Food / Polish cakes made in Poland [72]


When I first moved to PL I was amused to see a brand of cakes labelled as "keks". Where I'm from, the word keks means underpants.

Food / Polish cakes made in Poland [72]


Quite.

Interestingly men's knickers are called kecks in Sheffield, Rotherham, Leeds but down the road in Doncaster they're called kegs.


I'd try one. Maybe there's a historic connection with Lincoln.

UK, Ireland / Polish immigrants in the UK - victims or criminals?! [234]



No it isn't. Where did you get that from?

A Quick Look shows that it's 0.7 in Poland, 1 in the U.K. and 6.4 in the U.S.


You said you were 75 yesterday.

UK, Ireland / "Strange " English language.. [169]


And not standard English which is spoken by second language speakers worldwide who often struggle to understand them.

Their non-standard textbooks (the few that exist) don't sell well outside their own country and the few that are available elsewhere are just versions of U.K. ones printed primarily for South Korea and not big sellers. Even Mexico prefers textbooks in Standard English.

UK, Ireland / "Strange " English language.. [169]


Millions disagree with you.

Standard English (the clue is in the name) is 5he dominant form of English and is vastly preferred by learners and speakers worldwide.

Off-Topic / Music Thread [356]


One of the best; a guy with real talent who beat the prejudice within the music industry and the bitterness from white trash.

Here's a nice one from everyone's favourite hillbilly:

Off-Topic / Music Thread [356]


Some of you did...

Here's one of the greats:

Off-Topic / Music Thread [356]

And another classic

UK, Ireland / "Strange " English language.. [169]


Yet used by millions in preference to any other. Millions who do actually learn and do pass their exams.


A local form of English?

That's far from reality. English English is by far the most widely used and understood. Even people who watch foreign stuff on TV like Breaking Bad prefer to study using textbooks in standard English and of course the exams they sit are Cambridge ones.


You should see some of the current ones. They change often of course and the newest ones are amazing.

Food / Polish cakes made in Poland [72]


People say that in Yorkshire too.


I do and don't give a damn if they look askance.

Off-Topic / Music Thread [356]


Black music sanitised by white boys and most importantly music publishers.


I like that too. The whole bebop era played by people who came back from the war and found there was still segregation. A real (and justified) anger and the raw music that came out of it.

Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [481]


Why?


Because the people squatting in the Gaza Strip are Egyptian and Egypt uses them as a pawn.

Great that Switzerland won; it was a good entry.

UK, Ireland / "Strange " English language.. [169]


And why not?


Most aren't, however you are in every sense.

Off-Topic / Music Thread [356]


Or fact.


Except it isn't sanitised for a poor while audience. One reason it was so much better than the pap put out for radio audiences over there.


Here's one that proudly did however they did it all
so much better than over there

Food / Panga Fish (available in Polish stores); I'll never eat it again. Alternative? [37]


I don't eat either. And no river fish except for salmon.

Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [481]

@Crnogorac3
That's no answer.

The Irish performer seems great.


That's the point of it.

The Swiss entry was a good oen, and excellent that the Israeli entry won the piopular vote.

Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [481]


Don't be so stupid.

Anyway, you post links to Adolf Hitler and neo-nazi stuff so don't come all moralistic over a singer you don't like.


You were destroyed long ago.

Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [481]


No thanks. Anyway, they left centuries ago and are doing nicely as they are.

Gaza however is contiguous to the most populous part of Egypt from whence come most of the residents of Gaza. In 1948 the Gaza Strip had a tiny population.


Do one fat cherry boy.

Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [481]


I remember a few years ago that Ireland put a deliberately bad entry in. They'd won twice and were worried about forking out a third time.

It's good for hotel and restaurant revenue though.


You missed the point as usual, troll.

Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [481]


'Bury' or reply.

And you missed the point completely.

Anyway, this thread is about a song contest that you aren't party to. One won bybSwitzerland who had an excellent entry.

Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [481]

Jim, we're talking about Eurovision, not your inanity.

Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [481]

Their business, not yours.

If you don't like it, don't watch it.

News / Polish judge begs asylum in Belarus - Did pro-EU, pro-NATO option in Poland started to crumble ? [82]


Which he certainly is.

Interesting that he had financial trouble. Hopefully the intelligence services will be carefully looking at anyone he had contact with.

Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [481]


Is not yours.

If you don't like the TV show, why did you sit up and watch it all?

News / Polish judge begs asylum in Belarus - Did pro-EU, pro-NATO option in Poland started to crumble ? [82]


Difficult to k ow why you mentioned them. Poland has its own intelligence service, and part of their role is to investigate traitors like this creep.

News / Polish judge begs asylum in Belarus - Did pro-EU, pro-NATO option in Poland started to crumble ? [82]


Poland isn't an island.

If it was, it would have been harder for that traitor to defect.

Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [481]


Yet so many do.

And the viewing figures are massive.


So there you go. I'm sure the organisers are weeping tears of pıss.

News / Polish judge begs asylum in Belarus - Did pro-EU, pro-NATO option in Poland started to crumble ? [82]


We're talking about a treasonous PiS supporting judge who defected to Belarus.

May he rot.

News / Polish judge begs asylum in Belarus - Did pro-EU, pro-NATO option in Poland started to crumble ? [82]

He defected.

There was nothing to "seek asylum" from since he wasn't being persecuted.

Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [481]


Don't assume anyone is interested in it.