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| WentworthsGal Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4886 days ago 191 posts - 246 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Swedish, Spanish | Message 9 of 83 13 December 2011 at 7:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks Meramarina!
Hmm for a name... I'm wondering how you would say "glutton for punishment" in Polish... I think, at least in my case, it's very fitting as I'm sure a whole year of studying Polish will be quite a challenge! But hopefully fun too :o) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 meramarina Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5965 days ago 1341 posts - 2303 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, French Personal Language Map | Message 10 of 83 13 December 2011 at 8:10pm | IP Logged | ||
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I really like Reksio! We couldn't go wrong adopting a little dog mascot.
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| Homogenik Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4822 days ago 314 posts - 407 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Polish, Mandarin | Message 11 of 83 14 December 2011 at 12:37am | IP Logged | ||
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Hi. I'm interested in joining this project as I'm always looking for new ways to motivate me (not that I'm
unmotivated...). I've been studying intensely since april and I'm now at level A2 (according to my book, but my teacher seems to think I'm B1, anyway). My goal for next year is - to have completed my current book series (Hurra by Prolog) — I'm currently at book 2 (half) out of 3 books — and thus be officially at level B1. - to have completed two drill books my teacher bought me in Poland (they're for level B1-C1) - I plan on (maybe) going to Poland next summer to Krakow for a month of intensive study. If I follow my planning, I could be able to reach level B1 there and take the certification exam. But things have considerably slowed down this fall (on account of augmenting difficulty and of overload in work which will continue in the winter so...). - to be able watch films without subtitles and understand half of it. - and most of all to be able to communicate verbally with some ease. I'm also studying mandarin, but kind of dabbling really, so I don't have real goals for that right now (I just expect to finish 3 Pimsleur levels during the year and start writing a little for fun). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| meramarina Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5965 days ago 1341 posts - 2303 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, French Personal Language Map | Message 12 of 83 14 December 2011 at 1:45am | IP Logged | ||
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I've updated the list again to include Homogenik. Welcome and good luck!
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| Amerykanka Hexaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5169 days ago 657 posts - 890 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Polish, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian | Message 13 of 83 14 December 2011 at 1:52am | IP Logged | ||
I like this idea! I think these animals are very impressive-looking, plus the word żubr sounds neat. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Vos Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5564 days ago 766 posts - 1020 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Polish | Message 14 of 83 14 December 2011 at 2:32am | IP Logged | ||
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Well, we're getting quite the nice team togther aren't we. Fantastic!! As for the name, Żubr sounds and looks
great, and due to their vulnerable species numbers and relationship with the Polish forest -Białowieża, sounds perfect. On a bit of a tangent, but Poland is also a refuge for the Wolf - Wilk in the east, the lynx - Ryś in dense forest, and the Eagle Owl - Pochacz in old growth forest and rocky areas. And is also home to many other endangered species due to a third of Poland being covered by forest.
Also I love your motto Mermarina, hilarious! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7154 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 15 of 83 14 December 2011 at 3:47am | IP Logged | ||
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To be honest I came upon "Żubr" after thinking about naming the team after something that's ubiquitous in Poland... like beer :-P (vodka is ubiquitous too but it's often stereotyped as THE Polish drink by outsiders). Team Lech, Żywiec, Okocim or Leżajsk would have been options too ;-).
I have a bit of a soft spot for "Reksio" although I won't complain if "Żubr" (or "Żubry") is chosen. Maybe it's just the kid in me that makes a cartoon character likeable. Other names that came to mind on my way back from work include: - Team "Syrenka" / "Syrenki" (Mermaid/Mermaids - not that there's anything wrong with them but maybe they'd be a bit "girly" as the team's name for the male members. ;-)) - Team "Smok" / "Smoki" (Dragon/Dragons - maybe a too aggressive or fantastic.) - Team "Lajkonik" (Lajkonik - a fanciful character dressed a bit like a Turko-Mongol horseman "riding" a "horse") - Team "Obwarzanek" / "Obwarzanki" (Obwarzanek - a kind of bagel that's traditionally associated with Kraków) - Team "Piernik" / "Pierniki" (Piernik - a type of gingerbread that's traditionally associated with Toruń) - Team "Neptun" (Neptune - the Fountain of Neptune in Gdańsk's Old Town has become a symbol of the city) - Team "Solidarność" (Solidarity - perhaps it's a bit cheesy for a team's name but Solidarność was founded in the shipyards of Gdańsk as the first independent trade union in the Warsaw Pact. Perhaps ironically, it also contributed to the collapse of Europe's "workers' paradises") As you can tell, these names are taken from cultural or historical items associated with various cities. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Vos Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5564 days ago 766 posts - 1020 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Polish | Message 16 of 83 14 December 2011 at 3:51am | IP Logged | ||
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Hmm, I'm still sold on Żubr, simply for the environmental factor and because it's linked to Poland's forests which is
such a characteristic feature of the country. Actually I was thinking perhaps Team Białowieża wouldn't be a bad idea either, seeing as that forest is one of the last and largest remaining pieces of primeval forest (which also spreads into Belarus) in Europe, and is a sanctuary and immensely important environment for so many endangered and vulnerable species. So then our team would almost be like team sanctuary, sanctuary of the Polish language. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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