up ready meals bought at shop in a microwave. One exception was a wife of my mum's colleage from work and her tasty food, but she was a professional cook (chef ?).

My mum said the fish & chips were omnipresent ;)
Of course, she had a limited experience but I can imagine what she said was true as I can see the same thing is slowly starting to happen also in Poland...

Love / Such a Very Sad Loss.. fighting the battle with a Polish lady to see my daugher. [56]


Well, it was awkward at the beginning, believe me... ;) But somehow we got through this stage, I guess ;)


But... :/

Love / Such a Very Sad Loss.. fighting the battle with a Polish lady to see my daugher. [56]

And if we care about each other, share our problems and joy, give advice, help each other, comfort and talk from time to time about everything and nothing - does this make us friends?

Love / Such a Very Sad Loss.. fighting the battle with a Polish lady to see my daugher. [56]


I think you just like to whine :)


You were implying it in a very obvious manner, sorry.


Now you're just lying.


I'm not bsing, it's just the way I see it...


Then what? He knows way too much about me to call it just "znajomość"... And we didn't stop talking...
We still care about each other in a way. Not in the way we used to, as a couple, of course, but still... :)

Love / Such a Very Sad Loss.. fighting the battle with a Polish lady to see my daugher. [56]

And so is my ex-boyfriend.
What I wrote about talking to ex-boyfriends and ex-girlfriends is based on what foreign people (and one Polish woman, I think) wrote here on this forum.

Love / Such a Very Sad Loss.. fighting the battle with a Polish lady to see my daugher. [56]


They must be brave women :) I would go crazy if someone locked me up with you in one room ;)


Yes, exactly - a few people :) Some men apparently come here to whine about their failed relationships and always blame the women. Most of the users here are foreign men so they will, of course, join in the whining lol


Give her some time... lol


Then it's a shame that you focus so much on the bad stuff and rant about those two girls on and on and on (the past) but fail to mention the "new one" (the present).


LOL
I would say, even judging by what foreign people wrote on this forum, that people in general often don't talk to their ex-boyfriends, ex-girlfriends and ex-friends as there is usually a reason that they're "ex".


And what, you think it's "a Polish thing"? LOL
Have you seen a film "Closer"?: imdb.com/title/tt0376541/

Love / Such a Very Sad Loss.. fighting the battle with a Polish lady to see my daugher. [56]

Edelweiss, that’s a sad story :( You have my sympathy and I hope you’ll feel better as time passes.


Um… That’s weird… Sorry, but how did you communicate while your relationship lasted? Did you talk at all? o_O




LOL
You know what, guys, my guess is that the likes of you probably attract the type of women who’d go for you only because you’re foreigners.


No, Barr, I think in your case it wasn't "a coincidence", it was just… you… lol


Yes, you’ve written about those two (my God!) girls many, many times on this forum already… How about meeting some MORE Polish girls? I mean, more than… two? I think that would broaden your horizons lol

On the other hand… You’d probably talk to these girls again and again about those previous two Polish girls and so after some time those new ones would run from you screaming ;D

So maybe spare them this suffering xD

Genealogy / Popular Polish First Names? [152]


No idea, but Polish Slavic names usually end with "-sław". For example, Polish president - Bronisław Komorowski, the Minister of Foreign Affairs - Radosław Sikorski, and there's of course Jarosław Kaczyński.

Polish Slavic names end also with "-mir" and "-mił": Sławomir, Bogumił. There are also names like Zbigniew, Bogdan, etc.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_names

My guess would be that most popular are Stanisław, Przemysław, Zbigniew, Kazimierz, Władysław, etc.

