UK, Ireland / Poles in Hatfield and Luton!?!?! [17]

There's at the very least one Pole in another nearby town. I'm not saying which one though. I suspect there are more - the Polish foods section in the local Costcutter has at least one other customer.

Hatfield is not a great place.
Luton is better, but still grim. They don't make straw hats there any more.
Hatfield has nothing to do with hats.

Love / Poking tongue out at a Polish girl - is it considered rude/offensive? [37]

I just had to check whether or not the lady at work (not the most lady-like one ever) who does occasionally stick her tongue out at people, has caused either offense or 'the wrong idea' to someone Polish. Luckily, there's enough in common between the cultures when it comes to tongue-poking.

I did once hear that 'nyaa-nyaa-nya-nyaa-nyaa' (sometimes 'ner-ner-ne-ner-ner' and other variants) is assumed to have originated amongst the Romans. Where their empire never reached, the people either are unfamiliar with it, or have only historically recently been introduced.


Go on - treat yourself - you did the noble thing by asking us on the forum.

Language / Conjugate TO BE in polish for me? [37]

Dawno, dawno temu były(?) duży bakłażan, for example...

Language / Conjugate TO BE in polish for me? [37]

What about past and future?
There's got to be more life in theis thread yet.

How exactly do you say 'there was...'

UK, Ireland / Drunken Poles on the streets of London!! [103]


Most us us are civillised. The uncivillised ones stand out more (like sore thumbs).

History / Polish Jews - they changed their Jewish surnames to Polish [532]

If we're being informative, here's a reminder that those 'Jewish names' as they are called in the title of the thread are Yiddish (Germanic) names. Jewish (of or pertaining to Jews) names could be Yiddish, English, Polish, etc.

Many people who move to another country, another culture, change their surnames to fit in.

Food / Looking for yummy Makowiec [7]


Welcome to the forum.

There was a bread thread once, that I started. I can't remember if there was anything useful there or not.
https://polishforums.com/food/pictures-27517/

I think the answer is something like there are many different kinds of bread, probably more than one with poppy seed, so it may take some searching.

UK, Ireland / Drunken Poles on the streets of London!! [103]


My brother lived in Ireland for a while. A housemate of his and some others once went for a weekend in Prague. You weren't there and you never saw any of the photos, obviously.

Life / Polish men living and working together with other men - is it normal? [16]

The company I work for hired Polish workers from an employment agency. Three out of the four of them lived in the same house (whether they liked it or not). Where living is expensive, you can't expect everyone to live in their own place.

Love / Advice for meeting her Polish parents! [44]


Making friends with the dog is important.
I stayed with a family in Poland and I very quickly became the dog's best friend.
The others probably thought I was mad, spending nearly all my time running round the garden throwing a stick around.
So don't spend too much time getting to know the animals.


Any particular reason?

USA, Canada / USA, the nation of immigrants [30]

Any country that takes in immigrants, to a lesser or greater extent, requires those people to fit in to the ways that country does things. This goes for sports, clothing, maybe even food, definately language. Particularly in the US, but also in Canda, Australia and so on, English is the language you will need in order to prosper, even if communities speaking other languages are strong and may be very useful.

Wherever you go, you have to make your future for yourself. This is particularly expected in the US, but even in Britain where many immigrants have done well for themselves out of their own efforts and entrepreneurship.

Part of the culture there seems to be the turning of backs on all that has been left behind in the old world. That may be why so many Americans seem to have so little regard for the rest of the world - it is the thing they or their parents' generation had left behind in search of a better future. That can also be explained by how insular most countries are in looking at themselves rather than the bigger picture of the outside world.

UK, Ireland / Are there many poles in Bolton/Manchester area? [6]


Probably.


Are they as grim as their English counterparts?

Language / What is the most annoying thing about non-native Polish speakers? [90]


I'd give it 30% of my Polish vocabulary. Ish.

It may be unacceptable in most situations, but may be important to know.


You could use some of the other words we have been discussing of late on this thread too.

Language / What is the most annoying thing about non-native Polish speakers? [90]


Time for you to reply 'Nie rozumiem!' I think.

UK, Ireland / Are polish pupils harming native british childrens education? [280]

He's not talking about the majority. He is also not in the majority.

