News / 70% of Poles like Komorowski. Do you? [120]

He was a national embarrassment. Perhaps not in the U.S. but in Europe diplomats simply couldn't do business with him. In Poland educated Poles spent quite a lot of time with their hand over their faces.

Life / West-East life in Poland? [35]


Do you live here or are you visiting? The reason I ask is that nobody I know does not want better infrastructure.

Just as I thought.

Language / Have you ever heard 'destynacja'? [19]


Why on earth are you pleased that your relatives do not have a modern education?

Language / De-diacriticalisation of Polish? [9]


Recreated is indeed the key word! Yes, he replaced Arabic script with Roman letters, some with diacritics.

Language / De-diacriticalisation of Polish? [9]


I basically agree, but don't forget Ataturk, who did precisely this, and he recreated a nation.

Life / West-East life in Poland? [35]


That might be true for a lot of the villages but which towns are you thinking of? I live not too far from you (according to your profile).

News / 70% of Poles like Komorowski. Do you? [120]

Who, me? Yes, for food I have no problem with hunting, especially to control numbers. I wouldn't recommend bison, though. My favourite game is Roe deer.

Back on topic, I think the Pres. is doing what he should be doing, i.e. showing a calm and dignified face internationally, and keeping out of party political spats.

News / 70% of Poles like Komorowski. Do you? [120]


Not only culling. Here are some prices for hunting in Poland. All prices PLN.
Red stag hunting, per hunter: 672
guide: 45
transport: 142
search: 156
kill: 1995
trophy (preparation and mounting): 555 up to 2kg (head)
10280 for over 8kg.

If the hunt is for culling, I don't have a problem with it. If it's for the pleasure of killing, I do.

News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]


You no doubt know a lot more about this than I do, but are there really that many company cars in Poland? I know quite a few middle-ranking corporate types who do not have one.


Well, it's his dough, so he can do what he wants with it, although I agree that there is a lot of vanity involved these days (was it ever any different?). I recently bought a car, nothing flash but in good condition and economical. I could have bought a twelve-year-old Jaguar for the same money (which would have made me happy) but being realistic I need something that will last a while and not let me down. I have to smile when people in old Audis and Mercs overtake me in an apparrent show of superiority!

History / 75th anniversary of Stalin's 1937-38 anti-Poland genocide [32]


That's disingenuous. You're anti-Jew; why deny it?


What?


Sounds one possible, partial explanation.

History / 75th anniversary of Stalin's 1937-38 anti-Poland genocide [32]


I don't have a problem with that. It's just that the OP is an aggressive far-right wing Catholic who uses every opportunity to put forth anti-Jewish propoganda.

History / 75th anniversary of Stalin's 1937-38 anti-Poland genocide [32]


I wonder if you refer to other figures as Stalin's Christian henchman.

News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]

When I first came to live here I agreed to take part in a Newsweek survey on earnings. I was astonished to come out in the top 1%. Twelve years on I'd say I probably sit somewhere in the mid-upper half. You know what? I see that in a positive way.

News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]


I guess you would have to have lived through the changes to understand.


You really need to get out more.


What, the Elders of Zion?

News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]


Poland has developed at an enormous pace in the last twenty years. It (she?) is growing in every way as a modern, energetic European country. I came to live here in 2000, and I have seen wonderful changes in every sphere of life. I wouldn't want to be anywhere else in Europe. And when the RC Church is finally brought to heel, life will be even better.

Love / Do Polish women talk too much? [74]

What I don't understand is how two Polish women can talk, amiably, at the same time and still understand each other.

Life / I met Polish girl, she is 15. Moving to Poland to start new life - is it a safe place? [30]


Christ on a bike. OK, you got me. Where's Persia these days?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


He's dead but still smiling. Now that's what I call optimism.

Life / I met Polish girl, she is 15. Moving to Poland to start new life - is it a safe place? [30]

Talk to her on the phone/skype. If she's not a fourteen-year-old kid having a laugh, take it from there.

Work / Teaching English in Wrocław - TEFL, fair pay? [40]

Or do one in Scotland. The cost will probably be about the same. I did mine at Basil Paterson in Edinburgh. Scary stuff for a month full on, but I got my money's worth. Mind you, that was when the mortar on the castle was still wet.

Food / Kefir drink in Poland [79]


If you liked ayran, you should like kefir. Perhaps your tastebuds were shocked because you expected something else. My wife tells me that you can add things to it to make dips, and that it's also good for putting on sunburn, but she couldn't think of any other culinary uses for it.

Food / Kefir drink in Poland [79]


Open your mouth and pour it in. Don't breathe at the same time.


That's the stuff. I think it's one of those things you have to have grown up with. My Polish in-laws think I'm crazy because I like Marmite.


No. Not the stuff in shops, anyway.


If you didn't like it before, the brand isn't going to matter. Mlekovita, Danone, they're all much of a muchness.

Work / Teaching English in Wrocław - TEFL, fair pay? [40]


At mid-higher levels this is almost bound to be true. Poles want to know how English grammar works, and they ask their teachers. Jono, if you can't give an immediate answer to this question, think about doing a proper course:

Why are these sentences correct?: Put down the gun/Put the gun down/Put it down
But not: Put down it.

Love / Native Polish Muslims.... how do they get into relationships? [32]


That's the theory; the reality is, as you are no doubt aware, very different in many countries.

Life / Observation of Polish drivers, by and English anthropologist. [94]

I hope you are joking. Today, as I was driving home, an oncoming car lost its badly-secured roof-top load, part of which hit my car. Luckily, it was just a box of polystyrene and the damage to my ride was minimal. I thank my lucky stars that it wasn't something heavier. As it happened I was keeping to the speed limit and paying attention to the behaviour of other road users. I was sober, too. Perhaps I am a fetishist in this repect, but I am alive and kinky for another day.

Travel / Winter clothes for trip to Warsaw? [13]


It could be quite mild then. Jan/Feb are the coldest months.


The first one might not be warm enough; I'd bring the other. And no, you'll look fine.


Where tf else would you wear them?
A plain wool hat and gloves completes the combo and you're ready to roll.

Language / Polish slang phrases - most popular. [606]


What exactly is a douchebag? It sounds like something a Parisian lady would keep her cosmetics in, but I have an idea I might be wrong.

Albo rybka, albo pipka. How about that one?

UK, Ireland / First proper "Polish" School in the UK - The Next Stage of Ghettoisation [283]


Marist Fathers. All boys. Brutal. I recently found my old sports master on Friends Reunited and asked him if he remembered hitting me on the arse with a cricket bat. He said he didn't. If a man can't remember beating a twelve-year-old child with a cricket bat, he's either a liar or insane. I could go on but let's say British education has moved on in at least one respect.

UK, Ireland / First proper "Polish" School in the UK - The Next Stage of Ghettoisation [283]


What's that? I suspect it's a bit different from when I was at my RC Grammar school for boys.

UK, Ireland / First proper "Polish" School in the UK - The Next Stage of Ghettoisation [283]


er...hello. That's not a very friendly introduction.


I'm English and live and work in Poland.


Congratulations.


Did I miss something? What job?


So, the greater the number of languages you speak, the better at the job you are. OK. What's the job?