Life / Hey, I speak English and can say F**K! Poles use the F-word to impress native speakers. [23]


well it can be if you add ING, or it could be any part of speech you like except perhaps a preposition. Maybe that is its beauty.

Love / I need advice: divorce and my rights as a father in Poland [165]

Amathyst obviously your mate is a strong woman, and kurt's wife does sound a bit wet, but how does that give YOU the right to judge others, strangers, so harshly? We know nothing of Kurt and his wife in truth.

Have you had kids by the way? NO? Well that is obvious or you wouldn't be so unpleasant about it.

Love / My Polish girlfriend's mother called her a prostitute because we live together [113]


of course you can stinky, unless you are .......


Obviously you feel the need for the state to sanction your love life with a written contract. However it's not for everyone.

Language / CELTA assignment question - the form of "It suits you" and "It fits you" [23]

steve they always do this on CELTA courses. It's like a kind of mind game to stop you getting complacent. Try not to worry too much. Try to "throw the ball" to the students as much as possible...for example if one student asks you a question don't answer it, but open it up to the class...." Does anyone else know the answer?" Just think about YOU talking less and the students talking more...use your body language (koff koff) and eye contact and students names (John???) to encourage this.

I am sure you will be OK, do not worry.

Language / CELTA assignment question - the form of "It suits you" and "It fits you" [23]

Well sure you have to see what each class needs and expects.....but Steve just needs to get through his celta course...(poor guy!)

Life / Child Adoption in Poland? [138]

what's wrong with Mexican children?
What are you some kind of child traffickers that you need to ask questions like this on a public forum?

Life / Child Adoption in Poland? [138]


These kind of selfish demands for international adoptions have created an industry

History / Teaching our kids about Poland's History [57]


yeh I always thought Australia was quite boring too....you poor child.
The only Polish history we did here in UK was watching that hilarious filmette of the Polish Cavalry charging German tanks. Now I think about it I am sure that was a cut and paste job.

Really though one can always ..y know...read up yourself on what interests you instead of whining about your school's shortcomings.
Y know??? Independent study??

Language / Mixed English Grammar Thread [183]

If you like, Antek, I could help. I spent many years teaching English. Send a message!

Language / Mixed English Grammar Thread [183]


"Am I not" is quite old fashioned but correct, as you say. It's the kind of thing my mum or my old English teacher would have said. Sometimes I find myself saying it to my kids.

"Aren't I" is colloquial, everyday English, yes.
As for pennyworth, I like your analysis alot..:)

Language / Mixed English Grammar Thread [183]


well I would have to disagree as there are many native speakers who would say this naturally (from Ireland)
Therefore it's not "flat wrong", it's dialect.
The great thing about English is it's impossible to be wrong. If something is used and understood, then it's correct, innit?...:)

Language / Mixed English Grammar Thread [183]


happy to assist, anytime..:) BBL

Language / Mixed English Grammar Thread [183]

you may not be familiar with the terms but for example "second conditional" is like
"If I were Queen I would chop off your head"
and "third conditional" is
"If I hadn't eaten so much I wouldn't have got so fat"
While it's more natural to talk in a combination of these....the "mixed conditional"
Hope this helps and the muppets in the gallery don't start.

Language / Mixed English Grammar Thread [183]


no we do not...:) Even my kid says "If I were you" AND he knows its the "subjunctive"..:)))... mind you he has got a pedantic old bat for a mum...;)

Language / Use of A/An/The ...... Articles [186]


absolutely alliterative as an.....(fill the gap someone!)

Language / Mixed English Grammar Thread [183]

no-one..:)
Or it looks as though it rhymes with Lorna Doone.

Language / Mixed English Grammar Thread [183]

Yes but Seanus 90 per cent of native speakers of English would say "the Police are", wouldn't they?
Therefore that one is correct.
I keep reminding everyone here that there is no academy of the English language and its beauty and strength lie in its flexibility and ability to adapt. ...:)

Food / Expats' Polish food favourites [140]


POlish bread and Kubus

Food / Expats' Polish food favourites [140]

yeh especiallly the Kiwi and Banana....
the other day we drove 20 miles through the badlands to get to the Polski Sklep...I sent my kid in with orders to get the "snot coloured" Kubus....the shop owner was not impressed when he loudly repeated it back to me...

Work / WORKING. STUDYING AND DOING BUSINESS IN POLAND AS INTERNATIONAL STUDENT [15]

Don't worry topman he is just a very negative person.

Love / POLISH GIRLFRIEND WONT PAY HER WAY [127]

maybe you gave her too much....

News / Multi-culti (in Poland) -- roadmap to disaster? [344]


do you think there have never been Jew/Black quotas in british schools and universities? A hell of alot more recently than pre war
Hard to get a view from your big horse I suppose.

News / Multi-culti (in Poland) -- roadmap to disaster? [344]


well, by default, you...the way you whine about racism and other countries policies and attitudes, as though you come from some kind of perfect nation, is embarrassing for others who share your nationality.

Language / Unique names of cities/town/villages in Poland [58]

At last an inoffensive (and interesting!) thread!!
One of my favourites ever was a little Spanish place in the region of Murcia that I used to pass through on the bus called "Molinas Derribados" (Broken down windmills)

Language / Unique names of cities/town/villages in Poland [58]


c'mon teflcat admit it...you're making them up!!
Gropec*nt lane is superb though...what a shame they had to change it...

Language / Unique names of cities/town/villages in Poland [58]

oh I heard of that one before, true, it was Dancing Dicks I was having doubts about....;))
reminds me of that popular pub name "The Fighting Cocks"...
oh we had to lower the tone didn't we??

Love / Help - evil Polish girl after my partner. [39]

give her a slap in the chops, then as Bz. says you can cut off relations with that couple altogether.

Food / What's your favorite Polish coffee? [73]


get plenty of instant coffee and some milk and sugar and cold water and.....put it in a plastic container with a screw top and shake violently (the coffee not you).....

pour it into a glass and add ice....stick in a straw...drink..

News / POLAND HAS LOST 1 MILLION PEOPLE (for other EU countries) [30]

oh right and what about the millions given in eU aid in the 80s?? Was that also an evil trick?

UK, Ireland / Poles in the UK, you know were the door is [102]


hardly. most Polish seem to have been sucked into life here with no chance of saving, same as the rest of us.