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Polish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xa.mɛˈrɘ.ka/
- Rhymes: -ɘka
- Syllabification: Ha‧me‧ry‧ka
Proper noun
Hameryka f (related adjective hamerykański)
- (colloquial, humorous or derogatory) America, United States; 'Murica
1892, Świat, volume 5:To ta ziemia już Hameryka. Czy się ino robota znajdzie?- This land is already America. But can we find a job?
1964, Jan Wiktor, Strzecha w cieniu drapaczy chmur:Wis co to dulary? Za dulary niebo ci otworzą, choćbyś był największym grzyśnikiem. Ile to morgów trza sprzedać. — Przecie po babce są. Pomieszało się dziewczęciu we łbie. Ino furt i furt — Hameryka! Hameryka!- Do you know what dollars are? For dollars they'll open the sky for you, even if you are the greatest sinner. How many morgens should be sold? — They are from the grandmother. The girl's gone crazy. Only more and more — America! America!
1979, Jan Ziółkowski, Słońce idzie od Polski:— Ta pierońska Hameryka tak cię rozpala! Żeby ją […]! — A ty bodaj wiesz, niewiasto, co to Hameryka? — Pewno! Tyle o niej trąbicie! Jakoweś wielkie miasto za Germanią.- - This damn America stirs you up so much! To hell with ! — "And do you know, woman, what this America is? — Sure! You ramble about it so much! Some large city behind Germany.
1998, Andrzej Lukaszewski, pl.listserv.chomor-l:Jest OK, mamy Coca Cole, Pesi Cole, IBM'y, McDonald'y, w PC'tach soft Microsoft, jezdzimy Ford'ami... istna Hameryka :-))).- It's OK, we have Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, IBMs, McDonald's, Microsoft's software in PCs, we're driving Ford cars ... real America :-))).
1999, DIABLICA, pl.irc, Usenet:Duuuuuh dopiero dotego doszedles ze ja z Hameryki?- Duuuuuh you only now realized I'm from America?
2003, seba, pl.misc.transport.miejski, Usenet:A co mnie jakaś Hameryka obchodzi!- And what do I care about some America!
2004, Raven, pl.rec.film, Usenet:Moze wy tam myslicie, ze mlodziez tutaj sie tak tutaj tym rewelacyjnym wynalazkiem z Hameryki zachlysnela, a w dodatku taka tepa jest, ze nie potrafi juz wyrobic sobie wlasnego zdania na jakis konkretny temat?- Maybe you there think that the youth here is so in love with this new revolutionary invention from America, and also so dull that they aren't able to form their own opinion on a specific topic?
2007, Jerzy, alt.pl.usa, Usenet:Jak dostać wize do Hameryki- How to get a visa to America
2011, Zenon, pl.soc.polityka, Usenet:
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