Work / Brazilian moving to Poland - job ideas, Polish language, other tips? [30]


what's the difference?

USA, Canada / Are there any Polish people in Florida? [306]

I heard there is a group in the Ocala area.

Life / Exam for Drivers License in Poland; English? [99]

It's well known here that to get your driver's license in Poland costs about 1500 zl. I think that involves paying someone to "make sure" you pass. We had friends who tried 5 times and never passed in Warsaw. They finally went to Siedlce and passed the first time. I was financing the second time and I refused to pay a bribe.

By contrast, my son passed his driver's license in FL the first time and he actually probably didn't know how to drive nearly as well as my friends who tried here.

The differences are: 1. they charge every hour to practice since you can only practice with a person who is specially licensed to do so, so it's a business. Making them pay by the hour to practice adds to the economy and gives someone a job 2. they charge you when you take the test so there is no incentive for you to pass, whereas in the states, they charge you when you PASS the test for the actual license. Here it helps their economy if you take the test 2, 3, or 4 times. Not so in the states where you take the test free of charge. 3. If you even attempted to bribe someone in the states in order to pass the test, I think they'd throw you out so fast you wouldn't believe it. You'd probably be banned as well or jailed.

Life / What is the reason for POLISH jokes ? [486]

For those of you who are the recipient of Polak jokes. Do this next time...

After the other person tells you the joke (assuming you are Polish), ask them..

"Do you speak Polish"? When they say "No." Ask them, "How does it feel to be dumber than a Polak?"

:)

Actually, in my reading about languages, they say that most languages have a harder and an easier aspect. For Polish, the easiest part is the spelling and the reading/pronunciation since it is phonetic. (accent is something different)

These poor Polish kids. They have to learn how to spell about 100 words whether it is o with a kreszka or u or z with a dot or rz. Poor kids. (Zartuje). For our English speaking kids, who have to memorize how to spell tons of English words, it is "nothing" to just memorize the few Polish ones that you actually use over and over again. morze-moze, etc.

Life / What is the reason for POLISH jokes ? [486]

For those of you who are the recipient of Polak jokes. Do this next time...

After the other person tells you the joke (assuming you are Polish), ask them..

"Do you speak Polish"? When they say "No." Ask them, "How does it feel to be dumber than a Polak?"

:)