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Joined: 13 Nov 2007 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 27 Dec 2010
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MrBubbles   
27 Dec 2010
History / Poland in a Slavic Union/Alliance/Federation? [335]

There would be no "linguistic dead end", as Slavic elites would
also know English (and other modern languages)...There's no reason
for us to speak to one another in English or French, when we can use an inter-Slavic
language, and in that way honour our unique heritage and culture.

You are going to honour your heritage and culture by inventing a new language which 10 people will speak to each other when they get together round the dinner table every year to play Dungeons and Dragons? Sounds really cool. Will you have a secret handshake too which only 5 people will know?

I see you modestly include yourself within the secret circle of the slavic elite.
MrBubbles   
27 Dec 2010
History / Poland in a Slavic Union/Alliance/Federation? [335]

English is the international language of commerce and academia precisely
because of its primitivism (or, I should rather say, simplicity)

I hate to break it to you but older, more 'primitive', languages tend towards greater inflection - Latin is a classic. English in that sense is more 'modern' than Polish. As is this 'Slovio' which nobody speaks apart from a handful of fruit and nut jobs in linguistics departments.

Slavic elites

What are they going to do after backing themselves into a linguistic dead end? Sell amber to the Romans? Trade with the orient for spices? Maybe open links with the Americas for cotton? Pah
MrBubbles   
26 Dec 2010
History / Poland in a Slavic Union/Alliance/Federation? [335]

this vulgar, peasant language, we (Slavs) are all more or less forced to learn it for
economic or academic purposes

The peasant language used for world commerce and academia? I see.

Peasants will always learn English as a foreign language, because of economic reasons. Elites, on the other hand, can learn different Slavic languages or some artificial inter-Slavic language and use it to communicate with one another.

Oh sorry. Now I know you're pulling my leg - I thought you were serious for a while there! So, elites within the Slavic group will use a Slavic lingua franca to communicate with other Slavic speakers - How absurd! As if they have something more to sell than prnography and cheap cars! And the rest of the world can stuff off eh? Comedy gold!
MrBubbles   
26 Dec 2010
History / Poland in a Slavic Union/Alliance/Federation? [335]

if every Slav spoke two Slavic languages from different geographical
groups, the communication would become almost as easy as with Slovio

Or they could just learn English - wouldn't that be a better idea?
MrBubbles   
25 Dec 2010
History / Poland in a Slavic Union/Alliance/Federation? [335]

this region have a lot to offer to the world together

Apart from prn and cheap labour? Not a chance. Also, why would Russia need Poland for anything?

I imagine Slavic union as a black free,gay free community a counterbalance to Germanic influence.

Surely the other way round
MrBubbles   
2 Aug 2010
Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]

But it would lack the same connotation. Murzyn would usually be black man in predominantly white society whereas bialas would be white man in predominantly white society...

would you describe a friend or family member to someone as murzyn?

I'd probably use their name
MrBubbles   
2 Aug 2010
Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]

OK fair enough. How about 'ten biały' or something? That would be a statement of fact in this circumstance..
MrBubbles   
2 Aug 2010
Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]

Looks like the loony left is raising its silly, Monty Python head again

Oh I'm sorry - are you talking about me here?

That was actually a sackable 'offence' in the UK's Labour party in the 1970s/1980s

Were you in the Labour party during that time? It would explain how you know so much about party policy, not to mention also why you now live in your mum's attic.

so any word on what "white people" is in Polish? can we continue to use polak, or is the loony left offended by that too?

Indeed. If we assume that 'black person' is used to mark out people that are different, then 'white person' would be redundant. Why would you need to say 'look at that white slavic-looking Polish person over there' when you live in Poland?
MrBubbles   
2 Aug 2010
Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]

Personally, I never thought 'paki' was racist, I always thought it was just an abbreviation of 'pakistani', like 'brit' is short for Briton. However, I'm not the one who was getting called 'paki', so I wouldn't have known if it was offensive

You've hit the nail on the head here. Making some sort of equivalence between 'brit' and 'paki' is commonly used when defending racist statements and, from the point of view of language, they are both abbreviations. However, the usage is of course different - I don't remember seeing 'Brits out. or f**k off Brits' painted on my house or hearing it shouted when bricks came through my window, as has been the experience of many British Asians with Paki (which incidentally seems to be a bucket term for all people from South Asia)!

Language becomes offensive when it offends, and racist language is ugly because it is designed to offend and is perceived to be so.

The question is whether murzyn falls into this category. It certainly marks someone as different but does it do so in an offensive way?
MrBubbles   
16 Apr 2009
Language / Polish slang phrases - most popular. [606]

one dog, but the context would be helpful because it can change the meaning slightly

A - "Hej, Magda!"
B - "Marta!"
A - "Jeden pies..."

"Same thing" or "same shit" most likely.

Sounds about right...
MrBubbles   
18 Mar 2009
Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

Is this a common problem?