Food / Taste of food in Poland vs other countries [186]


Maybe, but judging by her description I suspect that there's simply more chemical stuff added. She said it doesn't become stale for a long time which is kind of weird o_O

Food / Taste of food in Poland vs other countries [186]


I don't know... I've never paid too much attention to stuff like that. But my cousin is studying biotechnology and she went to Germany in September to get some scientific experience at a biotechnological institute in Potsdam. She says bread there is terrible. It's rather hard, very "artificial", has a very strong smell of chemicals and even when you put some cold cuts on a slice of bread it doesn't kill the taste and the smell o_O When it becomes stale it's more edible and then she and her friend make toasts out of it ;)

When she visited home for the first time the first thing she wanted was a simple bułka (bun) to eat it on its own ;)

That's all I know :)

Love / Polish men are complete doormats (especially after they get married) [125]

I agree.

Love / Polish men are complete doormats (especially after they get married) [125]

Awww, that's sweet, Grunwald ;) It looks like you're a nice person :) I guess it's better than being a jerk ;)


Yup ;)


Yes, yes! (or in turns, at least ;D)
:>

News / POLISH ART is not well represented in the West (especially in the US). Why? [25]


You mean now or in the past?

I think usually rich countries become centres of art. Artists need money too, somebody have to pay them for their pictures - those people or institutions were called patrons, I think. Take Italian painters for example. Their patrons were not only rich noble families but also powerful Vatican (big money, big scale, big prestige, big fame). Michelangelo made the statue of David for the consuls of the Guild of Wool in Florence. He was commissioned to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling by the Pope Julius II. This famous Pietà was commissioned for the French cardinal Jean de Billheres:

The same is with Leonardo da Vinci, Caravaggio and many others.
Artists are drawn to places where other artists already are, where art is developing and money are paid.

Pablo Picasso was Spanish, not French. He came to Paris and he became famous. Marc Chagall (Мойша Захарович Шагалов) was a Belarusian Jew born in Russia (now Belarus). He got a scholarship and thanks to this could come to Paris. Vincent van Gogh came to France from Netherlands.

El Greco was Greek not Spanish. First he came to Italy, than to Spain and he stayed in Spain where he painted for the Catholic Church which was trying to regain its position in Spain.

I would say that, more or less (at least judging by the most famous names and "schools" of art and my limited knowledge):

The Renaissance was owned by Italy, The Netherlands.
Baroque - Italy, Spain, France a bit too.
Romanticism - Germany
Classicism - France
Art Nouveau - France, Austria, Spain
and generally first half of 20th century - France, Spain in a lesser degree (?)
part of the first half and other half of 20th century - America (Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock)

As for the UK - I remember Thomas Gainsborough and I know about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood but I doubt a 5 year old outside the UK could point one of their paintings out ;)


I don't think so... I guess the West is focused on itself to some degree. But Polish artists weren't kicked out of the galleries or museums as far as I know ;)

There are paintings of Olga Boznańska (who moved from Poland to Austria and then to Paris, I think) in Musée d'Orsay:

Some of her paintings:

krakow.gazeta.pl/krakow/5,35815,2278681.html
klp.pl/admin-malarstwo/images/grafiki/5945.jpg
klp.pl/admin-malarstwo/images/grafiki/5967.jpg

They're rather sad.

A Russian lady that has been to Paris lately and visited this museum wrote me that she remembered a very sad sculpture by an artist with a Polish name.

It's called "La nostalgie du pauvre":

It was made by Bolesław Biegas:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boles%C5%82aw_Biegas
I've been to Musée d'Orsay years ago so I can't say right now if there are more Polish artists there.

UK, Ireland / British men don't really like women [137]


No problem. I'd say it's not only funny but also educational :)

UK, Ireland / British men don't really like women [137]

Oh, there's no need to be so defensive, rude and mean, people :>

( I just had to write this :D )

Love / English Men vs Polish Men [207]


LOL

:)))))




Oh dear...

:)


Sweetie, then go and find yourself an English woman :) Who's stopping you?

*yawns*

Love / Why do so many Polish girls dye their hair BLACK? [124]


Um... Definitely not "most" lol At least not in my city :) I see mostly all shades of brown, dark blond and blond and some black.


Yup, quite often, I guess.