POIROT NEW SERIES - "Psia krew" Swearing in Polish?

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Feb 5, 11, 13:03 #1

Hi, last week on the new Poirot episode, he exclaimed, 'Psiakrew !' As I was at school with many Polish friends in the '60's, my ears pricked up. He did it again this Friday when discovering some evidence. Is this authentic ? I thought it could be construed in more ways than 'dogs blood', and after Sacha Baron Cohen bleating, 'Dzien dobry ' all over the place is it a bit of dodgy script-writing ?
All comments welcome.
Jes

terriThreads: 1 Posts: 385 Joined: May 3, 09 ♀	Feb 5, 11, 13:24 #2
What??? Poirot! NEVER! - I watch every episode of Poirot on TV and have never heard him swear even in English. What is the world coming to? Standards are slipping...the end of the world is nigh....

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Feb 5, 11, 13:30 #3

jesterfari:

Hi, last week on the new Poirot episode, he exclaimed, 'Psiakrew !' As I was at school with many Polish friends in the '60's, my ears pricked up. He did it again this Friday when discovering some evidence. Is this authentic ? I thought it could be construed in more ways than 'dogs blood', and after Sacha Baron Cohen bleating, 'Dzien dobry ' all over the place is it a bit of dodgy script-writing ?
All comments welcome.
Jes

Do you have clip of that by any chance?

jesterfariThreads: 1 Posts: 2 Joined: Feb 5, 11 ♂	Feb 5, 11, 16:51 #4
Thanks for reply, Sorry, I don't have a clip, being forced to watch it by my wife is enough (I do enjoy some) - but she heard it too - I have yet to ask my Polish brother-in-law if he did. I knew Poland had long term relations with France, but not Belgium. We'll have the whole family listening out next Friday lol.

ZiemowitThreads: 10 Posts: 1,063 Joined: May 8, 09 ♂	Feb 5, 11, 18:07 #5
"Psiakrew" would perhaps sound a bit unusual in the lips of a young person these days, but it is perfect in the usage of Monsieur Poirot and people of his age, and in movies in particular. By the way, on which channel do you watch Poirot every Friday?

Wroclaw BoyThreads: 57 Posts: 5,476 Joined: Jul 3, 09 MEMBER ♂	Edited by: Wroclaw Boy Feb 5, 11, 18:29 #6
Polish people in Britian are very much a part of our society now there has been a couple of films and dramas where theyve been written into the script. Somers Town Marek lives in the district of Somers Town, between King's Cross and Euston stations, where his Polish dad is working on a new rail link. Another is Anya Raczynski in the 2008 version of survivors

alexw68	Edited by: alexw68 Feb 5, 11, 22:57 #7
Poirot would have said Sacre - short for Sacre bleu (unlikely as he was Belgian - this is a reference to the French tricolore) Or sacre coeur - 'sacred heart'. Of course if we hear him say 'pies go jebał' in the next episode then my supposition is probably off :)

isthatu2Threads: 13 Posts: 5,225 Joined: Apr 3, 08 ♂	Feb 6, 11, 00:41 #8
It happens,I did look up at the TV when a Yoghurt advert was first shown,"Pier D 'au lait "dont half sound like a word I was told not to use round ladies ,kids and old people when its said in a french accent....

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Edited by: jesterfari Feb 6, 11, 14:05 #9

Hi, yes, Poirot is Belgian, and Belgians generally speak two languages normally, Flemish, and French, although many of them speak Dutch, and also German (unlike us English, who are generally crap at foreign languages, and could learn from the Poles, the Belgians and everyone else in europe on that score). Most of my Polish friends speak at least two or three languages.
Poirot does say ' Sacre....' as you say, and now also appears to say 'Psiakrew !', thanks for the comments. My brother-in-law says it was common for Europeans in those days to curse like that - we live and learn...or my ears need looking at more likely.
Thanks Ziemowit, in answer to the other question, the programme appears to be on ITV 3 and ITV + on a Friday.
Thanks again.

terriThreads: 1 Posts: 385 Joined: May 3, 09 ♀	Feb 6, 11, 15:21 #10
I will listen earnestly to every word he says from now on. And, not only that, but complain to Points of View the first time I hear Psiak....

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