Sure you understand one another?😄
Why is the Polish language so difficult?
Sure you understand you?
If so...congratulations...You are the only one.
If so...congratulations...You are the only one.
There is a reason why my Polish wife and I never speak Polish at home, even when we are alone
That's a pity, knowledge of foreign languages is important.
Playing the Devil's Advocate again...as usual, Rich, I see.
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That's a pity, knowledge of foreign languages is important.
Luckily, when offered, my daughters refused to learn Polish. The nightmare of them working at a Polish deli or travel office ... poof ...gone...
One of them went to Poland, spoke the only language she knew, and everything was perfectly OK.
It's amazing how effective an American CC and English are together...No, nobody attempted to debate Socrates...
That's a pity, knowledge of foreign languages is important.
I know Polish.
Still waiting for a free cup of coffee because of this very special gift from God himself...
Once upon a year, the American English language was the same as food, cultural nourishment for the brain, that good ol' morning cup o' joe to kick start the day.
And then the whole house of cards collapsed and with 1968, the Woodstock Era began along with the decline of standard!
And then the whole house of cards collapsed and with 1968, the Woodstock Era began along with the decline of standard!
Once upon a year, the American English language was the same as food,
...and, as part of this decay, the world is going American everywhere... in every shopping mall in Poland...and the rest of the globe...
Decay is right!
everywhere... in every shopping mall in Poland
What US stores are in Polish shopping malls ?
I can think of only two - Footlocker and Nike
A few fast foods - Macs, KFC, Starbucks
Anything else ?
And this you call that progress?
At least Carrefour North America is also known in France.for quality.
At least Carrefour North America is also known in France.for quality.
That was enough to make me wonder why I left "the States".
Plus everybody under thirty speaking fluent American...
On my first visit in 2017, I invited a student at WUT for dinner and we never spoke Polish...Or British...Like I never left ...
Making English mandatory was the best thing Poland did lately.
Go away...Even Golden Moron is more fun...
Plus everybody under thirty speaking fluent American...
On my first visit in 2017, I invited a student at WUT for dinner and we never spoke Polish...Or British...Like I never left ...
Making English mandatory was the best thing Poland did lately.
Decay is right!
Go away...Even Golden Moron is more fun...
Fluent????! Rich, are you high?
Sounding mock Duke Wayne laced with vulgarity is NOT acceptable American Englishcommunication except for the ignorant, so get that through your thick skull.
Not one Pole I met knew who Gilbert & Sullivan were or cared and you talk about fluency, much less accuracy.
Sounding mock Duke Wayne laced with vulgarity is NOT acceptable American Englishcommunication except for the ignorant, so get that through your thick skull.
Not one Pole I met knew who Gilbert & Sullivan were or cared and you talk about fluency, much less accuracy.
Not one Pole I met knew who Gilbert & Sullivan were
You don't know how many genders there are...I win.
7 billion people don't know who these two clowns were, but they do know that there are 2 genders.
In fact, I just looked at my "Don't Give a Fvck" list ...and there they were...in position #1: Gilbert and Sullivan...At least they were not Jews.
Just because folks are mega talented, they.must be gay???
Sir Arthur was a bordello hopping bon vivant and Schwenk was married to Lucy for an age, so you must be nuts, pal!
Sir Arthur was a bordello hopping bon vivant and Schwenk was married to Lucy for an age, so you must be nuts, pal!
Not one Pole I met knew who Gilbert & Sullivan were
I lurve me some Gilbert & Sullivan, but unfortunately AFAIK no one has been able to translate them successfully into another language (a prerequisite to be considered worthy of world wide recognition).
Strauss and Offenbach can work in translation, AFAIK G&S.... can't, or at least no one has done a good translation.
They were unique, hands down.
They were unique
They understood how to set English to classical music far better than any other 'classical' composer.....
And how!
In a lighter vain, even Milloecker & Lehar weren't as consistently and brilliantly clever.
In a lighter vain, even Milloecker & Lehar weren't as consistently and brilliantly clever.
even Milloecker & Lehar weren't as consistently and brilliantly clever.
But their work translates better.... years ago I saw Das Land des Lächelns in Poland, translated into Polish as "Kraina Uśmiechu" and it was fine.
Gershwin's Porgy and Bess also works when translated, I'm not sure about Rodgers and Hammerstein.
Maybe part of it is that G&S is too... dense lyrically.
G&S were simply too clever for their own good...and both STRAIGHT as a dye😄
Operettas... patter songs, rhymes and light orchestration in 6/8. *facepalm*
@Lyzko, @mafketis
Hate to break it to you guys, but you're officially gay (well, at least musically bisexual).
Look...
... even Ryszard knows that men don't listen to this crap. Come to your senses, please.
@Lyzko, @mafketis
Hate to break it to you guys, but you're officially gay (well, at least musically bisexual).
Look...
In fact, I just looked at my "Don't Give a Fvck" list ...and there they were...in position #1: Gilbert and Sullivan
... even Ryszard knows that men don't listen to this crap. Come to your senses, please.
Real Polish men, straight to the bone, openly and shamelessly cry in public if so moved by passion, such as if the foreign press besmirch their proud, brave heritage, e.g. labelling German concentration camps Polish, along with other assorted lies!
Hate to break it to you guys, but you're officially gay (well, at least musically bisexual).
...and hold the cup with the pinky separate and up like it has an erection...
even Ryszard knows that men don't listen to this crap.
Wrong. Three times in one short sentence...
1. Read, not "listen".
2. You do.
3. Ryszard's points are brilliant and impossible to argue with.
I was the only one here saying that Russia would win and that it is stupid to die for "freedom and democracy".
You, azzholes, including Kutasinski, called me a surrender boy.
That was 2 million men ago...
For this alone, you should erect a monument to my eternal glory...
If math were like the Polish language, we would still be using fingers and pebbles to count.
Multiplication tables would be the subject of Ph.D. dissertations and debates...
In the US, there would be white and black tables...
Multiplication tables would be the subject of Ph.D. dissertations and debates...
In the US, there would be white and black tables...
If math were like the Polish language
Mathematics was invented by the Arabs, their language is even worse.
Worse, Alien?
Why how ethnocentric of you, mate!
You disappoint me.
Why how ethnocentric of you, mate!
You disappoint me.
Why is the Polish language so difficult?
Because Polish is a garbage language created by old women talking to infants...no rules, just feeeeeelings and metaphors.
Because Polish is a garbage language created by old women talking to infants...no rules, just feeeeeelings and metaphors.
What an idiotic comment!
Richie, you've outdone yourself.
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Richie, you've outdone yourself.
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no rules
Of course you talk nonsense as usual. As every lanuague Polish has rules.
just feeeeeelings and metaphors.
AI must be great at understanding "feelings and metaphors" then, considering that Polish language was named the best for prompting because of how precise it is:
euronews.com/next/2025/11/01/polish-to-be-the-most-effective-language-for-prompting-ai-new-study-reveals