Want to know what the Polish for Ole, Ole, Ole is? Let us take you through the essential phrases you will need if you head to Poland next summer.
International travel is exciting. Eating new things, drinking new things and meeting the sort of person you would cross the road to avoid at home is all part of the magic of leaving this wonderful island.
Speaking the local tongue helps too. Next summer, tens of thousands of you will be headed to Poland to follow Trap and the lads at Euro 2012 and the good people at Hotels.com have put together the essential phrases you might need to get through the tournament.
The original and still the best chant is Come on you Boys in Green. The Polish version is the snappy Do boju zieloni (pronounced Dow boyu chelownee). Not too bad but it might get a bit tricky after a few too many pints of Tyskie.
For the essential stuff to shout at the referee we have Reka (pronounced Renca) which is handball and ‘Offside ref’ is the rather catchy Spalony, which we think is better than the English version.
For other songs there is the classic ‘There’s only one Trappatoni’ or Jest tylko jeden Trappatoni (pronounced Yest tylco yeden Trappatoni) and the terrace favourite ‘We all dream of a team of Gary Breens’ or Ca?y zespó? to tylko Gary Breen (Tsaly zespool tow tylco Gary Breen) in the local lingo. Ole, Ole Ole is international and needs no translation you will be gald to hear.
But considering how the vast majority of the Green Army are going to be tackling this trip this phrase might be the most useful: Szukam mojego vana (Shoocam moyego vana). Have you seen my campervan?
And if you do run into the esteemed leader of the FAI and reckon it’s his round the phrase ‘Is John Delaney buying the drink?’ is Czy John Delaney stawia piwo? (Chee John Delaney stavia peevo?).
We would have preferred to know the phrase ‘Stick that on John Delaney’s tab’ but we still have six months to work that one out.
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