Archive for November, 2009
About Rabid Dogs and Getting Really Mad Posted by Anna on Nov 8, 2009
Remember Barb’s guest post about her trip to Poland? In it, at the very end, she mentioned, humorously no doubt, the famous Polish wildlife specimen – wściekły pies (rabid dog). That comment has prompted one of the readers to send me an email asking whether it was true or not – if there really were…
Polish Homonyms (or is it homophones?) Posted by Anna on Nov 5, 2009
Just yesterday someone asked me for examples of words (Polish words, of course) that sound the same, are spelled the same, but mean something totally different. You know, like in English light, and right, and stuff like that. Can’t think of more examples right off the bat. Oh yeah, and a bat. But suddenly, when…
Kombinowanie continued Posted by Anna on Nov 2, 2009
So, let’s go back to the issue of kombinowanie for a few more minutes. Turns out that the person who claims that Poles are a cheating, scheming and otherwise dishonest bunch also reads this blog. Oh, hi! Small world, isn’t it? Thank you for providing us with such an interesting discussion topic! And to another…