Food / Favorite Pierogi? [56]


I never heard that as a Ukrainian stereotype. From my family, I would agree with it though. The Ukrainian side of my family were much bigger eaters than the Polish side.

Genealogy / Do I Look Polish? (my grandfather was Polish) [60]

Wow, you look almost identical to my cousin's wife, who is an American of Polish descent.

News / Poland's Future Includes Fewer Poles, More Foreigners [324]

My point is the same as what I thought your point was, Ukrainians in Poland is nothing new.

News / Poland's Future Includes Fewer Poles, More Foreigners [324]


My Ukrainian relatives have been behind Polish borders since 1918.

Feedback / CLOSING THE TRANSLATION THREADS [55]


If he was translating into Polish, I'd love to know how many "ku" 's he added.

Travel / Most Amazing places in Poland. What does it for you? [90]

Wieliczka for sure.

I absolutely adored spending a couple of summers in Kraków, however I'm afraid of how much I'd be disappointed in going back, guessing how much charm has been lost for the sake of modernization over the last 17 years.

For me, I'd also say a little farming village very near the border crossing at Medyka, for the relatives I met there.

Life / Cool Polish names [133]


Oh, I don't know. I see immigrants in my kids schools all the time from many countries and most people are good about learning names. The thing that bugs me most is no one pronouncing our last name correctly(its Ukrainian, but with a Polish spelling). I'm sure that if I were militant, I could keep correcting people, but the problem is my parents were of a generation that didn't do such things, you just tried to blend in in America. So, there are many people who have known me since childhood, and it would be very awkward to say after all these years "Oh yeah, by the way, you should be saying my name like this."

Life / Cool Polish names [133]

It is a beautiful name. We named one of our sons Andrew. My wife is not Polish and wouldn't allow Andrzej. Now sometimes I call him Andrzej and he quite likes it.(Actually, I usually call him dziki Andrzej, its a little joke we have, like dziki Andrzej is his crazy alter ego).

Language / The Dative Case [62]


Just out of curiosity, does Michal exhibit the same lack of "laziness" in English and make sure to use "thee" and "thou"?

Language / How Many of you love the Polish Language? [79]

I love Polish, and I love studying Polish in the same vein as I loved studying physics. It is so complicated grammatically, and can be so frustrating to pronounce, yet(especially compared to English), it is so predictable. The language actually follows its rules. I sometimes wonder how anyone could grow up thinking in Polish and not naturally be inclined to be a scientist.

Language / Dokonany/Niedokonany - Perfective/Imperfective [46]


I don't know, I think threatening sodomy with a shovel is pretty coarse.