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NorthMancPolak   
29 Jun 2010
Language / Polish regional accents? [141]

"Na pole" Rules!

:)

:D

Just to confuse things even more, my family (those who can speak Polish, that is) all say kartofle/kartoflane and absolutely NOT ziemniaki/ziemniaczane - and we are not even slightly German lol!

It's like the ginnel/snicket/alley or teacake/cob/barm stuff you get in England I suppose, lol
NorthMancPolak   
29 Jun 2010
Language / Polish regional accents? [141]

But all the Upper Silesians I've met over here say "na pole" all the time :)
NorthMancPolak   
29 Jun 2010
Language / Polish regional accents? [141]

who guess where that's from: "Ide se na pole!"

Górny Śłąsk?
NorthMancPolak   
29 Jun 2010
Life / WHY DO POLES USE ENGLISH WORDS IN CONVERSATION? [396]

I wonder if IKEA in Poland has silly names for its products, like they do here?

You know, like maybe a SRÅ toilet seat, or SMÄTA tea towels lol
NorthMancPolak   
28 Jun 2010
Law / "FART" shop in Poland - WHAT DOES THIS SHOP SELL? [55]

ugh!

you won't want any of this either:

.

:D

I can well imagine! It just needs a sense of humour, really.

yeah, whenever I see "Lee Ho Fook" on a sign, I always think "he's just like Southern" lol.
NorthMancPolak   
28 Jun 2010
Love / How to Make (Polish?) Women happy? [96]

That's not possible.

In my experience: swap the Skoda for an Audi, because she wants to be driven around in one. Explaining that Skodas are full of Audi parts these days makes no difference. :)

So I kept the Skoda and exchanged the Polish girlfriend for an English one. I win on all counts :D
NorthMancPolak   
28 Jun 2010
Law / "FART" shop in Poland - WHAT DOES THIS SHOP SELL? [55]

I need to cycle out and copy the Manko billboard sign. Manko is a vulgar word for pu*sy in Japanese! It's a building contractor :)

Other ones are Fuk Mi and Willie Shafters :)

In my home city, we have the Flare&Firkin who made 'Firkin good meals'. The motto had to go.

Don't ever go to Hong Kong, trust me on this one :D
NorthMancPolak   
25 Jun 2010
UK, Ireland / Are Polish people importing a new wave of ancient racism into the UK? [402]

I live in the North(ish) of england,a small,mostly white market town but most of the large cities near abouts do have muslim populations,trouble is I dont see them influencing anyone.

Does the rule that "a Muslim man may marry a Christian or a Jew, but a Muslim woman may only marry a Muslim" ring any bells? Show me a local Muslim woman who was allowed to marry a partner who agreed to convert to Islam - in the North, a non-Muslim man hasn't got a cat in hell's chance of even being given that option! It's always the other way round - and you know why that is.

I havent given up a single thing since 9/11 or earlier,lets say the mid 70s when I was born which coincided with the rise of fundamentalist islam, so what do you think I will give up in the future,and Im a "liberal".

When they are the majority, you may not have a choice but to give something up - look up jizyah and you may find that the only choice you have is to either convert, or to pay the extra tax - some "choice" that is!

frankly a nice curry,rice and mango chuttny are far closer to " British" food than pierogi,lumps of fat and dodgy mielonka in a tin! (no offence ;) )

To be fair, those Polish foods are much closer to English dumplings, lard and tinned "Spam" than they are to Indian food! Mind you, I like all three (English, Polish and Indian food, that is!)
NorthMancPolak   
25 Jun 2010
Language / Difference between Polska & Polsce? [26]

because that makes no sense.. i'll let others chime in to explain how it all works..

he (the OP) is thinking in English, which doesn't work in Polish ;)

a few examples:

Poland, the nation: Polska
In Poland: w Polsce
From Poland: z Polski
Of Poland/Polish: Polskie
About something Polish: o polskich/polskim
To Poland: do Polski
Beyond Poland: poza Polską

Still think those skinny Polish women are worth it?? ;) :D

And learnign to write Chinese? Forget it!

