Mufasa
18 Feb 2008
Mufasa
8 Jan 2008
Language / Polish sayings [237]
also South African! My Dad said that to hubby when he asked to marry me! :P
You shine like a pitchfork in manure:
this is real shiny! ;)
the way you make your bed, is the way you'll sleep in it"
also South African! My Dad said that to hubby when he asked to marry me! :P
You shine like a pitchfork in manure:
this is real shiny! ;)
Mufasa
4 Jan 2008
Mufasa
29 Dec 2007
History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]
Again, I haven't read the thread. So probably, this is a very silly question - if so forgive my stupidity. Why is it so important whether Poland is in Central or Eastern Europe? It is central - by the way ;)
Again, I haven't read the thread. So probably, this is a very silly question - if so forgive my stupidity. Why is it so important whether Poland is in Central or Eastern Europe? It is central - by the way ;)
Mufasa
28 Dec 2007
Genealogy / Are all Poles blue eyed and blonde? [450]
no wonder, tring-tring, that I always thought you were a rainbowish kind a' character :P lol
no wonder, tring-tring, that I always thought you were a rainbowish kind a' character :P lol
Mufasa
28 Dec 2007
Genealogy / Are all Poles blue eyed and blonde? [450]
\\_______________//
"the red haired ones are dishonest".
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Mufasa
28 Dec 2007
Genealogy / Are all Poles blue eyed and blonde? [450]
except for all the polish ladies (esp older ones) colouring their hair the most disgusting shades of red that i could have ever imagined - anything from carrot to some mixture of purple and ruby red - ouch!!
So it would appear that not all Poles are blond and blue eyed then.....a very small minority it would seem are maybe red headed ?
except for all the polish ladies (esp older ones) colouring their hair the most disgusting shades of red that i could have ever imagined - anything from carrot to some mixture of purple and ruby red - ouch!!
Mufasa
28 Dec 2007
Life / Polish Nursery Rhymes [253]
hey neemo - welcome to the funny-animal-bird-(now fish)-and-other-lovely-creature-farm. lots of help available on the forums - check out the language sections. i have gotten most help by asking direct questions. are you having lessons? for me, that is the best way - pronounciation can be really difficult, but it's possible to develop an ear for that if you hear polish a lot. I'm in Warsaw, so that's the easy part for me - the grammar is a nightmare though. You can ask anybody around here how many silly questions I have asked on these pages ;)
hey neemo - welcome to the funny-animal-bird-(now fish)-and-other-lovely-creature-farm. lots of help available on the forums - check out the language sections. i have gotten most help by asking direct questions. are you having lessons? for me, that is the best way - pronounciation can be really difficult, but it's possible to develop an ear for that if you hear polish a lot. I'm in Warsaw, so that's the easy part for me - the grammar is a nightmare though. You can ask anybody around here how many silly questions I have asked on these pages ;)
Mufasa
21 Dec 2007
Mufasa
28 Nov 2007
Mufasa
28 Nov 2007
Food / What is your favorite Polish Vodka? [653]
yeah yeah, i like it that way too, but i have sweet memories of Żubrówka and apple juice.
yeah yeah, i like it that way too, but i have sweet memories of Żubrówka and apple juice.
Mufasa
28 Nov 2007
Food / What is your favorite Polish Vodka? [653]
thanx andy - at last got that one sorted.
i usually joke about szarlotka that you eat and that you drink - all polish waitrons seem to understand ;)
zubrowka + apple juice to be known as 'tatanka'
thanx andy - at last got that one sorted.
i usually joke about szarlotka that you eat and that you drink - all polish waitrons seem to understand ;)
Mufasa
28 Nov 2007
Food / What is your favorite Polish Vodka? [653]
have a question about that. before we came to poland, I read in some travel guide that Żubrówka served with apple juice is called tatanka. Polish people don't seem to know that or use that though? Here I have come to know it also as szarlotka ;) or is tatanka something else?
have a question about that. before we came to poland, I read in some travel guide that Żubrówka served with apple juice is called tatanka. Polish people don't seem to know that or use that though? Here I have come to know it also as szarlotka ;) or is tatanka something else?
Mufasa
28 Nov 2007
Food / What is your favorite Polish Vodka? [653]
don't know about that
loooooove Żubrówka though \\_______________________//
don't know about that
loooooove Żubrówka though \\_______________________//
Mufasa
16 Nov 2007
Genealogy / Do Polish people have big noses? [450]
Forgive me - didn't read the whole thread.
Too lazy, can you bring me up to speed in one sentence?
Forgive me - didn't read the whole thread.
Too lazy, can you bring me up to speed in one sentence?
Mufasa
16 Nov 2007
Genealogy / Do Polish people have big noses? [450]
you donkeys too!
Hey you lot - one can see that I was away - you're all bored to death ;) lol
I mean bored to nose measuring
you donkeys too!
Hey you lot - one can see that I was away - you're all bored to death ;) lol
I mean bored to nose measuring
Mufasa
31 Oct 2007
Mufasa
29 Oct 2007
Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]
Hubby works here - in warsaw. Originally from RPA.
will be going back in three years
Hubby works here - in warsaw. Originally from RPA.
will be going back in three years
Mufasa
29 Oct 2007
Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]
Have been here for a year and two months now. In the beginning I really had to get used to the 'tram faces'. Polish people have a way of ignoring other people's existence when they are on the street - looking right through you, and, if you dare smile at them (habit of people in my home country), it's like: 'What do you want from me?!!' Started to learn Polish though, and although I still speak very little, and my grammar is always a shambles, my pronunciation is good, so if it's just Dzien Dobry, and maybe a little bit more, I fool them with my accent. Also, Polish Moms and Dads with little ones melt like snow in the sun if you play a game with the little ones. And then I found out that if you can get past the tram faces, Polish people bloom open like the tulips in spring - as colourful and full of surprises as you could never imagine any tram face would be. :0)
Have been here for a year and two months now. In the beginning I really had to get used to the 'tram faces'. Polish people have a way of ignoring other people's existence when they are on the street - looking right through you, and, if you dare smile at them (habit of people in my home country), it's like: 'What do you want from me?!!' Started to learn Polish though, and although I still speak very little, and my grammar is always a shambles, my pronunciation is good, so if it's just Dzien Dobry, and maybe a little bit more, I fool them with my accent. Also, Polish Moms and Dads with little ones melt like snow in the sun if you play a game with the little ones. And then I found out that if you can get past the tram faces, Polish people bloom open like the tulips in spring - as colourful and full of surprises as you could never imagine any tram face would be. :0)