You'd be surprised. They look like the guy from Beavis and Butthead - the one who sits at the back of the fat woman's caravan smoking a cigarette
MrBubbles   
17 Mar 2009
Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

countries such as Italy, Greece or some of the Middle Eastern one

Yes z, highly urbanised countries like Italy, Greece and the Middle Eastern ones are renowned, correctly or not, for having good manners. Did the 9 mins it took you to respond include the time spent moving your finger across the screen as you re read that post or was it figuring how to use the keyboard?

Please take your time to think - I don't want to pressure you!
MrBubbles   
17 Mar 2009
Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

I don't think Poles have as much social intelligence as other cultures.

You could have a point there. Certainly in some big cities like Lodz the majority of the resident urban Poles are only a generation or so away from the village and their rural origins. It might simply be that they are not used to living in such close contact with so many other people. Manners are said to be a social lubricant (like KY jelly I guess) and it's no accident that countries which became urbanised quite early have some of the best reputations for 'manners' (holding doors open, not pushing onto the bus, not spitting in the street, not sitting on their balconies with a beer and only wearing their underpants and a baseball cap etc.)
MrBubbles   
15 Mar 2009
Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]

I'm for ever blowing bubbles!"

Heh!
I'm going to hit the hay. Got to get up early to make some kids happy about 0800. Not to mention my soup's waiting in the bedroom and I don't want it to get cold. Nighty night
MrBubbles   
15 Mar 2009
Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]

i don't smile at strangers

And that's the problem. Poles never smile. They are sooo formal. I smile a lot. I'm smiling now. I smile when I'm eating soup and I'm usually grinning like a wanking Chinaman in a lesson.

Go on - I defy you to put an avatar picture up with a smile on it.
MrBubbles   
15 Mar 2009
Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]

If I may,
When MrBubbles eats his tomato soup,
He beams with glee in his white suit,...

You're just jealous cos you've never had good soup. :)

it's just me and my tomato soup, nothing else matters.

I dig where you're coming from but try smilng to show you enjoy it now and again
MrBubbles   
15 Mar 2009
Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]

describe how you eat tomato soup

In many ways, Justysia, eating tomato soup is like making love to a beautiful woman. First make sure the dish is suitably warmed up. Perhaps give it a quick blow if it;s too hot. Some people like their soup spicy, in which case they can look in a magazine for some ideas to suit their taste. Finally, gently dip your spoon into the soup, stir it gently and then enjoy your meal. Don't get any of it down your front. I like to add some cheese to mine.

Generaly though, I approach my soup with an upbeat manner and an open mind, not a feeling that eating soup is a duty one must perform to stay alive.
MrBubbles   
15 Mar 2009
Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]

the Polish are just more reserved

Well, they're just unfriendly really. And gloomy. Every Pole has the potential to turn a light meal in a nice friendly restaurant into a group of condemned men eating their last meal. Especially when they eat soup. They hunch over the bowl, silently dragging their spoon through their tomato soup, pausing now and again to stare out of the window or to slowly look round the room. I've seen more animation in the zoo when tortoises eat their lettuce.
MrBubbles   
2 Mar 2009
Life / Polish Organizational Skills [83]

give us examples of them

Do you work for a Polish employer? Get your own examples. In the meantime, think to yourself why so many individual foreigners believe that Poland is so disorganised.
MrBubbles   
1 Mar 2009
Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

i have been to warsawa airport and i was treated like a bul shit by immigration at airport.i

What did they do? Most customs staff are jumped up little losers with tiny dicks (the women too) - what did Warsaw do that was so bad?
MrBubbles   
28 Feb 2009
Life / Polish Organizational Skills [83]

same for the drivers, how do you know the guy in the
car that just almost ran you down isnt muslim? or some other nationality?

You have a point there. Poland is the beating heart of cosmopolitan Europe and thus full of Muslims. I should look more carefully next time a car accident occurs near my house (tomorrow probably). Suffice it to say that there's a safe chance I'm correct about it being a Pole.

the large generalization of all polish not having organisational skills, pretty far fetched.

Sorry but I've yet to find a Pole who could even organise anything more complicated than a day's shopping. That's just the way it is.
MrBubbles   
28 Feb 2009
Life / Polish Organizational Skills [83]

But if you think that a general observation and personal opinion is an insult, then I apologise to you... but maybe the comments are a bit close to the bone, a bit to accurate?

Don't sweat it. Some people here don't understand the term discussion forum..
MrBubbles   
28 Feb 2009
Life / Polish Organizational Skills [83]

I just wanted to add a bit here.... traffic lights... polish drivers... a little situational awareness and, dare I say, forward planning will help us all move that little bit quicker on the roads.

Point taken but I'd say this is more a symptom of the complete lack of consideration the vast majority of Poles have for their fellow citizens - in this case other drivers. They simply don't think to themselves that they might hit and kill someone when they drive fast, it only matters that they get whee they want to go as quickly as they can.