I may be exceptional, but I find Chinese characters far easier to remember than Chinese pronunciation. All I can remember is "xiexie" and that's not much use in Hong Kong lol
NorthMancPolak   
25 Jun 2010
USA, Canada / Do many Polish people in America hate Americans? [592]

I don't think even Americans have.. 2000s - to present: American music is dogsh;t now. It's really sad. I'm not sure kids have the work ethic it takes to grind it out in a studio until you create something magic.

I can't even remember the last American music I bought. Probably the second Machine Head or Deftones albums. That must have been in about 1997-98, I think. They both went crap fairly soon after that.
NorthMancPolak   
25 Jun 2010
USA, Canada / Do many Polish people in America hate Americans? [592]

Everybody hates America.

The American Government, maybe.

I haven't met enough Americans to say if I hate them or not.

Not keen on a lot of the social/cultural aspects of the USA, but even I have to admit that a lot of great things have come out of the USA.

I guess.. if you like Electronica. I still like muscians not DJs. The English are very good for music though.

In the 1980s (say, up to about 1986-87), I would have said that the best music was from Manchester, New York, Chicago, and some from Detroit - an obvious US bias. But from about 1987 onwards, only London and Manchester really mattered (although Belgium/NL was also significant around 1990-92).

Although Manchester lost its way a bit in the 1990s, I never really bothered with American music after about 1991-92 (except for a brief rap-metal/hardcore phase in the mid-1990s).

Lol @ English being good in music.

Personal preference, isn't it - I love English music.

But Polish music... now that's another matter altogether! lol!
NorthMancPolak   
25 Jun 2010
History / Wealth of the Polish nobility [29]

We used to measure properties with gold and as you know more than half of the world's gold was concentrated in Byzantium.

Those were the days, eh? How times change! lol
NorthMancPolak   
24 Jun 2010
History / England's relations with Poland [20]

Greek Street is just off Old Compton Street - I'm sure a few people on here would say that's the perfect place for Southern, haha ;)
NorthMancPolak   
24 Jun 2010
History / Wealth of the Polish nobility [29]

In camels to be precise.

You don't like Arabs, but you measure your wealth in their animals?? :D
NorthMancPolak   
24 Jun 2010
History / Wealth of the Polish nobility [29]

I thought southern measured his wealth in the number of Slavic prostitutes he can afford :D
NorthMancPolak   
24 Jun 2010
History / England's relations with Poland [20]

And has anyone been at the Poland Street in London? Is it nice?

it's nothing special, just a typical central London sidestreet really - full of offices and crazy motorcycle couriers trying to kill everyone, lol.

Berwick & Wardour Streets are nearby, which are far better.

I used to go to the Yo! Sushi along there, though. And Black Market Records nearby, of course :)
NorthMancPolak   
24 Jun 2010
UK, Ireland / Are Polish people importing a new wave of ancient racism into the UK? [402]

The British history of genocide and plain mass murder around the world are not a good reason for Poles to accept the same suicidal, path that the great British people is now following.

There's no reason for most British people to follow that path, either. Very few people alive today could be blamed for any involvement in black slavery, and especially not those of us born here of of Polish origin.

Google "Polish involvement black slavery" and see what you find - nothing. Change "Polish" to certain other search terms, and you'll find an encyclopaedia full of links. Unfortunately, those links will include "English", but it's all a long time ago now, and reparations have been paid by Western countries, in the form of billions of pounds of aid, etc. But I'm still waiting for apologies and reparations from Arabs who enslaved blacks when the English were still living in houses made with wattle and daub :)

Besides, the UK wasn't built on black slavery to anywhere near the extent that the USA was; most UK blacks were asked to come here to work after WWII, not brought here as free labour several centuries ago.

It is true that many American blacks may have worked as slaves in the American cotton fields, at the same time as hundreds of thousands of white Britons were forced into working 15 hours a day/six days a week in Lancashire's cotton mills. Yet these British barely had enough to live on, despite the hours, and were abused, assaulted or punished severely for non-compliance. At the same time, Bradford's woolcombers were working similar hours, in even worse conditions, for similar rates of pay, and had an average life expectancy of eighteen years old! If that isn't also slavery, if not legalised genocide, I don't know what is.

This went on for two centuries before any significant Black or South Asian immigration began. But there are no "reparations" for the families of those British workers, and never will be. And no-one can seriously claim these mill workers "profited" from this trade, whether that trade was driven by the produce of black cotton-picking slaves, or not - only a tiny minority of rich, powerful people profited, and their descendants are probably still the only ones profiting from the former slave trade.

