Dos & Don’ts In Who’s that speaking? You shouldn’t be surprised to hear Elizabeth Taylor or Kate Winslet like a wolf pretending to be a granny. Almost all the foreign are dubbed over by a speaker who reads out all the dialogue with one The speakers, known as lektorzy, are audio celebrities here with some voices firmly attached to certain shows. Some channels were trying to challenge this custom by introducing subtitles but had to go back to the old ways sooner or later, forced by letters from disgruntled viewers and drops in ratings. Feel the heat We know what a real winter is and we have learnt to abuse central heating at every possible occasion. Do not be surprised to find our homes, offices and shops obscenely overheated, in spite of shrinking resources. Climate change? What climate change? It was -10 this morning. The secret language of kissing The Polish kissing code is very vague and liberal. When you’re greeting a friend you can exchange somewhere between one and three kisses, the exact number is a matter of personal judgement. Kisses are exchanged eagerly between women, more reluctantly between a woman and a man. Between men a handshake or a bear hug is just enough, except for close relatives or very very good or long-missed friends. A kiss on the woman’s hand is treated by some as a sign of old fashioned chivalry, by others as disgusting and uncivilised. – Turkey-ish Slowly ousted by the omnipresence of espresso machines, so-called Turkish coffee used to be the proper coffee for an average Pole. If you want to try the thick, strong brew, vaguely reminiscent of actual Turkish coffee, look out for kawa po turecku on the or startle a waiter at a posh restaurant by asking to give you one. Lemonheads Taking tea with milk is considered English extravagance in . The proper way is to put a slice of lemon in it.
Dos & Don’ts In Who’s that speaking? You shouldn’t be surprised to hear Elizabeth Taylor or Kate Winslet like a wolf pretending to be a granny. Almost all the foreign are dubbed over by a speaker who reads out all the dialogue with one The speakers, known as lektorzy, are audio celebrities here with some voices firmly attached to certain shows. Some channels were trying to challenge this custom by introducing subtitles but had to go back to the old ways sooner or later, forced by letters from disgruntled viewers and drops in ratings. Feel the heat We know what a real winter is and we have learnt to abuse central heating at every possible occasion. Do not be surprised to find our homes, offices and shops obscenely overheated, in spite of shrinking resources. Climate change? What climate change? It was -10 this morning. The secret language of kissing The Polish kissing code is very vague and liberal. When you’re greeting a friend you can exchange somewhere between one and three kisses, the exact number is a matter of personal judgement. Kisses are exchanged eagerly between women, more reluctantly between a woman and a man. Between men a handshake or a bear hug is just enough, except for close relatives or very very good or long-missed friends. A kiss on the woman’s hand is treated by some as a sign of old fashioned chivalry, by others – as disgusting and uncivilised. Turkey-ish Slowly ousted by the omnipresence of espresso machines, so-called Turkish coffee used to be the proper coffee for an average Pole. If you want to try the thick, strong brew, vaguely reminiscent of actual Turkish coffee, look out for kawa po turecku on the or startle a waiter at a posh restaurant by asking to give you one. Lemonheads Taking tea with milk is considered English extravagance in . The proper way is to put a slice of lemon in it.
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