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


Feel free to.

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


So there you go.


A vast continent with 1.2 billion people.


Are your views on Africa. What we're talking about is a traitor who defected.

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

So a murderer isn't a murderer until after the trial?

You should take up another hobby rather than internet trolling which you aren't very good at.

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


Moron, you don't need to reply pointlessly to every post. It is a bore.

Yes, the guy defected. Of that there is no doubt.

And you've never 'won' a 'debate' in your life, not that this is a debating club anyway.

Life / Was Legionella in Poland a biological weapon attack? [21]


There was presumably some factor about it, perhaps a way of disabling the sprinklers or simply that there was an easy way of staring a fire that could spread well.

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


Not only. It crops up in a few dialects.


It's not the easiest accent. Around Knottingley (pronounced Notla) where she's from the accent is especially strong as it often is in (ex) coal minIng places. It's still thee and tha territory. She's making an effort to sound 'ultra-local' though.

There's quite a lot of post-2004 Poles in the small towns around there. Maybe that will have some influence in the future, maybe not. I met a 20 year old woman who moved near there from Poland as a kid and she had a strong local accent. She asked if I was Polish (I was speaking English) but I guess that most of the people she hears around there sound very local and I don't any more.

The bit after 0.44 is about winning goldfish (at a carnival) and eating them for dares. I stumbled at about 0.51, something about "our nasal accent suiting them (southerners).

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

Too late to edit. The thing about the nasal tones is that it suits the phrase 'our kid' (a younger brother/sister).

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


They'd be good as the main hosts.


Wasn't that Liz Taylor? Before my time.

Off-Topic / Music Thread [356]


"The world" didn't watch it and most people in the world had certainly never heard of Ed Sullivan.

Even in your country they were met by thousands of screaming fans at the airport, prior to them being on that TV show.

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


And all of them sh1t.

Stop whinging.

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


What makes you think that the assassination of two people was self-defence?

Or are you just a pig ignorant contrarian with an empty life?

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

We're talking about the Polish judge who defected to Belarus, not your odd opinions about other countries.

If he's caught, the trial should be interesting.

Genealogy / Looking for ANNA MARIA. MISIUREWICZ - P J PROBY the American/British singer [11]

Just an idea.

Although it would be really unusual for someone in the U.K. to be at the same address or have a relative at that address 50 years later (or for a 21 year old student to be living at home) it's not that unusual at all in Poland.

Why not write to that address? If she's not there now, there's still a chance that a relative lives there or is the owner,

I had a look on Facebook and there are several people with that surname in Łódź.

Just a possibility.

Off-Topic / Music Thread [356]

Tosh. They were on that TV show because they were already a sensation.

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

This is a thread about a Polish judge who defected to a hostile state.


He doesn't, though, does he.


He certainly doesn't.

And you should perhaps start to behave, given that you are likely to be going away for a long time soon.

Genealogy / Looking for ANNA MARIA. MISIUREWICZ - P J PROBY the American/British singer [11]


You'd be surprised. Many people in Poland inherit a flat from parents or grandparents and stay there. People don't move house as much as in Western Europe and even if they do, they don't always sell; instead they rent it out or have a family member living there. My neighbours' family have been at the same address since 1937. It might be worth a try.


Although that doesn't give whereabouts, it does at least suggest that she's still alive, which is good news.

I wish you luck in finding her.

Genealogy / Looking for ANNA MARIA. MISIUREWICZ - P J PROBY the American/British singer [11]

Too late to edit.

The person listed as her husband appears to be alive. There is someone of that name in Northamptonshire with an Anna M Maskell at the same address.

Genealogy / Looking for ANNA MARIA. MISIUREWICZ - P J PROBY the American/British singer [11]

I've found an address for a lady with that surname and the first names Anna Maria. The husband has the same name as the man listed as husband on the website Paulina posted and has the same year of birth.

Because it's a home address, I'll not list it here but will send by private message. You'll get something in red at the top left of the main page here and will need to click on "Mail".

BTW, it looks like a nice big house in a good area.

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


No it doesn't.

Here's the dictionary definition:

" . VERB
If you defect, you leave your country, political party, or other group, and join an opposing country, party, or group.
25 per cent of its listed client base defect to rival auditors. [V + to/from]
He defected from the party in the late 1970s. [V to/from n]
...a KGB officer who defected in 1963. [VERB] "

collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/defect


You're obsessed. You mention it at least ten times daily.

Off-Topic / Random Chat Thread [590]

It gives me pleasure to annoy you.

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


Perhaps you should.

And that, as you well know, is a direct quote from the dictionary.

He defected.

Now stop being a jerk and run along. Nobody cares what you think.

Genealogy / Looking for ANNA MARIA. MISIUREWICZ - P J PROBY the American/British singer [11]


I'm sure it's the lady in Northampton. The person in Herefordshire is less likely,

Good luck!

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

So whinge to the publishers of the dictionary instead of making a fool of yourself here.

And going off topic since we're talking about a treasonous defector.

News / European News and Poland Thread 3 [1064]


I'd be quite interested in seeing it and I'm sure MI5 would be very interested.

Perhaps he thinks all Muslims are Islamists.

My local Tory councillor is a Muslim however I'm pretty sure that his main shortcoming is being a Tory rather than anything else. He's certainly not an Islamist or didn't seem to be when we were chatting about jazz music at the cricket club.

Off-Topic / Random Chat Thread [590]


Like his daughter's customers rip hers.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2873]


It just keeps on happening again and again.

They've made their bed and are lying in it. Thank God we don't have their gun ownership rules in Europe.

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


They sailed from Plymouth (near the West Country) to Plymouth Rock. Many also came from eastern England, especially East Anglia which was very rich at that time due to the wool industry, was relatively densely populated and was very very Protestant.


Even very. I'd not expect auto-generated subtitles to handle her accent very well though; they're bad enough with Corrie and Emmerdale.

News / Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 11 [235]


Can you be both a nationalist and a globalist.


That word is sadly tainted by its association with racists.

News / Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 11 [235]


ًWhich is what?

Off-Topic / Let's talk about shoes [211]


Probably extremely expensive hand-made sandals.