Poland wasn't involved in black slavery, and owes Africa nothing. It is only a corrupt EU agenda which is forcing them to feel guilty and making them accept Africans. Maybe someone would like to explain why "multiculturalism" is only being imposed on European countries? I don't see much "enriching" or "diversity" in most Asian or African countries.
NorthMancPolak   
22 Jun 2010
UK, Ireland / Oxford Polish bride 'heartbroken' over arrest - accusations of sham marriage [126]

But really this is the price of Polki.Of course you can have for free but you have to accept some closer commitment.

Oh, that explains it - because I actually have relationships with women (unlike southern) I get more for my money (which wasn't anywhere near 400 Euro a month, lol).
NorthMancPolak   
22 Jun 2010
Travel / Why do people say that Poland is so unsafe? [60]

(shocked. I live in low crime city...)

I don't think I've ever lived in a low-crime city in my life. I got bottled in Nottingham when I was seven. Seven, ffs!!!!! :0

Do low-crime cities even exist in the UK these days?

Oh, and more to the point... I wonder how many people get shot or "shanked" for "disrespect" (lmao) in Poland every day...
NorthMancPolak   
22 Jun 2010
Life / Babcia klozetowa alive & well? [35]

He reminds me of the guy who used to do nearly all the adverts for UK Garage events on pirate radio - talk about having a virtual monopoly! lol
NorthMancPolak   
22 Jun 2010
Life / Languages understandable by Poles? [38]

divka is just a vulgar form of address to a woman :)

It's not vulgar in Czech though, it just means girl/dziewczyna - vulgar would be coura or špindíra ;)
NorthMancPolak   
22 Jun 2010
Life / Languages understandable by Poles? [38]

Hm, be careful with words uroda and błąd when talking to Russian girl as well. ;)

Or Czech dívka when talking to a Polish girl lol :)

(what do those two mean in Russian btw?)

Well, yes but i have Czech friend and we communicate using Czech and Polish with some English words when the word doesnt exist in one of languages or has different meaning (like eg czerwiec or szukac).

That's code-switching, but I see your point ;)

hledam divku v cervnu hehe :)
NorthMancPolak   
22 Jun 2010
Life / Languages understandable by Poles? [38]

The Czechs understand Polish better than the other way around. Sometimes you only think you understand.

I believe this is true. But I'm also going to ramble a bit now (internaldialog may approve, haha ;) ). I was buying tickets in Praha-Ruzyně airport once, and the ticket seller understood everything I asked for. But I decided to apologise for my poor Czech, so he started speaking to me in Polish, after I had explained that I was Polish. To be honest I understood his Czech perfectly well, and much better than his Polish, and decided that I was no longer going to apologise for my "poor" Czech when everyone seemed to understand me lol!

Yes, we can.

Not quite as well as we think we can. ;) I'd say it's easier for Poles to read Czech than it is for them to understand spoken Czech. I realised this when I actually got around to learning it. I would also add that Czech may be a little too familiar to Poles, and therefore may make it a little confusing to learn, because you will keep comparing it to Polish. This means we think we know how the grammar should be, but actually get it wrong because it's not the same in Czech ;)

That said, it's probably the closest Slavic language to Polish, but I bet you still keep pronouncing Czech words in a Polish way, like I unfortunately do... Bolí mě hłava, lol :D

I can't understand a word of Russian, even though it sounds "Slavic" when I hear it spoken.

Do you know nozky? but i dont remember if it was Czech

nůžky ;)
NorthMancPolak   
22 Jun 2010
UK, Ireland / Oxford Polish bride 'heartbroken' over arrest - accusations of sham marriage [126]

400 Euro a month Polish women maintenance

When I read this forum, I often wonder why I'm not still a virgin who has never had a girlfriend, because there's no way I can match up to these guys who earn enough to "maintain" a Polish woman (or indeed any other woman) at 400 Euro a month, plus everything else, like an expensive car which is "fit to carry a Polish woman in", etc.

But then I pinch myself, and realise that the real world isn't quite as fake as southern's world is, and I've actually done quite well with the ladies over the years. And no-one's ever asked me to pimp them either :p :D