Talk:Potrzebie

(Unit)
There's an inconsistency in the description of the length unit with this name. Here in this article it says it's equal to the thickness of MAD issue #26, but List_of_strange_units_of_measurement says it's issue #23. I presume that whichever issue it is, there's a copy printed on platinum-iridium pages stored in a vault at bureau international des poids et mesures? :) Bryan 23:50, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * 26 is the correct issue, and I have fixed the "Strange Units" page. Google image search can turn up scans of the venerable Issue 33 pages where the article first appeared. The image itself is unsuitable for upload to Wikipedia, due to copyright issues, although I suppose someone could inquire with DC comics/MAD magazine to see if they would be willing to allow the use. The curious (or those seeking a source) may find a scanned copy of one of the pages here, and might try using the Wayback Machine if it should vanish. abb3w 14:25, 2 Aug 2005 (UTC)

(Need-related meaning)
It doesn't actually mean '"as needed" or "as necessary"'. It's the objective case declination of "potrzeba", a noun which means "need". "w potrzebie" is probably the most common usage of the word, and it literally means "in need". By itself, the word makes absolutely no grammatical sense - which is why I always found it particularly bizarre and jarring while reading MAD magazine. :) I will attempt to fix the description in the article without being too verbose. Confluence — Preceding undated comment added 12:00, 8 September 2005
 * After finding the stem POTRZ- in another context, I asked a Polish-born German woman about it; she spoke English, German, and Polish, and she told me that potrrzebie meant "It is necessary to me" or "I need," much like the Spanish Me necesita or Russian мне хочеця. Having difficulty assimilating the presence of z after two other consonants (and knowing nothing about Polish at the time), I pronounced the word "por-truh-ZEE-bee" as a child. In Mad's parody of Superman, there was the phrase, "I'll bounce out of here like Potrzebie!" Dougie monty 11:57, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I need is in polish potrzebuję. It's very similar to potrzebie, but they differ by u. Confluence is right. Dobromila (talk) 15:33, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Depending on how it's used in a sentence, "potrzebie" can be either the dative or locative case of the noun potrzeba, need:
 * Nasza organizacja charytatywna pomaga dzieciom w potrzebie. - Our charity organisation helps children in need.
 * Co myślisz o potrzebie zwiększenia podatków? - What do you think about the need to raise taxes?
 * 89.69.136.52 (talk) 13:45, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Potrz12.jpg
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Potrzebie units in Google Calculator
Potrzebie unit system, among "normal" systems, is used in Google Calculator: Example (Ludwik (talk) 18:29, 13 January 2008 (UTC))


 * Maybe in 2008. An exhaustive list of calculator units has no such unit. https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/3284611?hl=en-CA JohndanR (talk) 21:09, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

Andy Griffith
why no mention of What It Was, Was Football? mad's 1958 version of the transcripts (illus. George Woodbride) carried the term.

although this may have been the 10th or so usage, it should merit special attn since the audio is well known outside the magazine. in fact, many people who have never even SEEN a copy of mad magazine know these illustrations full well from the online video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNxLxTZHKM8 66.105.218.10 (talk) 21:04, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

English Pronunciation
What's the evidence for [pɒtrəˈziːbi]? I always kind of assumed [poʊtɚˈzɛbi], I guess... AnonMoos (talk) 19:16, 10 September 2017 (UTC)
 * no evidence; absent directions from MAD, the reader imports the pronunciation of other words' fronting syllable 'pot-': pothole, potash, etc., which all derive, of course from the word 'pot' itself. They will instinctively intepret the 't' as a coda, given the superheavy cluster -trz-.
 * Otherwise, yes, there might be a preference to 'poʊ', as in 'po-tent'. I'm puzzled though by the 'ɚ' you've given; it's not usual for an anglophone to interpret an imbedded 'r' in an obstruent cluster as a rhotacized schwa or a syllabic 'r'. That class of sounds is graphically represented by the digraph 'er': banner, operate, terminal, etc.JohndanR (talk) 21:22, 17 September 2019 (UTC)

Subjective opinion
Aren't the following words merely someone's personal opinion: "Its Eastern European feel was a fit for the New York Jewish style of the magazine."?96.235.138.179 (talk) 23:48, 27 September 2017 (UTC)Hideki Wasamura
 * Yes it is. However if it were a prominent critic, it would have been OK. Since it is unreferenced/unattributed, I am removing it. Staszek Lem (talk) 00:22, 28 September 2017 (UTC)