"Ryby i ciasteczka"

Translation: Fish and cookies

[Jedak]

That leaves an unfortunate taste in the mouth....

[araruney]

Is this a common combination in Poland :P ?

[Viersch]

No. :)

[richard.birks]

I was thinking this was fishy... but no, actually, it just takes the biscuit...

[GearGirlNani]

The snack that smiles back!

[Immolatrix]

Wait, is this actually fish and cookies, or is it like "fish and chips"?

[JesperBoock]

Good question

[AstroVulpes]

Mmm, fish and cookies...

[GregNuttal]

Eww

[ijbrito]

delicious

[Bayezid3]

Was that supposed to be Fish and chips or was zur Hölle geht da ab?

[Jellei]

Just two random nouns next to each other.

[Musicoli011]

So, in this case, is "fish" (ryby) plural?

[Jellei]

Yes, that was what the creator of this phrase chose. "Ryba" (singular, treating "fish" as a mass noun for "fish meat") is also accepted when translating from English.

[ProjectorX]

I thought that plural "cookie" was "ciastka"

[Jellei]

I would also say that, but the people that created that skill went with "ciasteczka". It's like a dimunitive of 'ciastka". "ciastka" work anyway.

[Guy120495]

ryba z frytkami lub ryby i frytki?

[Jellei]

"ryba z frytkami". or "ryba i frytki".

"ryby i frytki" isn't wrong, but it implies several fish so it's pretty unusual.

[Michael_Edwin]

Can "ciasteczka" be translated as "crackers"?

[atlas85]

I think so. I don't think we distinguish between cookies and crackers in Polish...

[Jellei]

It's very obvious to me that crackers=krakersy. Went to Google Graphics to see if they're not false friends, but everything's okay. Come on, they're salty, why would we not distinguish them?

[deactivated user]

More importantly, are Jaffa cakes ciasteczka?

[Jellei]

Well, "ciasteczka" (or rather "ciastka") is an umbrella term, but then you have dozens of types.

I never heard the English term "Jaffa cakes", but googling it shows that these are what Polish people know as "delicje". (sg. "delicja").

The word "delicje" itself means something really tasty, delicacies.

[zagadka314]

crackers = krakersy (cracker = krakers). It is like chips = chipsy in Polish

[Neil395069]

I thought chipsy = crisps. Chips in the English sense is fritki

[Henry990853]

So could it be "fish and chips?'

[alik1989]

That's "ryba z frytkami".

[Peachcat.Moon]

Think: 2 cookies and a fish on the middle like a sandwich (Ew I won't try it -v-)