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« on: January 11, 2017, 10:34:49 AM »

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/11/polands-foreign-minister-mocked-naming-non-existent-country/

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« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2017, 10:39:28 AM »

Cheesy
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« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2017, 06:08:24 PM »

I can't stand this moron since 2010 when he was starting in presidential elections in my city. And when PiS won the elections I had hope that they will make Legutko or Ujazdowski Foreign Affairs minister. And what I got? :I My almost the most disliked PiS politician.
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« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2017, 05:21:25 PM »

It's like having Sarah Palin as Secretary of State.
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« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2017, 05:24:01 PM »

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« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2017, 05:41:30 PM »

It's like having Sarah Palin as Secretary of State.

That would be awesome.
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« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2017, 05:52:28 PM »

This has happened before:

http://www.theonion.com/article/us-ambassador-to-bulungi-suspected-of-making-count-790
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« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2017, 03:20:48 AM »

Has Mr. Waszczykowski been watching Narcos too much? It has Pablo Escabar as a main character, after all.
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« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2017, 10:38:28 PM »


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« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2017, 10:40:43 PM »


It's pronounced "shch" (as in Khrushchev), right?
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« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2017, 12:25:37 AM »


Kind of. But in Russian there is a single letter for it. Latin script should not be used for Slavic languages Smiley
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« Reply #11 on: January 15, 2017, 04:42:39 AM »

The People's Democratic Republic of San Escobar now has a Wikipedia article and a Twitter account.
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« Reply #12 on: January 15, 2017, 03:11:25 PM »


Kind of. But in Russian there is a single letter for it. Latin script should not be used for Slavic languages Smiley



Polish Cyrylic alphabet probably would need letters not used from centuries like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yus so I think this is not good idea.
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« Reply #13 on: January 15, 2017, 03:56:32 PM »


Kind of. But in Russian there is a single letter for it. Latin script should not be used for Slavic languages Smiley



Polish Cyrylic alphabet probably would need letters not used from centuries like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yus ...

Of course! That is the beauty of it! Get back the Yuses (I guess, both the lesser and the major, and the ioted forms of it). Cyril and Methodius have thought about all of that Smiley
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« Reply #14 on: January 15, 2017, 06:40:26 PM »


Kind of. But in Russian there is a single letter for it. Latin script should not be used for Slavic languages Smiley



Polish Cyrylic alphabet probably would need letters not used from centuries like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yus ...

Of course! That is the beauty of it! Get back the Yuses (I guess, both the lesser and the major, and the ioted forms of it). Cyril and Methodius have thought about all of that Smiley

Believe me, I tried to use Polish Cyrylic alphabet with yus and writing that letter is pain in the ass. Handwriting is much slower because of that. I prefer using Latin alphabet on everyday use.
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« Reply #15 on: January 16, 2017, 01:34:55 AM »


Kind of. But in Russian there is a single letter for it. Latin script should not be used for Slavic languages Smiley



Polish Cyrylic alphabet probably would need letters not used from centuries like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yus ...

Of course! That is the beauty of it! Get back the Yuses (I guess, both the lesser and the major, and the ioted forms of it). Cyril and Methodius have thought about all of that Smiley

Believe me, I tried to use Polish Cyrylic alphabet with yus and writing that letter is pain in the ass. Handwriting is much slower because of that. I prefer using Latin alphabet on everyday use.

Just invent a modern cursive version of it, for gods' sake. I mean, not that any of those letters are easy to print.
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« Reply #16 on: January 16, 2017, 09:45:35 AM »


Kind of. But in Russian there is a single letter for it. Latin script should not be used for Slavic languages Smiley



Polish Cyrylic alphabet probably would need letters not used from centuries like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yus so I think this is not good idea.

TIL there is a language called Kashubian.
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« Reply #17 on: January 16, 2017, 10:25:41 AM »


Kind of. But in Russian there is a single letter for it. Latin script should not be used for Slavic languages Smiley

Polish Cyrylic alphabet probably would need letters not used from centuries like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yus so I think this is not good idea.

TIL there is a language called Kashubian.

Plays a part in Günter Grass "The Tin Drum".

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« Reply #18 on: January 16, 2017, 02:23:00 PM »


Kind of. But in Russian there is a single letter for it. Latin script should not be used for Slavic languages Smiley



Polish Cyrylic alphabet probably would need letters not used from centuries like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yus so I think this is not good idea.

TIL there is a language called Kashubian.


There is Kashubian diaspora in Canada so if somehow you will end up in Ontario you can check it by yourself.
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« Reply #19 on: January 16, 2017, 09:19:23 PM »

Belize and Austria?
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