History / How Vanya won the Battle of Grunwald. [18]


He was an American, so there's a big probability he had Russian roots (and the surname Gordon might have derived from e.g. Gordonov).

UK, Ireland / Statistics: How many Polish people in the UK? [23]

British rag papers claim that all Poles (except the North and the South) are in London. So it would be some 39 M from Poland alone, plus over 10 M of Polish diaspora, that makes the total figure of about 50 M Poles in The City alone.

UK, Ireland / Are the Poles in England hated? [450]


The user 'espana' is an evil, twisted Spaniard, not English, although certainly corrupted by his English wife.

UK, Ireland / Survey of Poles in the UK [24]

Only 25 persons liked swans and seagulls; I suppose their population isn't in a significant danger of dying off.

Life / How easy is it to get into trouble with the Police in Poland? [26]


Yeah, and how much time will it take to change these attitudes ? We're supposed to be a civilised country after all...

Life / How easy is it to get into trouble with the Police in Poland? [26]


Well, depends on the context.
Sadly, I read that police when approached by black folks who got racially abused generally aren't doing much to tackle with that problem. They just don't want to get involved and make everything to discourage offended people from prosecuting their offenders. It's a real shame.

UK, Ireland / Queue to leave broken Britain [59]

Perhaps the guy was hoping to 'Hit t'le(e)r' at some


?
PS. Does it make any sense in grammatical regard ?

UK, Ireland / Do many British carry knives? [60]

Who needs knives when you can use innocently looking vases ?

Language / Building site - Polish terms [8]


Why don't YOU force THEM to learn some damn English ? It's nice of you to learn some Polish, but ffs, talking some English in Britain never hurts.

UK, Ireland / Queue to leave broken Britain [59]


But not before I get on the property ladder ;)


Nah, I'll stick with my salt & vinegar crisps

History / Is Poland a Southern or Northern European country? [30]

On the world map by Microsoft , Poland is a Southern part of the Baltic Sea:

UK, Ireland / My Views Of Poles Working in the UK [169]


Yeah, imho 'a Pole' is a synonym of 'immigrant' for them. As if there weren't others, legal or illegal, trying to get into your country.

UK, Ireland / My Views Of Poles Working in the UK [169]

Aye, let's declare independence and shed this burden forever :)

UK, Ireland / My Views Of Poles Working in the UK [169]

It's been said and commented hundreds of times in this forum, so it's nothing new in the discussion about Poles in the UK.

Food / I can't handle it anymore...I'm cooking curry... [34]


Or if your flatmate is an Indian.

History / Is anything but Polish history taught in Polish schools? [50]


And often they have sooo much to say, if you catch my drift :)

History / Is anything but Polish history taught in Polish schools? [50]


Yeah, better paid teachers, smaller classes, better and more of educational aids etc. On the other side students in professional schools aren't generally interested in studying anything that's not connected to their future profession; therefore their rather poor comprehensive historical knowledge.

History / Is anything but Polish history taught in Polish schools? [50]


I was taught it in both primary school (of course in a much more general way) and then 'liceum', guess it's something like grammar school in the UK (in my times primary was for kids between 7-14 y.o, liceum 14-18; now it's different, I'm not sure about it). Liceums are supposed to be for people who 'score better' and aim to continue their education e.g. at universities.


There is a 'national curriculum' and schools have to conform to it. However private schools are considered much better than public ones (which of course is reflected in fees).

History / Is anything but Polish history taught in Polish schools? [50]

I was taught universal history, i.e. from the beginning of civilisation, through ancient Greece and Rome, medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Enlightenment, Romanticism, The Rest Of The XIX Cent. (whatever you call it), I WW, 20 years in-between, II WW, and the rest of modern history. The stress was laid on Poland and Polish people in the course of world history (where applicable) and I guess it should be done with less bias, although being stuck between Germany and Russia (especially the latter nowadays) has never been easy. Now I supplement my historical knowledge by using well-stocked Glasgow libraries. One of the best authors is IMHO Norman Davies who is looking with a sober eye at the II WW.

News / Poland wants $55bln of new roads for Euro 2012 [51]


There's no point on commenting on that. It could only be said by an Homo Sovieticus to the bone.

And btw. Poor road network - virtually no motorways in Poland during communist era - were one of pro-Moscow government methods of hampering communication between people (as well as ridiculously long times of awaiting for phone line, etc).

UK, Ireland / Are the Poles in England hated? [450]


No ! Tajemnica :)


Thank you good woman (bows doon)

News / Poland wants $55bln of new roads for Euro 2012 [51]


Because your Sovietskaya Rodina first installed its puppet regime in Warsaw and was sucking out of Poland all it could.


Poland IS already in the EU.

News / Poland wants $55bln of new roads for Euro 2012 [51]

Pal, open your eyes - they will always show 'interesting' things, the ones which will make people buy a newspaper or watch the telly. Things not shown it the TV cease to exist - a good example is Andrew Lepper phenomenon.

News / Poland wants $55bln of new roads for Euro 2012 [51]

Yeah, media are partially to blame - they shouldn't show them so often and make the news of a day with a small group of idiots with shaved empty heads.

News / Poland wants $55bln of new roads for Euro 2012 [51]


I mean they can do nothing (or very little). Our country has also anti-nazi, and anti-xenophobia organisations.


I think it all will change in time, for Poland has long been a mono-ethnic country, since more and more foreigners may come there (in this case Chinese workers) people will open their minds, at least in some minimal range. Besides such behaviour isn't just exclusive for Poles, mind you.

News / Poland wants $55bln of new roads for Euro 2012 [51]


They're just very small minority, and can just scream loud, but in fact do nothing.

Life / The strangest things in Poland [468]

Eeerm... Spice Girls ? Edit: Some strange and funny thing here (The upper sign says: 'Deep puddle', the bottom sign 'Recommended diversion for cars after rainfall')

News / Poland wants $55bln of new roads for Euro 2012 [51]


One Nazi Autobahn doesn't change much. And it still needs repairs. One guy even sued the company which charged him for using the motorway (while he had to drive at snail's pace due to all that mess, and that's not the reason for building trunk roads, is it ?) and, guess what, he actually won.

News / Poland wants $55bln of new roads for Euro 2012 [51]


I'm not an economist, but it's obvious to me these are directly connected. I see how developed roads in the UK are, and how far away Poland still is.

UK, Ireland / Are the Poles in England hated? [450]

I'll never be happy with it. Never.