Archive for November, 2008
Stary Piernik and Other Expressions, part 1 Posted by Anna on Nov 8, 2008
John H. came up with an excellent suggestion for a blog post and I gotta say that neither I nor my friends have ever had so much fun gathering material and doing “linguistic” research. Some of those expressions – I even forgot they existed. Like “stary piernik” for example. When translated literally, it becomes “old…
Diversity or Political Correctness? Posted by Anna on Nov 5, 2008
A while back I pledged that I wouldn’t write here about politics and religion, and for the most part, I stuck to my promise. But today, I will break it and talk about religion, albeit vaguely and not in the way you think. People abroad always think that Poland is a uniformly Catholic country. And…
All Saints’ Day in Poland Posted by Anna on Nov 2, 2008
Yesterday the entire Poland celebrated the holiday of All Saints’ Day (Wszystkich Świętych) and initially, I wasn’t going to write about it. I’ve always found this occasion to be totally and utterly depressing, regardless of how beautiful all those flickering candles may look. There is something about it that I just can’t wrap my mind…