UK, Ireland / Are polish pupils harming native british childrens education? [280]


Always the mathematician.

UK, Ireland / Are polish pupils harming native british childrens education? [280]


It may have been tough with no support, but there can be too much support. If children have an easy option, that may act as a crutch and actually slow down their language learning. As I stated before, children can learn fast, particularly when they have to.

UK, Ireland / Are polish pupils harming native british childrens education? [280]

Is paying tax not enough? Tax that supports the welfare state, NHS, schools and pensions. Should you have been born somewhere for it to be 'yours'? For example: Coventry, Ipswich or something as big as Leicestershire perhaps. Do you have to descend from Normans, Vikings, Anglo-Saxons, Romans, Celts? Perhaps you might include Hugenots, but maybe not.


I want you out of Britain. Your attitude is a stain on our character.

UK, Ireland / Are polish pupils harming native british childrens education? [280]

Why should people from Yorkshire come to MY county and expect their children to be educated?
Send them back to Yorkshire.
Oi! You're from the other estate down the road. Go back to your own estate.


I don't think you're British enough. Or English enough.

UK, Ireland / Are polish pupils harming native british childrens education? [280]


But lacking quite a lot of intelligence, obviously.
THAT is what is wrong with the British education system.

UK, Ireland / Are polish pupils harming native british childrens education? [280]


Jealous because you were never educated?

UK, Ireland / Are polish pupils harming native british childrens education? [280]

No. If anything is damaging the education system it is the cultural influences from God-knows-where that persuade some young people to think that ignorance is better than being informed. There are also problems with teaching to pass the exams rather than teaching to know the subject. There are other problems, but children are the fastest to learn, so being from another culture as a youngster had far less effect than some people might expect.

Life / How much do you HATE POLISH PEOPLE and POLAND [1260]

What is this thread for?
If anyone does hate Polish people and Poland, surely this is not the forum for them.
Is it that the trolls are being welcomed just to keep the place lively?
If that's not the idea, I hope I wouldn't be spoiling anyone else's fun if I was to suggest
this thread be closed.

Or should I just join in and continue to keep things lively?

Life / How much do you HATE POLISH PEOPLE and POLAND [1260]

I think I was the first person in my place of work to really get to know the Polish agency workers. Other than the fact I had learnt to count to ten and could order a beer or a coffee, they were the reason I started trying to learn Polish. They seemed to be a more interesting mix of people than many of my colleagues (not that they're all boring - it's just that life can be so much more interesting if you reach out to those different to yourself).


Stop walking across that flowerbed. That herbaceous border wasn't designed for trampling.
Otherwise: yes.

Oh look it's the dirty troll.

News / Darwins theory of Evolution in Polish schools [59]

It's not just Darwin. What about James Hutton and his theory of uniformitarianism?
And every decent geologist worth their halite since then.
It's not as if it is difficult to believe in both Christianity (or for that matter, most religions) and evolution at the same time.

There is more of a problem with reductionism - both by scientists and religious types.
The world is not simple - both science and religion teach us that.

Language / Sending SMS messages without using Polish characters [23]


ts pssbl t ndrstnd mst thngs vn wth lmst hlf th lttrs mssng
but it just doesn't look right.

Life / Good Polish Music: disco polo, rock, and club music [33]

Shhh! Sitting right behind me (although concentrating on Facebook or something) sits someone who does like disco polo. However, anything he plays on his phone at work, someone asks him 'Is this that Polish Europop?' or some such question. I'm trying to persuade him to take part in the Mexican / Disco Polo experiment. Will Mexican music be confused by our other workmates for the dreaded Disco style?

Language / Sending SMS messages without using Polish characters [23]

Some people are allergic to using commas, apostrophes and even a sufficiency of vowels in the texting I am familiar with. I like correctness, but it does seem the special characters are not necessarily necessary.

UK, Ireland / Polish factory worker jailed for blackmailing his British employer [17]


This was in Wales. The judicial system is the same in England and Wales. In Scotland things work differently.


Probably not because the judge was a Led Zeppelin fan. Not in those days, but sometimes they know when not to make a martyr of someone like that. Remember the 'Butterfly on a wheel'.

History / Poland-Russia: never-ending story? [1341]


'Then' rather than 'than' probably changes round the meaning of what you are tying to say to the complete opposite.