Travel / Which SIMcard to buy in Poland for two week usage [11]


Yes. Every kiosk including at the airport. Ask for one specifically for the internet.

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]


No difference at all. The phrase is still used.


Nonsense and double nonsense!


Which proves my point perfectly. That it is a word with no positive connotations.

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]


More than some, thank you very much.


There would actually have to be some humour in the first place, beyond slapstick and hackneyed political satire.


Now what would you know about either my level of either Polish or any other language as well as my ability to feel a nuance in that language?

After all, if you think the word 'murzyn' is inherently positive you can't be a very good judge of language, can you?

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]

Or simply using language as positively as possible, to affirm not condemn.

And no 'Gumishu' the word murzyn is not neutral, especially with the connotations you describe.

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]

Actually I haven't watched your link, since the staff at Starbuck's in pl. Trzy Krzyzy might not appreciate it competing with their background music, though you may sleep safely in your bed knowing I've seen enough live to know how weak it generally is.

However you are trying to sidetrack since your examples of usage of the word murzyn clearly show that it is far from being complementary - and for that reason it is best avoided.

I'm surprised you haven't used the expression 'PC Brigade'!

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]

And that's so much of the issue - colloquial words describing races or distinct groups of people are rarely positive. As far as judging nuances is concerned, the examples you gave are so obvious that there is no great subtlety involved.

News / American soldiers beat up in Torun, Łódź [141]


Not so much neighbourhoods but more bars or anywhere alcohol is involved.

My own feeling was that this was a typical barroom brawl. The fact that the two attacked were foreign would certainly have been an exacerbating factor as would one of them being of Korean heritage. If they weren't foreign but were from Warsaw - maybe that would have been too.

Certainly anyone who appears a little different is more vulnerable.

Work / BEWARE of K&S Krakowska Szkoła Języków Obcych!! [41]


A swype typo is different - and yes, this thread is still dodgy.


Something tells me the alleged native speakers on here are Polish enough.

Travel / Visiting Poland - A bit worried about social attitudes and racist inclinations.. [80]

You shouldn't worry. Most of the racist stuff is written by people from the US/Canada, Ireland, Australia, UK etc who've rarely or (more usually) never actually been to Poland. People here are generally friendly, even if they don't always look it!

Work / BEWARE of K&S Krakowska Szkoła Języków Obcych!! [41]


Or plenty of time sitting by a computer watching people work, waiting in airport lounges, overcoming writer's block etc ;-)

And I still think this thread is as fishy as an old pair of tights.

History / Poland did reasonably well in land terms out of the postwar settlement [270]


Exactly, repeated ad nauseam on here as if people with better things to do actually care about them.

Work / BEWARE of K&S Krakowska Szkoła Języków Obcych!! [41]

Besides which, a native speaker would not only know where on the internet to post information about a potentially rogue school, but also wouldn't even think of working somewhere where they: