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Joined: 6 May 2009 / Female ♀ 		Last Post: 1 Feb 2011
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Ksysia   
23 Nov 2010
Language / Pronunciation of vowels at the end of a word [28]

Or that ą in ząb, Dąbrowski and czarną are pronounced the same

zomp
dommrofski
czarnom

are all laziness. if you'd like to hear it pronounced properly, see a film with trained actors like Stuhr
Ksysia   
26 Nov 2010
History / The Greatest King of Poland? [117]

Król Sas Niech żyje nam.

the German one? Heh, best time between PL and DE. Swapping Kings ;) Lots of love, no war at all. All those marriages between all levels of people. And even Germans peacefully living in Poland as citizens.

Bring that time back!
Ksysia   
26 Nov 2010
History / The Greatest King of Poland? [117]

I don't think so - when I talked to some German tourists, in Croatia, on a boat - they say they regretted that they never come visiting Poland.

I think if Neighbours visited us more often, it should be easier to make real life friendships. Like I go to Germany sometime to eat Lebkuchen and drink Riesling
Ksysia   
8 Dec 2010
Language / Spelling "aunt" in Polish [142]

The term Busia was probably

I love how the Americans are so self-assured when they speculate on things they have not much clue about. All they need is the word 'probably', and they can feel self-confident.

lnadora is right, this is not in Polish - busia belongs to the many ruthenian (ruskie) dialects of the peoples living in Poland, but who chose to be Belarussians, Ukrainians, Russians, etc, at the earliest convenience.

In the US and nowadays in the UK they try to pass for Poland - can't say I blame them, we are the largest and most recognizable group. Even Slovakians do it these days.

But it would be better to say they are Ruthenian. I'm all flattered that they claim our nationality, though. However they never were tolerant, as shown in the Wolhyn massacre, and it's funny to remember that.
Ksysia   
11 Dec 2010
Genealogy / Does anyone know where the name Ciupa is derived from? [28]

CIUPA:
Nazwisko ma następujące potencjalne podstawy etymologiczne: 1. ciupa a) mały, lichy pokoik,
nora, b) więzienie, koza, c) gra w kamienie uliczników warszawskich, d) głupiec, niedołęga,
ciemięga, , 2. ciupać a) 'lekko ciąć, uderzać', b) ciąć blachę albo sztabkę żelaza dłutem, c) padać
(o deszczu), 3. gwarowe ciupak 'kurczak - zob. tzw. Słownik warszawski, t. I, s. 341. Por. też
nazwę miejscową Ciupki, odnotowaną na terenie byłego powiatu sieradzkiego - zob. Słownik
Only English on this forum please.

geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, t. I, s. 709.

bocianski.com/genezanazwisk.pdf

1. a) small room, b) jail c) conkers game d) dumb man
2. a) hit, cut, b) cut metal c) fall (rain)
3. a) chicken (animal)

hairy thoughts aside, as you can see the word is very old. the surname can originate from any of those meanings, and can designate a man working in a smithy, chicken farmer or jail guard, apart from the negative origins you've mentioned.
Ksysia   
12 Dec 2010
History / What have the Germans hidden in Poland? [28]

I don't know any links in English. What I'm on about - Germans have made many underground hideouts to stash away the art and treasures before the Soviet army got to it. It was either Polish treasure robbed by Germans during their 200-year spree in Poland, or their own craft and art - and some of it has not been found yet.

Russians claimed and transported out a lot of stuff. Some might still be hidden.

The really interesting part is did they build tunnels to aid their future invasion and maybe stashed some equipment there.

Or, while I'm in Sunday mode - you know how they were Satan worshippers and pagans, I wonder if they left some of their altars and temples behind. And that's why Poland is cursed with bad luck - even the air feels gray and thick.

And, BB? that's my Sunday enjoyment thread, not here for you to deny everything, but for people who like scary stories and treasure hunting.
Ksysia   
12 Dec 2010
History / What have the Germans hidden in Poland? [28]

lots of myths and legends

tere might be a grain of truth, who knows? It could be a good thing to locate the things for historical value. Then put a ticket machine next to the site and overcharge the tourists.
Ksysia   
12 Dec 2010
History / What have the Germans hidden in Poland? [28]

and yes..if i had a metal dectector i would go and have a look...

quite a story!
are detectors really so hard to come by?
Ksysia   
20 Dec 2010
Love / How to ask the Polish parents for her hand in Marriage? [32]

you tend to overanalyze like most Germanics

only 1/8 blood. doesn't count.

I think of is you and your lesbian partner

can't you see this guys is a conman? he say's he's dominating, but... he's marrying into money... can't have both at once.
Ksysia   
22 Dec 2010
History / Lwów, Wilno ... kresy - Poland have lost enormoust part of our heritage... [389]

You guys gotta stop talking about Poland/Ukraine like we ever invaded and conquered. We weren't Germans in those lands. We've slid right in by marrying Ruthenian leaders to Polish leaders.

