Life / What is going on in Polish Music [128]


American rap, since the glory days of De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest, etc. is amongst the worst in the entire world.

Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]

Anyone mentioned £omża Mocne?

History / What do Poles think about Turks? [761]

mmmm kebab!


That's sexually repressed cultures for you!

History / What do Poles think about Turks? [761]

Oh, he's gone!

Language / Dwa vs. dwie in Polish [85]

dwa - masculine/neuter
dwie - feminine (usually nouns ending with -a)

somebody correct me if this is wrong

Travel / Hometown / Vacation pictures Poland [201]


They end up a bit randomly placed.
If you wanted, say, a picture of £ódź, for example, there are already 6 pages to carefully search through.
As there are forums within the PF site, could photos be given their own (sub-)forum?
That would allow threads to carry slightly more specific titles.
I do realise that it would be quite small as there are not that many pictures.
However, it might encourage more people to post photographs of Poland.

Travel / Which city is better to visit: Warsaw or Krakow? [169]

Warszawa or Kraków?

and the answer is:

£ódź

because it has the best name.

Travel / Which city is better to visit: Warsaw or Krakow? [169]

Aron the Hungarian man, Gianna the Italian lady, Grzegorz the Polish man...

Just some of my work colleagues.
I ask them how to pronounce their name, then attempt to replicate it as they say it.
Other people assume they know and end up (I reckon) sounding a bit stupid.
It's just the same with any foreign word or name.

It's not difficult to say.

£ódź

And quite fun to say as well.

Boat

Food / Bread Baking in Poland [65]

What about bread machines?
My bread is always an awkward size and shape and always has a hole in the bottom.
If I use rye, should it be 100% or mixed with wheat flour?
Are there any seeds or anything else I could add for 'authenticity'?

Food / Bread Baking in Poland [65]


Without the machine, my speciality is bagels. The boiling bit is the most fun.
Supermarket bagels (in the UK at least) are just ring-shaped bread.
Kneading is good for stress-relief.

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]


I never knew there were so many Polish words for different numbers of stars in a row.

Let's find out if 'felch' makes it past the automatic electronic hand of censorship.

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]


Psia krew!

Why they picked on dogs rather than cats is beyond me!

Food / What exactly is Polish Bread? [67]

There are shops in the UK selling Polish bread, but all the Polish people I've met say it's not REAL Polish bread like the stuff back home!

I've got some kielbasa in the fridge, I need to make some more bread, so I thought it would be best to make something appropraite.

(I also have some Polish beer left).


Okay, so if I said my perference is for brown bread,
can anyone provide a recipe (even just a trustworthy link to one on the web)?

With seeds or without?

Food / What exactly is Polish Bread? [67]

The greatest thing since sliced bread?

Answer: bread you have to slice yourself.

I much prefer traditional or hand-made bread.
Most of the bread in the UK is made using the Chorleywood Method.
It is low in nutrition, cheap and tasteless.

Is real bread making a return in Poland?
When I visited this year, we didn't have sliced bread, and it was quite good but not the best bread ever -
a good, honest, every-day bread.

Food / What exactly is Polish Bread? [67]

I'm firing up the old bread machine within the next hour.


I'll put some of these in.


Not so sure. I could try just a sprinkle.


No rye flour here, so a blend of unbleached white and wholemeal.

Seriously though, folks, just one recipe would be nice!

Food / What exactly is Polish Bread? [67]

Thanks, Krzystof.

I think you have given me the answer I was looking for.

I realised there wouldn't only be one 'Polish Bread' but a variety.
Pure rye bread is really a different thing. I'll occasionally get a German Pumpernickel (Devil's Fart!).
But I am quite tempted with wheat-rye mix. I'll be trying it later in the week.

Work / I want to move to Poland (but of course we need to find a good job) [117]


They're following you wherever you go.

Food / chef student would like to know about polish food [14]



One of the parents is a man.
If he's impressed, she'll be almost half way there.

Love / Polish girls attitudes towards sex. [568]

If one gender cheats more than the other, is that due to

a) there being an unequal balance of males to females, or
b) one gender is more likely to have a smaller number of cheats having a larger number of simultaneous relationships?

Otherwise, the numbers can't add up.

Food / What exactly is Polish Bread? [67]


I think I'd have to substitute that for real potato somehow.

If it comes in a packet, the chances of me eating it are very low.

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]


They have a long and interesting history,
but proto-Indo-Europeans must have needed to shout something
when they stubbed their toe or caught their finger on a *sk(h)woj-

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]


Like when there was a road in 13th century Oxford called 'Gropec*** Lane'.

Any Polish examples that have survived the bowdlerisation of history writers?

Language / Polish/Ukrainian words similarities [209]

Has anyone actually mentioned that Ukrainian and Russian, along with Belorussian are East Slavic languages,
whereas Polish, along with Czech and Slovak are West Slavic languages.
West and East Slavic split some time before their daughter languages diverged.
I believe their is more commonality between all Slavic languages than, say,
between English and German (both descended from the same tongue).
Words may have been borrowed between languages after they had split,
thereby slightly incresing the possibility of mutual intelligibility
(but also giving rise to a certain number of 'false friends').

Has anyone else pointed out
that there are beautiful women from all over the world?
I thought that most men who look for a particular eastern European nationality of girl
are usually the ones who think they can get one cheap over the internet.
(See Singles section on PF)

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]


All sounds a bit clinical.

Every language has it's 'ouch' words.
Some involve swearing, some don't.

If sex wasn't a taboo subject at the time, there would have been no sexual swear-words.
Maybe some form of blasphemy could have formed the basis of swearing.
(There may have been more than enough gods to choose from.)
Maybe PIE *au- was really quite rude and offensive in its day.

Food / Types of CHEESE in Poland [150]


Do I have to fly all the way to Poland to find this.
I am a cheese obsessive (so they tell me).
I couldn't find good cheese when I was in Poland.
Is there good Polish cheese in London?

UK, Ireland / Polish Festivals/Exhibitions/Events in UK [91]


If festival means food and the UK means the southeast of England, then yes!

UK, Ireland / Polish Festivals/Exhibitions/Events in UK [91]

Lerwick might be nice!
Or perhaps Lands End.

Some of us can't afford to go very far.

UK, Ireland / Polish Festivals/Exhibitions/Events in UK [91]

I was originally answering as one of the many on the forum who could answer.

But the issues of ability to travel to such an event, and of interest (whether by Polish people in the UK or non-Poles) are relevant. Many wouldn't have the time away from work, the money to get anywhere...

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]

I've seen Polish people smiling, and even laughing and joking both in Poland, the UK and some points in between.
I'm English and in nearly 31 years, I've spent less than 3 months abroad. I smile frequently.
I've never seen a Russian smile, but I have not observed many.