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dynow
Joined: 07 Nov 2006
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 Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:08 pm Post subject: Funny Polish rip-offs of the English language |
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We all hear English words being integrated into Polish language/culture, but some of them just sound ridiculous.......so here's a place to share them!
some of my favorites would be:
non-stop
extra
max
cool
o co kaman 
sorry
and my all time personal favorite verb rip-off: znokautowac
got any good ones boys and girls? |
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hrvatski
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| Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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szoł
hardkorowy
mityng |
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Jack Walker
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| Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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The Poles all over-use the word "super".
Everything is super.Super this and super that.
They use it for something good or something new or something cool or something unusual.
Everyone from kids to 80 year old babcias use it regularly.
I find myself using it now, even though I don't actually like the word.It has rubbed off on me.
They took the word from English,but super isn't a word you hear used very often in the English language. |
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Jack Walker
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| Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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Another word they use is "recycling".
It's funny because they pronounce it like (tongue roll)RRRE-TSICK-LING.
It sounds bizarre. |
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dynow
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| Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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in sports, it's constant.
faul (and of course faulowac)
out
spaik
on and on and on..... |
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hrvatski
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On TV it's trendy to swear in English. Recent examples are:
Pier�g on You Can Dance: ju ar faking amejzing
Dude on Magiel Towarzyski: Giw mi a faking brejk
Guest on Dzień Dobry TVN: Byłem prawdziwym 'mada fakerem' (not sure what he was getting at by saying that)
They don't even attempt to pronounce them with an English accent either, so what comes out usually takes me a few seconds to digest and depolanise.
I remember in Norway that Norwegians and Swedes also like to 'English drop' in conversation, but usually with a perfect accent. |
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dynow
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good call on the swearing.
it's even worse when they decline the words....."fakerem"........ .........sometimes i think about writing a letter to the Polish govt. to ask them to leave our language alone. Feel free to use it, after all English like all languages has words from other languages, just please leave our language declension free. It quite frankly sounds ridiculous.
I remember Mr. Pierog saying that. they still play that clip when that girl is about to dance sometimes (my girlfriend makes me sit through that show every wednesday)
this reminds me of an experience i had in class. i have a class of teenagers, and one day I had a student walk in with a t-shirt that had a horrible obscenity written on it, including the F-word. to make matters worse, the girl that was wearing it was let's say.......endowed......and i had to avoid looking at her shirt. i wanted to tell one of the teachers at my school (a girl of course) that she needs to talk to this girl and tell her what her shirt really says, but i also didn't want the girl to know that i was looking in "that direction" because the F-word on the shirt wasn't completely obvious because of her "endowment".
a 16 year old girl simply shouldn't have been wearing that t-shirt, but i guess when these teenagers see a t-shirt with an F-bomb written on it, they immediately think it's cool and buy it. |
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simon_porter00
Joined: 09 Nov 2005
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Location: Warsaw, Poland
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| Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:22 am Post subject: |
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| dynow wrote: |
good call on the swearing.
it's even worse when they decline the words....."fakerem"........ .........sometimes i think about writing a letter to the Polish govt. to ask them to leave our language alone. Feel free to use it, after all English like all languages has words from other languages, just please leave our language declension free. It quite frankly sounds ridiculous.
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OH MY GAWD!!  Not another thread bitching about the Poles.
Here's a new way to look at it:
"Isn't it wonderful that the Poles are Englishifying their language so it makes it easier to learn?" Or,
"wow, isn't it great that the English language has formed an important and possibly integral part of this culture?" Or,
"Christ, isn't that just real funny?"
There are so many 'old men' on this board looking at the negatiuve side of everything.
Yes (before some old codger reminds me) this is a board of opinions blah blah blah, that's not the point, the point is the constant, incessant, mind-numbingly boring criticism of everything that happens in Poland.
I went out for a jog this morning and it was glorious. If someone said to me "Fakin hel, dlaczego pan biega teraz?" or some such it would of put a smile on my face. Dynow, I hate to think what you would have done. Lamped him probably.
