Poland in photo riddles - part 3

Ha, I got it by googling concrete monument dome inscription. It is a mausoleum to honour the victims of Majdanek death camp killed by Germans during WW2.

I didn`t know it coz there is another more spectacular monument in the same place which is more popular in encyclopedias and media:

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It is, but it's more than just a monument.

I also added: mausoleum. :)

Yes. Well done. I knew you would get it quite quickly.


The inscription reads ' Los nasz dla was przestrogą.' Let our fate be a warning to you. Very chilling.


I didn't choose that one because I knew it was the more well-known monument.

Again I must say how clever it is. :):):


Yes, chilling, but we know how useless are such inscriptions coz humans perpetuate the same horrid things endlessly.

One from me:

Primary school student`s notebook shows food vocabulary. What is the major spelling mistake he/she made copying the words from the black/greenboard???
Hint - by major I mean a really serious one!!!

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Yes. We will end up destroying ourselves because we have learnt nothing from history.


I can't see anything that major.

There should be a 'z' instead of the 'c' after the 'r in wieprzowina.

Vegetables is spelt incorrectly.

I presume 'Letis' is to show pronunciation of lettuce.

Hey, your pessimism throws me down into the dumps even further now! Why are you doing it to me????? :):)


No, it is z interconnected with r.
Besides, if it was c, it still wouldn`t be major. :):):)


Of course. It is called the phonetic transcript. :):):)


No, it isn`t. Look closer - the mistake has been corrected. :):)

Wow! My riddle is hard. :):):)

PS. Hint - a major mistake means the one which changes the meaning of the word. :):):)

Sadly, quite possibly true..... but what do you learn from history?
Stand up and fight or stand down and be subjucated?

Subjugated. What is your British-based education???? Let me guess - primary school! hahahaha

veer/beer 🤔

You are close...... Think harder... :):):)

You're just lucky I guess :)


Yes. I forgot it's a digraph.


That could be interpreted as leer rather than beer.

You are even closer than Alien.
Still, think harder...... :):):) Warm warm major mistake change of meaning warm warmer and .....

Are we still talking about the word beer? At a push I can also see rice/mice.

Yes,we are.
Except it is not beer. :):):)

Hint: Do you know British political correctness?? Yes, you do. Think about Polish one for a while. :):):)

I'm stumped. You can only replace the 'b' in beer with the letters d, j, p, s, if it's not veer or leer.

Do not focus on b so much. Try other letters. I said there is a clear spelling mistake, while you concentrate on carelessly written letters.

And think of PC all the time!!!!


And think of foods all the time, too!

I see:

"lettuce * |letis|

pork - wierprzowina

beer

potatoes

rice

vegatables" (though you say it's now vegetables)

hmmm since when is 'beer' food? especially in elementary school?

maybe the word was bean?

Maf, don`t believe your eyes now!!! Use your intuition!


Twice exactly!!!

Now, what is the spelling mistake which altered the meaning completely ???

Guys and guyesses, I must admit I am flabbergasted you still can`t guess it after so many clues and being so close as you already are. The easiest riddles are the most difficult it seems. :):):)

The phonetics are very wrong. Should be /ˈlɛtɪs/ although schwa is also acceptable for the second vowel albeit rare.

This is primary aka elementary school, not university. :):):):)

That's what I thought too. 'Letis' is very wrong indeed - especially for a Polish learner of English. Letys would be nearer the mark.

Amasing! Native speakers have difficulty in solving a basic language riddle. ):):)

The imperfectly formed letters in the child's handwriting leave a margin for doubt eg. rice could be read as vice, but I don't see anything that conclusively proves the child made an error in transcription. Pray enlighten us.

We learnt the phonetic alpahbet (or a version of it) in the first year of primary school, aged 4/5.


That's how I'd do it for a Polish learner.

Leer is of course a word, and that's the only mistake in English, apart from in vegetables and it looks like they've corrected it. In any case, b can be written with an open loop and that would bre consistent with the way the kid writes p. Old-fashioned though. And wieprzowina is clumsily written but fine for a primary age kid.

I don't see anything major.

Amasing!!! You type leer yourself and still can`t see the mistake???


No margin in case of our clear mistake.


Yes, I can see that. Lazy Sunday afternooner, you've got no mind to worry
You close your eyes and drift away-a hahahaha


Not yet. It is too easy to provide the answer so quickly.

Could read leer or equally beer which would be consistent with the poor and outdated style of handwriting.

Beer is out of question in primary school while leer is a mistake.
Come on, guys and gyesses, guess it at last coz I am experiencing a huge trauma now. :(:(:(:(

is it supposed to be leek?

At last!!!! yes, it was supposed to be leek!!! The primary school textbook promotes a healthy diet .:):):)