UK, Ireland / Why do so many Polish guys in the UK have a crew cut or buzz cut? [106]

If you are noticeably losing your hair, shave most of it off or it looks silly. That's what I do. Many people do it.

UK, Ireland / Grateful Polish photographer stitches up his Welsh hosts [96]


I am quite aware.

I paint, I am an "arty" person and 3 of my friends are keen photographers - they are good. I am no expert but I stand by my assertion and would like someone to maybe indicate just 2 or 3 of those photos that are "great".

I'm not suggesting they are terrible but they are nothing special - are they?


Classic response.

USA, Canada / Moved back from Canada to Poland:). Here are the reasons why. [868]


I like it!


Well for anyone who has the cajones to call themselves Aphrodisiac, I don't doubt it : )

C'mon though, you must be full of quirky observations at this stage?

UK, Ireland / Grateful Polish photographer stitches up his Welsh hosts [96]

Has been said many times, but there are attractive/unattractive people in nearly every country.

The way in which they are unattractive varies from country to country admittedly, there is no universal standard and it's often the unfamiliar which leads to conclusions like BBman.

I've seen plenty of unattractive Swedes, Poles, Italians - all the clichéd "beautiful" countries.

Anyway, IMO, there are attractive women in those photos. Not all of them, but they are there.

UK, Ireland / Grateful Polish photographer stitches up his Welsh hosts [96]

Am I just a complete philistine or am I daring to saying what many might be thinking - that is, that the photos are not exactly a wonderful piece of work anyway?

I mean, that is the point mostly isn't it, that they are supposed to have artistic (albeit in a street sense) merit?

As far as I'm concerned any oul tit with a decent camera and half an eye could have taken these.

Anyone care to point out what is so good about them?

USA, Canada / Do you speak English? Have you lived in America? New LOVE/HATE list......... [144]


Yeah, it's probably the single worst thing.

USA, Canada / Moved back from Canada to Poland:). Here are the reasons why. [868]


Well, kind of, but more your observations as one of the repatriated ; )

But thanks anyway. It's a bit like Carrie Bradshaw without the sex.

USA, Canada / Moved back from Canada to Poland:). Here are the reasons why. [868]

Any update Aphro?

How often do you use English these days?

Language / Simple business Polish phrases required please [13]

Thanks all - very useful!

Miłego dnia ! ; )

(Although it's probably different if addressing a group...)

UK, Ireland / Grateful Polish photographer stitches up his Welsh hosts [96]


Have to agree.

Language / Simple business Polish phrases required please [13]

Thanks again!

Sometimes google translate ends up sounding weird as phrases don't always have exact equivalents.

Language / Simple business Polish phrases required please [13]

Thanks for that.

What about my Dziękuję i pozdrawiam does it sound OK or maybe awkwardly translated?

Life / Could anyone tell me about any Polish bands that are/were popular. [17]


Ha Ha - great name!

Riverside are another great Polish band - they seem to sing mostly in English though, don't know if they have any Polish language material.

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]


Not necessarily Pawian.


...and you are kind of making the point here. You are making the distinction yourself, saying they are different to "the west"

: )

Have a word with Ironside will ya?

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

OK Ironside, your obfuscation aside, simple question, do you think that over 40 years of communism has had no discernible affect on the attitude and mentality of the people in Poland?

I'm asking what you think now, your opinion, I'm not asking you to prove anything via decades of empirical research.

And I'm not going to be asking you for a definition of "mentality", "Poland", "opinion" ,or anything else for that matter.

It's a simple yes or no answer - it can be qualified if you like but it's still a yes or no answer.

Law / How deep is the Gloom in the Poland's Economy [84]

Poles are telling me that much foodstuff and many mundane consumer items are now equally priced or sometimes even more expensive in Poland than in Ireland. At broadly speaking one quarter of Irish salaries, and if the trend continues, I would imagine that many Poles especially those who currently straddle poverty and relative comfort, will simply not be able to afford to live in Poland at some stage.

All the growth and outlook in the world won't matter then.

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]


That's a question for Adnar, who made the claim and Fuzzy who disagreed with it.

Personally I don't think it's unreasonable to suggest that there may be a quite different national psyche between those who have lived mostly under communism (like the 44+ mentioned) and those who have never known it.

Law / How deep is the Gloom in the Poland's Economy [84]

However, is it not generally the case that more or less all prices have increased and continue to increase relatively dramatically in recent years while wages/salaries stay static?

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

Ironside overreacted again by saying:


No, as you well know, it's not what he said at all.

Someone said that Polish mentality is more Western than Eastern, and Fuzzy said:


What's wrong with that?

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

I say The Orient.

Why not? Nearly everywhere else has had a look in...

UK, Ireland / 50 babies a day born to Polish mothers in UK [81]

I agree with you Wroclaw boy, but, the word can be meant in more than one way.

Taking it at face value, I agree.

It being the term to refer to positive discrimination, laws and customs being circumvented or rewritten purely to satisfy the PC brigade, the encouragement of ghettoism via this, then I think it's a mess and a terrible mistake to be honest.

Closed for cleaning

UK, Ireland / 50 babies a day born to Polish mothers in UK [81]


Almost certainly utterly inaccurate anyway.

Work / Advice on Teaching English in Poland [709]

-1 to both of you for not pronouncing the R in comfortable ; )

Other than that though, yeah that's the way I would pronounce them too.

The other example just sounds robotic and machine gun like to me. Although plenty do say it. Probably the same ones who say tiss-you (tissue) and

dIAhmond (diamond)

Technically, probably both correct - I just think they sound awful.

I'm very lazy with "mutant" too and tend to do a kind of "semi-glottal stop" (not sure what you would call it?) in the middle, which is relatively rare for the Irish.

Work / Advice on Teaching English in Poland [709]


Er ... I ... might do ; )
Depends:
Do you say veg-et-able / com-fort-able or veg-tible /comft -or-ble?

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

Something that is often missed in these discussions (but I'm not saying that it is particularly poignant here) is that there is a difference between manners and etiquette. The two are often confused. It is possible to be well versed in etiquette but still be rude. Similarly, a person can be ignorant to various customs & country specific etiquette, but still have good manners.

Or to put it another way: etiquette is knowing a desert fork from a salad fork; manners are not highlighting that others are using the incorrect fork

: )

Food / Types of CHEESE in Poland [150]


Sounds gorgeous .... ; )

But no, that's unfair, liver/kidneys etc are of the same ilk I suppose.

The Topic: Types of CHEESE in Poland

Food / Types of CHEESE in Poland [150]


Bland maybe, but in fairness it is a weird concept/concoction!

What about the chicken though? I got the idea that Poles didn't really "do" roasts as we would know them.

UK, Ireland / 50 babies a day born to Polish mothers in UK [81]


Ha Ha - that's mad! I had no idea!


No, it's not.

Jim lad.

Food / Types of CHEESE in Poland [150]


Funny, I've experienced the opposite but maybe it's just the stronger stuff they don't like - which is all I ever buy (vintage, extra mature or whatever)

Poles I know only seem to like bland cheese.