PS, there really needs to be a smilie for "winding-up" or something similar but sadly i don't hink anybody above was joking. |
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simon_porter00
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Location: Warsaw, Poland
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| Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:26 am Post subject: |
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| dynow wrote: |
| sometimes i think about writing a letter to the Polish govt. to ask them to leave our language alone. |
The more i read this, the more ludicrous it seems. 
Tell you what Victor Meldrew, write the bloody letter and let me know what response you get.
Dear, oh dear, oh dear - "I'm gonna write a letter, that's i'm going to do dammit" (bangs fist on table).  |
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simon_porter00
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Location: Warsaw, Poland
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| Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:37 am Post subject: |
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I'll even help you out:
Dear Mr Duck, sorry i mean Mr Kaczynski,
I am an American living in your country in Poland and want to tell you about a personal grievance that's driving me up the wall - UP THE FAKIN WALL!.
You Poles have absolutely no right, get that - nie macie racje - to use our language in your language. None, zero, zip. The fact that Polish historically was influenced by many other languages including Czech, German, Italian, French and English in the past, well, that's of no matter and it has to stop NOW.
Or i'm leaving, don't make me do this.... just you try me. You'll convince me to stay if you stop misusing the world's business, cultural and scientific language ANNNNNNND, import some fine Poker chips, Christ, you just can't get any here in Poland (Poker was invented by the Polish, wasn't it?). Oh, and whilst lambasting you for misusing English and improperly enhancing your own culture with our language could you also ask some nice Italians and Chinese people to come over, you know, real chefs, that can make proper pizza and Chinese food?
One day I'll come over to Warsaw, 'cos I've never been there - but if I see one more busty lady with the F word on her shirt and I don't mean florist, then I shall turn tail and never come back. There, I've said it.
I look forward to your response.
Dynow. |
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dynow
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| Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 9:18 am Post subject: |
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talk about the pot calling the kettle black......
Mr. Porter, Feb. 7th, 2009, on a thread called, "Enough Pole Bashing!":
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Welcome Lins, to our lovely, friendly, open community here on Dave's. You may think of us all as embittered, twisted and a bunch of Poland bashers and you'd be absolutely right. It's one thing to bash the UK and see Poland as the idyllic place at the end of the rainbow, but without living in one of the cities of Poland you really can't preach.
Only this morning (and this is one example of the many breaches of personal safety you're bound to experience here) I walked past an area that was cordoned off because of above roof works. And was sorting out my shopping from Castorama, when I heard from above (in Polish and words to the effect of) "Oi, can't you see we're working on the roof, bugger off matey." I took stock of my position - a good 10 metres past the cordoned off area - and politely responded in English "why don't you f***ing move your f***ing fat arse and move the safety cordon, instead of f***ing shouting at me" to which he responded with a volley of Kurwas and what have you. Rudeness, deep down unescapable and unforgivable rudeness is what you'll experience some of the time.
And yes, to qualify my position as a perpetual moaner, I'm married to a Pole, my mum is a Pole blah blah blah. |
Mr. Porter wrote:
i may have to write YOU a letter asking to leave the English language alone  |
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simon_porter00
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Location: Warsaw, Poland
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Yeah, OK, I'm not perfect and I'll happily admit I've had my fun and had a good old whinge, so yes pot - kettle - black.
BUT
If there was a league of whingers, you'd probably be the Chelsea or Arsenal
There is a Manchester United of whingers out there though, but I'm not going to identify him/her/it.
Seriously, though, when you come to Warsaw it'd be great to have a pint with you. |
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Jack Walker
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| I really don't see any whining in this thread at all.I see it in a more humorous tone.Nothing wrong with that! Just some observations on the author's part I think. |
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nocturnalme
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Location: Gdansk, Poland
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| I've had a few students come to class wearing t-shirts emblazoned with slogans that they obviously have no idea about, including one young learner with 'I Love *beep*' on his top. Yep, he really was an innocent cat lover! A teenage girl was raving about the band Suppository, until I told her what the name meant and another student was puzzled as to why Metallica had called their tour The Cunning Stunts Tour. |
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Tracer
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Location: Warszawa, PL
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| wow. I don't even want to get into this one. |
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