UK, Ireland / BBC launches new Polish language news service [87]


Rich, you sort of live in a glasshouse, so careful with those stones :P


I'm not in their heads, so I cannot either confirm or deny your suspicions

News / Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 23 [572]


not so long ago, they were in Syria

and Wagner group troops were all over western Africa

UK, Ireland / BBC launches new Polish language news service [87]


man, have you heard of any Polish lobby groups in the parliament calling for Polish products in every supermarket? have you heard of manifestations in the streets of London, Bristol or Edinburgh for the very cause? the simple cause is that some Polish people in England haven't learned the language enough to find what they are looking for in English shops (some Polish immigrants brought they elderly parents/grandparents to the UK)- it's not about demanding, it's about business

UK, Ireland / BBC launches new Polish language news service [87]


English is a strange beast - it has a magically lenient learning curve at the start but because of its rich vocabulary and various modes of formality only dedicated learners reach the level that is acceptable for legal purposes that can be used in OFFICIAL legal environments - combine it with the fact that Polish public workers are not paid very well and you get the result of not enough bright people with good English working for the good of foreign nationals in Poland (I probably have made a ton of mistakes in what I have just written so you probably have guessed now that I don't aspire to be a public worker dealing with foreingers)

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UK, Ireland / BBC launches new Polish language news service [87]


you know what free market and business is? you seem not to

as for the presence of Poles in the UK: well businesses needed cheap labour - blame the businesses and the government - afaik many Poles who are still in Britain consider leaving it because of stagnating wages, rising cost of living, rising crime etc

UK, Ireland / BBC launches new Polish language news service [87]


I first went to England in 2002, illegally - I worked there illegally - there was no such thing as support in Polish for me (or any other Pole for that matter)


what do you mean by vindictive? are Poles in Britain somehow taking revenge on the Brits?

what do you mean by vindictive - are Poles in Britain taking revenge on the Brits somehow?

UK, Ireland / BBC launches new Polish language news service [87]


Polish sense of superiority comes from various sources - one of the more important ones is the deep Polish sense of inferiority

Edit: btw you said you were never going to come back to this forum a day or two ago :)

Life / Why there is always around a horrible smell of sweat in Poland [220]


actually menels don't drink a lot - their cirrosis afflicted livers make them get drunk on a mere małpka

UK, Ireland / Polish YouTuber weirdos trash-talking the UK [200]


you are just sensitive to criticism - and strangely not criticism towards yourself personally - I would not give a **** if someone said Polish cuisine is inferior in every aspect - I like what I like and cook what I cook

Life / Poland is horrible and I have to live here - somebody call a whambulance! [95]


this is even more pronounced in Poland (to the extent that you cannot get to hospital with a serious health issue, unless you first privately consult the doctor who works in the hospital, so I heard)

UK, Ireland / Polish YouTuber weirdos trash-talking the UK [200]


you have been reminded of that kettle pot thing on a couple of occasions here, already, that's one - two: who are you to criticize people's tastes: some kind of a higher being from the enlighted spheres? - three: you forgot to add black pepper, bay leaves, piment and marjory to the list of the absolute spice must haves of every Polish housewife

UK, Ireland / Polish YouTuber weirdos trash-talking the UK [200]


sure, you can complain like that all the way or start cooking for yourself - choice is yours - btw Warsaw is the most cosmopolitan city in Poland and there are many restaurants serving exotic food - for some reason there is no British one, curious, no?

UK, Ireland / Polish YouTuber weirdos trash-talking the UK [200]


can you name a single restaurant that serves traditional British food in Warsaw? (maybe I'm ignorant so please enlighten me)

Po polsku / Tylko dla Polaków [16]

cholera napisałem "nonsense" zamiast "nonsens" (I use too much English I guess :P) - i tak, Quatsch to mniej więcej to samo co bzdura

Po polsku / Tylko dla Polaków [16]


"głupstwo" ma odmienne znaczenie - Polacy by w takiej sytuacji powiedzieli "bzdura" albo "nonsense" ("nonsense" is less blunt and sort of more polite and cultured)

Law / Polish Police and Their Tactics [204]


my nephew only learned basics of English in school (to be honest I never paid attention to what variety of English they taught him in elementary school) - most of his English skills come from watching TikTok videos though and interacting with people from abroad on some gaming servers - I think many young people now learn English this way after acquiring some basics in school and AFAIK most of the internet is the American variety of English

UK, Ireland / Polish YouTuber weirdos trash-talking the UK [200]


well in fact it isn't /wasn't a rhetoric question (I actually now reread it) - and no, there is little to no demand for British style food products in Poland (not counting the Brits here) - it's not like I personally dislike British style food products in general - it's just how reality looks on the ground here

Po polsku / Papież a sprawa polska [195]


po polsku pisze się: "papież jest spokrewniony z Justinem Bieberem"

News / The Iran war and Poland [826]


is there such a thing that goes deeper than a couple of meters

UK, Ireland / Polish YouTuber weirdos trash-talking the UK [200]


I hope you understand this is in fact a rhetoric question

Po polsku / Koniec Tuska [15]


parlament może też, oczywiście, zarządzić referendum z własnej inicjatywy

UK, Ireland / Polish YouTuber weirdos trash-talking the UK [200]


do you know how supply and demand works - think about it and you will know

UK, Ireland / BBC launches new Polish language news service [87]


yeah, look in the mirror, pal

Law / Polish Police and Their Tactics [204]


yeah, like learning the English accents is the most important lesson Polish learners of English should be worried about

and wait there is like nearly a hundred accents in the UK alone - the most important place in the Universe after all

Life / Why there is always around a horrible smell of sweat in Poland [220]


people don't sweat during the night (typically) so what is your point? I personally like to feel clean while getting to bed, and morning showers don't make sense to me

History / Heil Poland!.....? Poland is a pro-Nazi state? [185]


one thing: it is difficult to remove graffiti from the vast majority of surfaces encountered on Polish buildings (save for by painting them over) - secondly: who do you think would pay for it?

Po polsku / Koniec Tuska [15]


w Polsce istnieje instytucja referendum - niestety parlament może odrzucić obywatelski wniosek o referendum bez względu na to ile osób go poparło (przez podpisanie listy poparcia)

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jak ja żałuję, że tu nie ma łapek w górę jak na reddicie (żeby nie było na reddicie bardzo rzadko daję łapki w dół)

Travel / Looking Any Clean Hostel in Warsaw nearest to Muslim community [15]


don't worry: afaik there no such thing as muslim nieghbourhood in Warsaw

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1303]


I don't normally follow the news about Israel and Gaza - but my suspicion about Israel wanting their own brand of Endlosung just proves not to be unfounded - here's a recent article in Polish about Israel's new phase of the war and Israel's goal in it :

kulturaliberalna.pl/2025/05/28/palestynczycy-gina-by-netanjahu-nie-poszedl-siedziec/