UK, Ireland / Mercy flight for dying Polish woman living in the UK [21]

Latest news just in , she will be flown home tomorrow morning. Local people have donated £9000. A little bit of good news is that she will have some time with her son.

Food / PIZZA & KETCHUP served only in Poland? [159]

The only people that I have seen putting tomato ketchup on a pizza in the UK are Polish people ;) It does seem strange because like you said, tomato puree is baked into the pizza already. Every man to his own personal taste though, as I have just discovered lately that, Worcestershire sauce is a great condiment to add an extra bit of spice to a pizza.

Language / Collection of learning resources for learning the Polish language [129]

youtube.com/profile?user=AbcSchoolOfPolish&view=videos
(There are almost 400 short vids, 2-3 minutes long)

Credit for this link should go to Krzysztof ( posted on another thread)

Language / Use of Kochanie in Polish [37]

It looks neutral so it would be moje. Someone will say if I'm wrong :)

Love / Polish Pet Names For Girls. [156]


I have also heard of an "Aśka", would this follow on from Asia?

Love / Polish Pet Names For Girls. [156]


Thanks for confirming :)


I think I've now got to grips with rule #1. ;) What are the other rules, if any?

Language / The Polish accusative case [32]


This is a an excellent thread written by the OP to help others learn the Polish cases and it will be a great resource for others in the future. Lets not start talking about Swedish language, or any other for that matter, and keep this thread for what it was intended. Thank you.

Genealogy / Polish person's average height? [210]

Try these threads:

polishforums.com/genealogy/person-average-height-22880/

https://polishforums.com/archives/2005-2009/genealogy/average-height-women-28927/

Love / Scottish & Polish relationships [229]

Seanus, surely not on the forums on your wedding day! Shame on you :)
My warmest congratulations to you and your wife.

USA, Canada / American Polonia. Wisconsin - the most Polish state? [112]


Probably a "tongue in cheek"spelling of pączki- doughnuts/donuts :)

UK, Ireland / Religion and identity among Polish immigrants in the UK [20]


Here is some information about the Polish church in Bristol. [polskikosciolwbristolu.co.uk/english_version/history.html]

Language / Polish nouns of unpredictable gender [50]


Here is a link, with some great posts by Krzysztof, on this subject

https://polishforums.com/archives/2005-2009/language/feminine-nouns-ending-consonant-30536/

Language / Why in the world there are three ways to write simple U ?!?! [54]


Seanus wouldn't a voiced ż not turn into a voiceless sz at word ending?

Language / Why in the world there are three ways to write simple U ?!?! [54]


Thanks for explaining Seanus. Will confirm that next time I see my polish friend. Might try to find another "d" word though ;)

News / The "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign theft from Oswiecim, Poland [240]


Would have thought with the value of the scrap, they could just about buy a round of drinks. If it was scrap they were after, then there must have been larger and more profitable targets.

Due to the risk evolved and the the distance the sign was recovered from the scene of the crime, I would think they must have had a buyer for it. Someone who regarded it worth a lot more than just scrap.

News / The "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign theft from Oswiecim, Poland [240]


Could be that as well, but I can imagine it would be very risky picking up the ransom money :)
Like someone else said, I think they just cut it up to make it easy for traveling.

Language / Polish nouns of unpredictable gender [50]


Here is a thread where this question was asked before. Here

Language / When do you use 'się'? And what does it mean? [37]


Put simply...reflexive verbs are verbs where the subject and the object are the same person or thing.

Language / Which is the BEST, EASIEST to learn & most helpful"POLISH FOR FOREIGNERS"course? [32]


The course that omalley recommended 'Easy Learning Polish' is very good for peole who just want to learn basic Polish phrases. The dialogs are broken down to single words and repeated many times which helps. Very good value for money.

The Pimsluer course is bias towards Americans. Very handy if you want to learn how to say " I am American" :) The approach is good however, but I would not say that it is worth $274, especially as it can be found on the internet for free (so I'm told) or picked up for a few pounds on ebay, under a different title. If all you want to learn are some phrases, to help with everyday life, then a good phrase book with phonetic spelling should suffice.

USA, Canada / My wife wants to return to Poland...but I want to stay in the US [155]


The idea is to stay on topic in these threads. If someone goes off-topic then it encourages other members to follow suit, and these public forum threads will start looking like the random chat thread. Would you really like to wade through lots of trash to find an answer to your questions?

Life / Lack of Spacial Acuity in Poland [69]


Quite a sharp turn on the South West junction ;)

UK, Ireland / "Strange " English language.. [33]


Don't forget they still use inches, feet and yards on the footie pitches ;)

UK, Ireland / Time for the Poles from the UK to go home [437]


It's ironic winston that you have posted this from a Country outside the UK! I wonder if the locals there have the same mindset as you.?

Language / Czego, Czemu, Co, Kto, Jak, Dlaczego? [64]


If you don't want to waste your time, why bother writing anything at all in these language and grammar threads? Leave it to the good folks who enjoy explaining the Polish language.


Of course you're fully justified asking a question on this forum and please continue to do so. Don't let the above put you off, as 99.9% of the people who answer queries on here, are always willing to help and glad to be of service. :)

News / Kaczynski to be buried at Wawel ?! [289]


Yes it was a grand state funeral and I thought Marta Kaczynska showed great courage and dignity throughout, even though there must have been a lot of pain inside her.

Language / Bookstore in Warsaw - Polish in 4 weeks LEVEL 2 [19]

To be fair, noone would expect to learn everything about Polish in four years, never mind four weeks. Both books are quite good though, and using the dialogs along with the cd's they're quite a good course.

Of course one should also invest in a good grammar book and dictionary to supplement these books as they get more confident.

Life / what is GG chat please? [17]

Gadu-Gadu is a Polish instant messaging service. You would have to download the software and set it up. All the instructions would be in Polish, so your Polish would have to be quite good:)

Language / to go s/where [13]

Maybe you might find some answers here..

https://polishforums.com/language/chodzic-versus-isc-30906/

Travel / Hometown / Vacation pictures Poland [201]

Brings back nice memories for me too.The tram car in the picture was one of my first port of calls for morning coffee. I wonder if the Restaurant/disco "Miami Nice" is still trading as there was some great food on the menu here.

Travel / Hometown / Vacation pictures Poland [201]


Sounds like a great restaurant and a bit "gutted" that I missed out on this last time:)