We've never before thought about those relations as anything different that 'Ukraine should be with us against Russians'. Really surprised that Ukraine might actually choose the cruelty of the Muscovites. Ok if you want to be killed, starved, and herded west in a GRAND ARMY as the first line of disposable boys... Sad that it means for us getting in their clutches again.
Ksysia   
23 Dec 2010
History / Lwów, Wilno ... kresy - Poland have lost enormoust part of our heritage... [389]

Would you give them back for Lwow???

what is happening here today :(
how would you exactly dispatch all the Lithuanians and Belarussians out, boys??? or how would you tell all the Silesian miners to pack up and get out??? which of you is Catherine the Great to pull this one?
Ksysia   
23 Dec 2010
Language / Spelling "aunt" in Polish [142]

from your link:
'I have actually heard many American men affectionately addressing their Russian or Polish wives this way and most cringe and correct them, because first of all, they are being called a "Grandmother" and second, if they are Polish, why would they want to be called a Russian word?'

they are proud Ukrainians trying to pass for Poles... but we should stay away from Lviv, shouldn't we???

I wonder if that explains the hartred of Jews towards Poles. They got submitted to a little Ruthenian cruelty, like Poles in Wolhynia who ended in water wells head down...

another proof from this forum is here: a Ruthenian trying to pass for a Pole.

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Ksysia   
23 Dec 2010
History / Lwów, Wilno ... kresy - Poland have lost enormoust part of our heritage... [389]

the land was ours, if not for us it'd be two barns and a field but today its someone else' and thats that.

nailed.

if you're missing home, boys, do what we do - go to court and apply for return of private property. if refused - buy it like a normal person. I stil have hopes for a piece of folwark around Ivano-Frankivsk. I will be tempted to call it Stanisławów. But I won't be tabpted to break any laws of the country. Most are standard anyway.
Ksysia   
23 Dec 2010
Language / Spelling "aunt" in Polish [142]

Babunia is the Polish word.

polishmama - the rest of the statements refer to the general topics on this forum.

and if someone got called babushka - they got called in Russian, Ukrainian, Belorussian, etc. What's reason to claim this word suddenly became Polish?
Ksysia   
23 Dec 2010
Travel / Best places to visit in Poland [87]

Bieszczady and the San River.

DO NOT, under any circumstances, leave the hostel without map, compass and a mobile, and DO NOT, EVER, leave the clearly marked trail. This area is not densely populated, and noone will find you if you get lost.
Ksysia   
27 Dec 2010
Language / To wear: nosić, nieść, ponieść? [10]

HI, Róża!

Great question. The noun nosić is normally used as you said it - however when it's relating 'wearing', it's frozen in some usual forms:

Zwykle noszę spódnicę (I usually wear a skirt), - właśnie tak.

ale dzisiaj niosę dżinsy (but today I am wearing jeans). - dzisiaj noszę dżinsy, dzisiaj mam na sobie dżinsy.

Tylko raz poniosłem moją nową bluzkę (I have only worn my new blouse once)?
Tylko raz założyam moją nową bluzkę, tylko raz miałam na sobie moją nową bluzkę, tylko raz nosiłam moją nową bluzkę.
Ksysia   
4 Jan 2011
Genealogy / Trying to trace Lysunio family from Medinice - Now in Ukraine. [3]

groups.yahoo/group/Kresy-Siberia/message/13949

'I have manafged to track down the Lysunio family I was looking
for.Thanks to those who gave help.Amazingly Helena Lysunio is still
alive and 100 years old this year. I plan to visit her very soon. her
daughter is e mailing me her personal story.'
Ksysia   
4 Jan 2011
History / Why is there NOTHING (besides Gdansk and Szczecin) in former Prussia? [80]

What is there anyway? Two cities, Gdansk and Szczecin. Lots of nothing spotted with tiny little townships...

My friend from Krakow moved to Gdynia for a couple of years and now she's back. She reports that outside of city limits there wasn't much anyhow. And no roads neither.

That casts some light on the great things the Prussians have built in Poland while 'civillising' the land, eh? A mott and a bailey, constructed with bricks from torn down houses of the locals...

I'm sure you all heard about the reisen, Marienburg, keeping the commoners in stark poverty, and generally acting all flashy. But it's not so easy to reach the conclusion that indeed the Prussian rule had hurt those lands - because everyone is so impressed with Mercedes, they think everywhere German went, they immediately washed their feet.

Not in Prussia - in Prussia they lived in a form of a siege.

IMHO.
Ksysia   
5 Jan 2011
History / Why is there NOTHING (besides Gdansk and Szczecin) in former Prussia? [80]

I meant the North of today's Poland. I come from Lodz, and could always get a train to Krakow, Poznan, Katowice, Warszawa, I've done that often while in the Uni: drinks and student accomodation in Krakow, Indian clothes shops and theatres in Warsaw, friends in Katowice. It's full of things.

Magda went away to the north, and did not expect to find herself in such dessert - you get the Tricity, the coastline, and the next post of civilisation is... Warsaw.

Great effort byt the Prussians, eh? And to think that tourists are asking 'was all castles in Poland built by the Order, too?'
Ksysia   
5 Jan 2011
News / Gazeta Wyborcza of Poland losing readers [301]

Last time I were in Lodz they were giving GW free on tram stops. And you could sign up for subscription of this means of control for just 1 zeta per issue.

People came to the conclusion that Wybiorcza (Selective, as in selective truth), is going down the down, and invested in Dziennik Lodzki instead.

The Rzeczpospolita has been bough by the left as well.