|
 |
TAC 2012 Polish Team Żubr | ||
Share with:
| ||
 Language Learning Forum : Language Learning Log |  | |
| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6144 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 17 of 83 14 December 2011 at 4:52am | IP Logged | |||||
|
I'm not on the Polish Team, nor am I studying Polish anymore, but I just have to put in a vote for "Team Syrenka." I would literally love you all forever if you chose that, and it might even coax me into studying some Polish again...
1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Mooby Senior Member Scotland Joined 6107 days ago 707 posts - 1220 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Polish | Message 18 of 83 14 December 2011 at 11:03am | IP Logged | |||||
|
One more name suggestion:
"Team Krówki" Krówki ('Little cows') are Polish fudge or soft toffees that all my Polish friends have at some point shared with me. I can even buy packets of them at my local supermarket. They're certainly famous throughout Poland, representing affection, comfort, endearment, sharing and participation. Here's a link to copy /paste: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kr%C3%B3wki 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Homogenik Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4826 days ago 314 posts - 407 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Polish, Mandarin | Message 19 of 83 14 December 2011 at 6:31pm | IP Logged | |||||
|
For the team's name, I second the love for Żubr but would suggest even Żubrówka, which is the famous
herbal vodka made from bison grass. Why Żubrówka? Because it's fundamentally polish (since the 16th century), it's strong, it's exotic, it has many characteristic polish letters (ż, ó, w, k) and it's a reward for hard work! Edited by Homogenik on 14 December 2011 at 6:32pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
 meramarina Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5969 days ago 1341 posts - 2303 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, French Personal Language Map | Message 20 of 83 14 December 2011 at 6:50pm | IP Logged | |||||
|
We have an abundance of excellent names now. Too many to choose from and they are all good!
Hmmm . . . European bisons - that makes me think of large, determined, fearsome creatures, which is what we'll need to be to handle this language . . .well, OK maybe we don't have to be large. I love words with the letter Z, too. I also still like Reksio, and I've always wanted to see the European primeval forest, so that's a nice name, too.
Please do stop by and visit out Polish Team - and extra thanks to you for all your great work organizing the TAC last year and helping us to a good start this year. And, of course, anyone who makes it through a year of Polish deserves a sip or two of vodka! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Mooby Senior Member Scotland Joined 6107 days ago 707 posts - 1220 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Polish | Message 21 of 83 14 December 2011 at 8:43pm | IP Logged | |||||
|
Well if I can't be a 'little cow' (Krówka) I might as well be a bison (Żubr).
Or better still an acoholic one (Żubrówka). 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Vos Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5568 days ago 766 posts - 1020 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Polish | Message 22 of 83 15 December 2011 at 1:52am | IP Logged | |||||
|
It's true, so many good names to choose from. I like both Krówka and Żubrówka, and still fond of Białowieża -
where both the bison grass grows and where the bison live. So looks like everyone has their own personal favourite for the team name which incidentally doesn't happen to coincide with anyone else's. Yet everyone has the same second option, Żubr. So shall we make it official? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Gosiak Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 5128 days ago 241 posts - 361 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, German Studies: Norwegian, Welsh | Message 23 of 83 15 December 2011 at 1:46pm | IP Logged | |||||
|
Hi / Witam
I will be visiting your log regardless of the name of your team, I like all the options. Żubr and Żubrówka seem to me to be most widely recognized Polish words among your names and Reksio is cute. I heard Żubrówka mispronounced many times as an answer to my question 'Do you know any Polish words?' and appreciated every single attempt. I feel honoured that you deciided to learn my language and offer my help.
I second that. Greetings form Wrocław 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| meramarina Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5969 days ago 1341 posts - 2303 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, French Personal Language Map | Message 24 of 83 15 December 2011 at 2:28pm | IP Logged | |||||
|
Thank you very much Gosiak - we will appreciate help and insights from a native speaker! I hope we make some good progress learning your language in the coming year.
I think we will all have our own individual log thread with the team name on it, but should we keep this orginal thread open and each of us can make a short summary here of what we are working on and how it is going? It might be useful to have a central thread/main location for everybody.
I like it. Is everyone else OK with that name? 1 person has voted this message useful |
|  | 
Printable version
|
| Copyright 2024 FX Micheloud - All rights reserved No part of this website may be copied by any means without my written authorization. |
