Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

[LordSlowpoke]

polish green men.

* LordSlowpoke grabs a new set of sides

[scrdest]

I think it is a covert operation. One day all that Polish "workers" will take arms and annex EU forming a glorious Polish Empire

Insufficient GLORIOUS HUSSAR WINGS OF PATRIOTISM, M12ey. Polan cannot into empire without them.

[Sinistar]

I for one welcome our feathered overlords władcy.

[Sergarr]

I for one welcome our feathered overlords władcy.

władcy ~ vladi ~ vladimir

fun

[Sinistar]

OH SHI-

[miauw62]

illuminati confirmed

[ChairmanPoo]

Spoiler: An interesting infographic I found: internal migration of educated specialists (teachers, doctors, scientists, etc.) in the EU (in Polish) (click to show/hide)

Over 30 000 educated workers have left Poland during the past years. Poland strong!
Also, what the hell, Cyprus.

Here we have the same problem. It's quite shameful, really. I'm in the second half of my residency and I'm 100% sure that as soon as I'm finished I'm either going abroad or joining  some pharmaceutical great house, which amounts to the same in the end.

[scriver]

By the way, ChairmanPoo, what's your take on the Spanush/Catalan independence business?

[scrdest]

I for one welcome our feathered overlords władcy.

władcy ~ vladi ~ vladimir

fun

Eh, that's actually direct etymology. 'Vladimir' means something along the lines of 'world-ruler' or 'peace-ruler'. In the same vein, Vladislav is 'fame/renown-ruler'

[Sergarr]

I for one welcome our feathered overlords władcy.

władcy ~ vladi ~ vladimir

fun

Eh, that's actually direct etymology. 'Vladimir' means something along the lines of 'world-ruler' or 'peace-ruler'. In the same vein, Vladislav is 'fame/renown-ruler'

Actually, Vladimir originally meant 'great-ruler'. Got transformed into 'world-ruler' by proto-Russian language, though.

Still, it's a pretty great last name, don't you think?

[miljan]

Paris under tiger invasion
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30035666

[scrdest]

Definitely not 'great'. 'Mir' is an old world for 'peace' in proto-Slavic language (mirъ), remains a veeeery antiquated word for the same in Polish, and apparently still means the same thing in modern Croatian and Slovene.

[Phmcw]

Does someone know how serious is the last claim that Russia invaded ukraine?

[Sergarr]

Definitely not 'great'. 'Mir' is an old world for 'peace' in proto-Slavic language (mirъ), remains a veeeery antiquated word for the same in Polish, and apparently still means the same thing in modern Croatian and Slovene.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_%28name%29

"There was no ambiguity prior to reforms of Russian orthography in 1918. The spelling of the two words was миръ (peace) and мiръ (the Universe),[3] and the name was spelled the third way, Владимѣръ,[2] of Gothic -mērs (great), meaning "Great in His Power"[2] (compare: Theodemir, Valamir). but Russian speakers understood and understand the meaning as "Peace Owner" or "World Ruler"."

Wikipedia is life, wikipedia is love.

[scrdest]

Definitely not 'great'. 'Mir' is an old world for 'peace' in proto-Slavic language (mirъ), remains a veeeery antiquated word for the same in Polish, and apparently still means the same thing in modern Croatian and Slovene.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_%28name%29

"There was no ambiguity prior to reforms of Russian orthography in 1918. The spelling of the two words was миръ (peace) and мiръ (the Universe),[3] and the name was spelled the third way, Владимѣръ,[2] of Gothic -mērs (great), meaning "Great in His Power"[2] (compare: Theodemir, Valamir). but Russian speakers understood and understand the meaning as "Peace Owner" or "World Ruler"."

Wikipedia is life, wikipedia is love.

Ah, but as the same page and your quote says:

but Russian speakers understood and understand the meaning as "Peace Owner" or "World Ruler".

And the same applies to all other Slavic usages. Since given names are given by the parents, and at least originally with intent, this becomes an interesting discussion of whether the Gothic origin is relevant, if that was not the intended meaning.