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Post by mark on Feb 6, 2020 10:30:58 GMT 1
I am coming to Poland in two weeks and going to stay for a month. I am checking weather reports and can see Poland is enjoying mild winter, no snow or freezing temperatures. Is it always so nice? Will I need to use very warm clothes? I heard winters can be very strict, even -25 C. My friends who visited Poland advice me to take thick clothes. Are they right?
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Post by Zen on Feb 6, 2020 11:19:09 GMT 1
So far this winter has been mild by Polish standards, but winter is usually very cold, especially in the north and east.
I would take some warm clothes.
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 6, 2020 11:42:27 GMT 1
Right, indeed, the weather is pretty unpredicable here. I mean they are able to predict correctly for a week or two but longer forecasts are risky. Probably you won`t need a fur coat but a warm jacket is a good idea. Once the winters were very severe - good old times. hahaha  |
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Post by naukowiec on Feb 8, 2020 22:24:02 GMT 1
I've worn thermal tights under jeans when I've been to Poland in winter, although last time I came it wasn't that cold, only about -11C. advice me to take thick clothes. Are they right? You will definitely need a warm coat for sure. Check the weather before you come, if there is snow, you'll need boots with good grip for walking. You might be warmer wearing layers to be honest. |
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 9, 2020 16:43:46 GMT 1
when I've been to Poland in winter, although last time I came it wasn't that cold, only about -11C. You might be warmer wearing layers to be honest. Minus 11 is already Siberia for a Brit.  Layers you mean like an onion? It is another idiom. |
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Post by mark on Feb 10, 2020 13:39:54 GMT 1
Thanks a lots so I will wear like you`are saying.
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Post by naukowiec on Feb 12, 2020 19:32:05 GMT 1
Minus 11 is already Siberia for a Brit. Layers you mean like an onion? I Nah, I've been in colder weather than that! Can't say I'm a winter person though. Onions aren't the first thing to spring to mind........your mind works in mysterious ways........... |
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 13, 2020 12:16:48 GMT 1
Onions aren't the first thing to spring to mind........your mind works in mysterious ways........... It works in the Polish way coz I am a natural born, raised and educated Pole. hahah |
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Post by jeanne on Mar 15, 2020 1:38:17 GMT 1
Onions aren't the first thing to spring to mind........your mind works in mysterious ways........... It works in the Polish way coz I am a natural born, raised and educated Pole. hahah The onion analogy makes perfect sense to me, so maybe there is a genetic element involved, and as a person of Polish descent, I ended up with some brain genes similar to yours.  |
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Post by Bonobo on Mar 21, 2020 10:27:33 GMT 1
and as a person of Polish descent, I ended up with some brain genes similar to yours. Who knows? There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. haha |
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Post by jeanne on Mar 21, 2020 14:50:16 GMT 1
and as a person of Polish descent, I ended up with some brain genes similar to yours. Who knows? There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. haha Now you have to help my ignorance and tell me where that quote is from...I'm guessing Shakespeare, but it is just a guess!  |
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Post by Bonobo on Mar 22, 2020 9:02:10 GMT 1
Yes, Hamlet. Second best known quote, after to be or not....
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Post by jeanne on Mar 22, 2020 23:40:55 GMT 1
Yes, Hamlet. Second best known quote, after to be or not.... Hmmm...that may be so, but it wasn't a quote that stuck with me, and I was an English major. "Alas, poor Yorick," might compete with your quote for second place... |
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Post by Bonobo on Mar 23, 2020 11:05:01 GMT 1
I read about poor Yorick only in cartoons and cabaret plays. While Horatio`s philosophy is used for serious contexts. I also use it to joke, of course.  |
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Post by jeanne on Mar 24, 2020 0:39:25 GMT 1
I read about poor Yorick only in cartoons and cabaret plays. While Horatio`s philosophy is used for serious contexts. I also use it to joke, of course. But...you didn't say the Horatio's philosophy quote was the second best known quote used seriously...so possibly, the Yorick quote could be the second best known quote because it is used so frequently and in very many genres. |
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Post by Bonobo on Dec 28, 2022 19:04:12 GMT 1
the Yorick quote could be the second best known quote Could be but it is mostly omitted and only the image of Hamlet holding the skull has been immortalised in thousands pics and posters, without the actual words.  |
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