The most annoying Polish words: Series of illustrations for Culture.pl
As the linguist Maxim Krongauz aptly said, “we live in a time of linguistic conflicts.” Polina Justova asked our Polish authors what buzzwords get them mad and I’ve illustrated what came out of it.
I used limited color palette with bloody red as the main one and ragged contours which correspond to the intensity of emotions.
'"I don't respond on emails which start as 'witam' anymore", — says Michał Rusinek, translator, writer and lecturer. 'Witam' means "Welcome" and it annoys as hell in emails!
'Pieniążki' — annoying diminutive for 'pieniądze' (money)
Ubiquitous anglicisms and other borrowed words
Indestructible officialese
Read this article carefully to avoid pip on your tongue!
