Comments on: What do you call a person who lives in Bielsko-Biała? http://www.transparent.com/polish/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-lives-in-bielsko-biala/ Language and Culture of the Polish-Speaking World Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:42:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jessia http://www.transparent.com/polish/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-lives-in-bielsko-biala/comment-page-1/#comment-1338 Jessia Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:10:37 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/polish/?p=623#comment-1338 Don't you think it is usually the case that where there is more than one town with a similar name (e.g. Bielsko-Biała and Bielsk Podlaski), the inhabitants of both are known by the same name and the town in question deduced from context? Not many people are going to mix up B-B and B.P. since they are at opposite ends of the country. 9 times out of 10 the context will indicate which is which. Slightly off-topic, I wonder if historically there were two names for the inhabitants of what was originally two towns - bielszczanin/-ka for inhabitants of Bielsko and Białczanin/-ka (??) for the residents of Biała (for a long time, being something of a pedant with regard to grammar, I was phased by how it could be Bielsko-Biała and not Bielsko Białe. Context is everything... And to really stick a spanner in the works, what about inhabitants of Kędzierzyn Koźle... Go figure ;-)) Don’t you think it is usually the case that where there is more than one town with a similar name (e.g. Bielsko-Biała and Bielsk Podlaski), the inhabitants of both are known by the same name and the town in question deduced from context? Not many people are going to mix up B-B and B.P. since they are at opposite ends of the country. 9 times out of 10 the context will indicate which is which.
Slightly off-topic, I wonder if historically there were two names for the inhabitants of what was originally two towns – bielszczanin/-ka for inhabitants of Bielsko and Białczanin/-ka (??) for the residents of Biała (for a long time, being something of a pedant with regard to grammar, I was phased by how it could be Bielsko-Biała and not Bielsko Białe. Context is everything…
And to really stick a spanner in the works, what about inhabitants of Kędzierzyn Koźle…
Go figure ;-) )

]]> By: Tomek http://www.transparent.com/polish/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-lives-in-bielsko-biala/comment-page-1/#comment-1337 Tomek Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:13:42 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/polish/?p=623#comment-1337 And that's why I decided to move to Warsaw not to Bielsko Biała or Zimna Wódka :D :D And that’s why I decided to move to Warsaw not to Bielsko Biała or Zimna Wódka :D :D

]]> By: John http://www.transparent.com/polish/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-lives-in-bielsko-biala/comment-page-1/#comment-1336 John Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:13:27 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/polish/?p=623#comment-1336 I have to laugh at these endings regarding the towns and the people.who live there. In the USA we like to joke that "If a person from Poland is called a "Pole," is a person from Holland called a "Hole?" And is a person from Paris called a "Parisite?" (Actual spelling is Parasite though!) Don't forget John F. Kennedy when he said 'I Am a Jelly Donut' ('Ich bin ein Berliner')" http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/historical/a/jfk_berliner.htm I am from Pittsburgh, PA, USA and we are Pittsburghers, yes like the hamburgers! I have to laugh at these endings regarding the towns and the people.who live there. In the USA we like to joke that “If a person from Poland is called a “Pole,” is a person from Holland called a “Hole?” And is a person from Paris called a “Parisite?” (Actual spelling is Parasite though!) Don’t forget John F. Kennedy when he said ‘I Am a Jelly Donut’ (‘Ich bin ein Berliner’)” http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/historical/a/jfk_berliner.htm
I am from Pittsburgh, PA, USA and we are Pittsburghers, yes like the hamburgers!

]]> By: barsorro http://www.transparent.com/polish/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-lives-in-bielsko-biala/comment-page-1/#comment-1335 barsorro Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:58:34 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/polish/?p=623#comment-1335 Cała przyjemność po mojej stronie, Ian :) Pozdrowienia! :) Cała przyjemność po mojej stronie, Ian :)

Pozdrowienia! :)

]]> By: Ian http://www.transparent.com/polish/what-do-you-call-a-person-who-lives-in-bielsko-biala/comment-page-1/#comment-1334 Ian Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:51:53 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/polish/?p=623#comment-1334 Barsorro, Thank you so much for your reply to my post. I now know more than I did before, as I incorrectly believed it to be a diminutive of something. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge with me. Na zdrowie! Ian Barsorro,

Thank you so much for your reply to my post. I now know more than I did before, as I incorrectly believed it to be a diminutive of something. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge with me.

Na zdrowie!

Ian

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