Travel / Why does everyone seem to hate LOT Polish Airlines? [382]

Well, they've certainly improved their website since the last time I booked directly with them (a few years ago).

They even beat Expedia on price now, which was rarely the case before.

Cheaper tickets, seat selection at the time of booking, online check-in... and pilots who can land without wheels... what more could you want? :) If you don't like it, you could always use an American airline instead :p

Life / A Polish comedy programme (swiat wedlug kiepskich?) [16]

Święta Wojna owns ŚWK any time; wish it was out on DVD! :)

Life / Babcia or Busha - any social class difference? [359]


Not quite, but I do have Silesian step-family.

UK, Ireland / Polish immigrants in the UK - victims or criminals?! [250]


Unfortunately, in some parts of this country, it's not quite so simple, because it depends on what kind of neighbours you have. Some will accept the warning, but others will set fire to your house, or stab you up for complaining - and I imagine that this is far more likely to happen over here than in Poland.

Life / Babcia or Busha - any social class difference? [359]


Exactly.

I'd never seen or heard words like "busia" or "golumpki" outside this forum; you would never hear them used over here, because we are taught correct Polish by our parents.

I may know words like hantuch and godka, which are used in certain parts of Poland, but it doesn't mean that they are truly Polish words.

Life / The Adult Entertainment Industry in Poland? [67]


It pains me to admit it, but he does.

However, you must remember that this is the guy who said that "Polish women won't be attractive until they're mixed race" and also stated that "white women should be REQUIRED to marry black men" - as a marriage isn't legally a marriage until it's consummated, he's effectively encouraging black men to have sex with white women against their will.

He also can't wait until the world is more mixed, which effectively means he can't wait until there are fewer whites. That's as racist as saying "the world would be a much better place if there weren't any blacks", so he can't be taken seriously. Even the mods have noticed that he is trolling. Simon Mol ffs!!

I never said ALL Polish women don't like black men; I said MOST. Everyone knows that some Polish women will go with blacks. But very few do, even over here.

But who is the best judge, anyway?

Someone like me, who has associated with a wide variety of Polish people for four decades?

Or a South African prnographer with an anti-Polish/pro-Black agenda? Especially as he probably wasn't even born when I first started dating Polish women.


Exactly.

Life / The Adult Entertainment Industry in Poland? [67]

Yeah, he reminds me of that idiot alx123, who was always telling us what kind of men Polish women should be dating, and what a real man should be like - both of them have "homoeroticism" written all over their posts :)

Life / The Adult Entertainment Industry in Poland? [67]


lol.

This sounds like something a prnographer would write, and not something the average Polish woman would say.

EM-Wave probably makes films where white women act out fantasies of being attacked and raped by "ghetto" blacks, and of course they "love it". Yeah right... just what every white woman wants: to be raped by black "gangstas". Pull the other one!


The vast majority of Polish women do NOT like black men, and some are very open about the fact that they do not like them. The opinions of Polish-American prn "stars" don't really count as the opinion of Polish women in general. It's not racist, it's a preference - just like most black women won't date whites.

And just because a few 16-25 year-old immigrant blachary have fallen for the "cool black gangsta" image presented by MTV, doesn't mean that the majority of Polish women have. In case you haven't noticed, the VAST MAJORITY of Polish women have Polish (or white) partners, and this is unlikely to change significantly any time soon.

And all the Polish women I've dated (and are open enough to discuss the subject) had NO complaints about the size of Polish men. Who does he think we are, Indians?? lol


You've only just noticed that he's trolling? ;)

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]


Go on, blame the Poles then... haha ;)

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]


I knew it! haha :D


I (and my family) sometimes boil Wiejska/Krakowska/Śląska, etc. But I tend to grill mine these days. Never fry them though.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]


Overcooked food! haha :D

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

You know what I meant ;)

Right, I'm off to make some food which pam wouldn't like :) haha

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]


Commuters who don't wash their teeth. They can have the seat, I'll stand. Well away. :D

Back on topic: I like haggis with placki. lol

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

best way to get a seat on a crowded Tube haha :D

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]


The first one's a hemp seed soup. the second is a smelly cheese :D

Life / Polish mentality towards Pakistan [108]


As he doesn't even appear to know the answer to the question "Znasz j. polski?", I think we can make up our own minds about that ;)

I bet he's having "pierogies" and "kiełbasas" for dinner :D

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]


Even I'm not that cruel ;)

Siemieniotka, then. English opinion on this one! the weed smokers may like this one, hehe.

