Language / Too many English words in the Polish language! [709]


Nooo! Stop it! It's like driving an ice pick in my ear, hehe
I listen to polish online radio and in one advert a guy uses 'wiosenne aktywności (pl.)' in a sentence, which evidently is a rather ugly calque from English ('activities'), while in Polish 'wiosenna aktywność (sing.)', even when it refers to multiple activities, is perfectly correct.

Love / Polish women are the most beautiful in the world! [1718]

sascha
I wrote about PICTURES. Learn to understand what you read.

Life / Uptight Poles [262]


I'd say he's a Yank. Polish? Trzecia woda po kisielu


vs. cigarettes
It's like comparing apples and rotten oranges. E.g. fags have no three-way converters, mind you. And you rarely see cars running inside buildings. Another eample: while background outdoor particle concentration can be some tens of g/m3, it can be several hunred-thousand time higher inside of a room with smokers. And smokers themselves, even while non-smoking, breathe out benzene (known carcinogen). These are but a few aspects of smoking.


Guess your pal is just over-sensitive. I don't have problems with people smoking outside, as long as they don't puff right in my face.

News / POLISH COPS TO BREATHALISE CANOE USERS.... [30]

It may seem harsh, but saving your drunk ar$e while sailing or kayaking, often during strong winds or/and high wave is a bit costly for emergency services.

Love / Polish women are the most beautiful in the world! [1718]


You shouldn't comment on someone else's pop culture if you don't know the context. Triss is a character from a cycle of fantasy novels very popular in Poland - 'Wiedźmin' ('The Witcher'). So it's some response to this wave of popularity. Additionally, the game based on that cycle has become quite popular, not only in Poland. Besides, in the Photoshop era, is there such a big difference of pictures of so called 'real' women and computer generated ones? Hehehe

News / 2011 Netherlands discuss Polish deportation plan [118]


Following that thought, a person who had a good job (and often mortgages/credits to pay off!), qualifications (often acquired during costly courses) would be more likely to actively look for another job, so some social security would be a mean of tiding over during a difficult time rather than a primary income source for such person. Therefore, although it needs more effort, I think that deportation should be considered on more individual basis, rather than throwing out people indiscriminately.

News / 2011 Netherlands discuss Polish deportation plan [118]

An unemployed is not equal to an unemployed. If someone has been in a country legally, say, 10 years, has had a good job (= high taxes, insurance etc.), well know in their neighbourhood, sorting rubbish properly, all the 'integration' stuff OK etc and then suddenly loses a job then, I dare ask, should be this person treated equally to a noisy drunkard, who's had just some odd jobs for several months?

As for that 'Polish greed', some people are so generous to bang about here, it just shows that Poles are normal people, just like everyone else, who want to earn some decent money. Try to work in some Biedronka at the counter for 800 zł/month, pay for your rent, bills, food, medicines etc and then come back and preach about 'Polish greed'.

Also, it is normal in the Western world that specialists like engineers, doctors move to another countries to work. Why could Poles not participate in this movement of workforce?

Language / Pomidor - Tomato (intimate saying) [14]

If her forename is Dorota (or even if not), it could be 'pomidorka'.

Life / Calendar of Polish Name Days [36]


Knickers. It was £ajka (Лайка).

Love / Polish songs to say sorry [13]

Lenka
Stay away from me. You're spoiling my fun :)

Love / Polish songs to say sorry [13]

A great song to say sorry to someone you love and care for.

News / Will many Poles migrate to Germany in May 2011 (after opening labor market)? [157]

I am considering moving to Germany, however I'm going to need to polish off mein Deutsch and finish my degree here in the UK, so it'll be a while.

But only if I'll be able to find a job that corresponds with my education. That's probably the biggest hurdle in finding job here - I don't know much about the local jobs market and how willing would the employers be to employ me. I hear that Germans are more 'rigid' in this regard. Other issue could be acceptance of the (local) society, so I'd most likely live in a big town and keep a low profile (that's the way I'm living here, anyway).

Po polsku / Wymowa polska nazwisk na Wyspach Brytyjskich? [15]

Generalnie ludzie unikają wymawiania mojego nazwiska, a jak już to 'po angielsku'. Ale raz byłem w szpitalu i szkocka pielęgniarka wymówiła je praktycznie bezbłędnie. Chyba jacyś Polacy musieli się tam przede mną pętać.

Love / WILDROVERS FIVE YEARS IN POLAND....come to an end...! [132]


Then you'll have to learn how to drink vodka not with these small shot glasses, but with a ladle. Anyway, good luck in Matuschka Russia.

UK, Ireland / Not all is bad for Poles in Scotland! [167]

I just hope you come in peace and don't want to eat our leaders.

Love / All the good Polish men for dating are taken? [111]


Yeah, yeah, lol.

Love / All the good Polish men for dating are taken? [111]

...ah yes, because some 'moneymad' knows us all. And it's all down to alcohol in 'moneymad's' life. No one wanted to buy you a drink? Poor wee thing.

History / The Grunwald Battle: Today is 600th anniversary of the greatest medieval battle. [66]


It was in the Western backyard, that's why. Sometimes I go to the library, and the Eastern history is almost nonexistent in Western history books (some exception is Russia).

Food / WHY IN POLAND PEOPLE DON'T USE ICE? [142]


So I inadvertently invented it?

Love / All the good Polish men for dating are taken? [111]


Just messing with my barely-existing-only-in-writing Scottish accent, hehe
I just stay away from trouble (and am still alive, touch wood)

Food / WHY IN POLAND PEOPLE DON'T USE ICE? [142]


I suppose it's because there wouldn't be too much demand for ready-made ice. Large part of people try to save on everything, and making ice at home is dead easy and cheap. You just buy special plastic bags or little moulds, fill it with water and pop them into the freezer and voilá. And some shops have fridges and some not.

Love / All the good Polish men for dating are taken? [111]


I'm gonnae steal it from ye, ya diddy :)

Love / All the good Polish men for dating are taken? [111]


Believe me, for a Glaswegian everything is possible (to steal)
Haha

Love / All the good Polish men for dating are taken? [111]


And some are all of them :)


And a possible final is this: they steal a tank and run away towards the setting sun :)

Love / All the good Polish men for dating are taken? [111]

You just write rubbish :)

Love / All the good Polish men for dating are taken? [111]


Not so fast, kowbojka
I'm still free


It's similar to Superman's g/f name :)

Life / Car Crime in Poland [28]


;)
But on a more serious note, I'd advise against going to Poland in a car suspended so low. As Wroclaw and convex said, you may hear some very unpleasant thuds in the region of the undercarriage of your car during your journey, which may result in an unwanted visit at a garage (and spoiling of your view of Poland, which we want to avoid:). There are car hire companies in Kraków, which offer not only Chevy Aveos.

Language / Do Poles prefer US American or UK English language? [147]

I prefer any accent that's easy to understand. Generally, it's down to individuals.

Life / Car Crime in Poland [28]


Well then, in case it's stolen, I suppose that it's most likely that your car will have the privilege to be driven by some Russian oligarch, then. But fear not as not everything is lost; you still can drive a LAMBORGHINI afterwards, bwahahaha

USA, Canada / What do Polish people think about Canadians? [44]

Something like Americans with British accent?