Hauskyjza - is eating this on the Singapore MRT a whippable offence? Or worse? Especially as "SMRT" means "death" in Czech. haha :)

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]


zimne nogi. :(

I don't like gefilte fish either.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]


Well... they were playing before I was born, and I'm not exactly a spring chicken ;) Not rock - Cavalera Conspiracy is rock :D


Yeah.

I like Polish food, but I won't touch tripe. Gross!

I can't understand why anyone British would dislike Polish sausages, though. Well, apart from King Athelstan - but he didn't realise that they were German and not Polish in Aldi lol :)

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]


I won't ;) Tried it once, substituted the meat for cheese and cakes, and piled on the pounds! lol. Never again :)


That always reminds me of an ancient rock band who only know three chords :D


Anyone who is mad enough to want to learn our crazy language must have something going for them :D

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]


Haha. Laugh?? I nearly turned veggie! :)

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

I once took my wife (now ex) to one of these places once - she threw up as soon as we left!

We Poles grew up on overcooked food - so if it's not well done, it's not done ;) lol

Mind you... I love sushi/sashimi, and I always get annoyed when they only have "cooked fish" sushi left. I probably have some east Asian genes. Explains my kung-fu obsession too. haha :)

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]


I bet you would like that meat on the Asda advert which is going around advert - it looks lovely until he cuts into it and the blood pours out!

eeeuuuggghhh!!! That's UNCOOKED FOOD lol! ;)

Language / "Hilarious" Mistakes? (Esp. Across Polish and other Slavic Languages) [83]


which would be no use for all that shopping, which is why he needs a carrier bag and not a handbag ;)

Language / "Hilarious" Mistakes? (Esp. Across Polish and other Slavic Languages) [83]

I bet he asks for a torebka instead of a reklamówka as well :)

Language / "Hilarious" Mistakes? (Esp. Across Polish and other Slavic Languages) [83]


lol :)

no :D

Food / Origin of the pierogi [127]


We don't tend to bake our pierogi when first cooked (always boiled from raw) but they are nice to reheat in the oven. That's how I often do mine (pierogi don't reheat that well in a microwave, imo) - that's how my mum often reheats them, and so do I.

Language / "Hilarious" Mistakes? (Esp. Across Polish and other Slavic Languages) [83]


I don't see how that makes any difference, considering that I have spoken Polish for four decades, and there are a million Polish people over here - I encounter them daily. You know as well as I do that certain things had to be done before you could start calling each other "Ty" in the past; moer to do with drinking rather than human sacrifice (hence "just kidding" note at the bottom ;) ) - things are changing though, and I know that the rules aren't as strict as they used to be (especially amongst the young).


I understand what you're getting at.

However, educated speakers of English will understand (but rarely use) the English equivalents. There are clearly class differences over here (it's really only the upper class or some of the upper-middle class who would speak like this), but use of "Sir and "Madam" (e.g., "would Sir/Madam like a cup of tea?") can be used; as I've already mentioned, it is considered very formal (or even too formal) for the vast majority of speakers. People who speak like this do not refer to themselves in the first person ("I"), either but use "One" instead (i.e., "One really must learn Polish before travelling to Poland").

But as I also mentioned, well-educated English speakers will understand this usage, even if they do not use it, so there is no reason why they cannot understand why something similar is used in Polish. Every native speaker or teacher of Polish I have ever met has emphasised the need for formality unless mutually agreed otherwise.

Food / Origin of the pierogi [127]


Er... pierogi? :D

Mind you, English people don't use pizze when they order two ;)

Language / "Hilarious" Mistakes? (Esp. Across Polish and other Slavic Languages) [83]


True, but native/fluent speakers will forgive you if it is obvious that you are still learning. But the rule is: be too polite until told otherwise.

You no longer have to mutually agree to sacrifice your first-born children to the Slavic gods before you are allowed to call each other "Ty", but there still has to be agreement ;) **

I couldn't get away with it, for example (not that I would even try to, but it usually takes quite some time for people to work out that I wasn't born in Poland).


Don't!! It's not the easiest language, but if you can make yourself understood (even with mistakes), you're halfway there. ;)

At least you won't have to learn all the different Cantonese tones like I had to - that makes Polish sound like a dialect of your first language. Far more potential for embarrassing errors! :D


Which is why a literal translation isn't always the correct one.

"I'm on the train" in English suggests that you are a passenger inside a train. Literally translated into Polish, it implies that you really are on the train (i.e., on the roof, lol), not travelling inside. A worker fixing the roof of the train could be na pociągu, but a passenger will be w pociągu (inside the train).

To be honest, I can't understand why this isn't the case in English - it's only in Jackie Chan and cowboy films that people travel "on the train" haha.

** jk ;)