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Last Post: 23 Dec 2009
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derek trotter   
19 Nov 2009
UK, Ireland / Irish view of Poland? [17]

Juche
Yes, and all of them - Poles, Romanians and Turks will flood UK and Ireland again. Wait a second Turks? here? oh yes Kebab shop at every corner. There are no Romanians as they prefer warm countries with similar culture like Italy or Spain. Only so called Romanians here are Roma ( Indian descent ) people. They must feel smell of their compatriots from India thats why they like it. I am not so sure about Poles coming over again in such scale.

Where are you from Juche? I bet you are smelly chav from somewhere between Scrabster and Dover
derek trotter   
20 Nov 2009
UK, Ireland / English tossers give Brits a bad name in Poland [139]

English tossers need to learn to get a grip and learn to handle their drink. Kraków is a pretty cultured place and they need to get with the vibe of the place

do you know what kind of vibe they need? I am pretty sure that Ian and Pete from Ulverston and Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria are more interested in swallowing hectoliters of cheap beer on cheap holidays to Krakow, I am not even sure they understand what the 'culture' word means.
derek trotter   
21 Nov 2009
UK, Ireland / English tossers give Brits a bad name in Poland [139]

I don't think a couple of thugs throwing pigeons around should condemn a whole nation.

this should be the end of this stupid thread. Everybody know that.
Reason why we keeping this thread running is we are just bored
derek trotter   
21 Nov 2009
UK, Ireland / English tossers give Brits a bad name in Poland [139]

Just to add a few pennies
somebody here mention already that Poles can't recognize accents. All people who speak English are English for them, doesn't matter if you are Irish, Scottish or English. They don't even hear a difference if somebody is a Yank or Aussie
derek trotter   
21 Nov 2009
UK, Ireland / English tossers give Brits a bad name in Poland [139]

Seanus
what you expect? they barely understand English, I am talking about Poles in general.
Its improving but we all need a time.
I am happy that all Brits going to my country, by that we are close together :)

Seanus
youtu.be/M0mXUC0cUPg
derek trotter   
21 Nov 2009
UK, Ireland / English tossers give Brits a bad name in Poland [139]

Nika
Yes, I can recognize somebody from Poznan by saying number 3 , people from Silesia area, in particular working class background are easy to spot and Tatra mountains people :)
derek trotter   
21 Nov 2009
UK, Ireland / English tossers give Brits a bad name in Poland [139]

It's just a difference in focus. Many British people pride themselves on their accent. There really is so much variation, even 20 miles can make a difference

when I was in Belfast Ive got a grasp on accents from there, even west Belfast people have distinguish accent, I like how they pronounce two -- tyuuu or you yuuuu
derek trotter   
21 Nov 2009
UK, Ireland / English tossers give Brits a bad name in Poland [139]

Anyway, tossing pigeons is cruel and stupid but in general

two stupid drunks, they do not represent nation as a whole, fact full stop.

I don't have a problem with tourists getting drunk and going a bit crazy. It puts a smile on my face to see people having fun.

agree
derek trotter   
21 Nov 2009
UK, Ireland / English tossers give Brits a bad name in Poland [139]

long live polish pigeons, long live Poland
there is no need to do so

We know what is precious in our culture and every person who disregard this should be send back where they from with a fine and nice mark in passport. Respect people, if you dont like it or have a fun of it f...k off, doesn't matter if your trip was cheap or not.
derek trotter   
22 Nov 2009
UK, Ireland / English tossers give Brits a bad name in Poland [139]

szkotja2007
I think it is highly connected with the view of the country which you have in your mind. If you rate country low or lower than yours in your mind when you drunk you can do that. Sometimes that could be even encouraged by your friends ( making picture when you pissin to fountain naked ) to show to your friends back home how cool you were. Notice that when you rate country higher or on the same level you rather wont do that. Example for average British man - Japan, Germany, France.
derek trotter   
23 Nov 2009
Travel / How often do you visit Poland? [32]

Barney

does it mean you wouldn't be allowed to integrate or accepted even if you speak the same language (with slightly different accent ) because of your national background? what about Poles? they have to first learn language ( to achieve skill of complete understanding, it takes years ) and after that try to fit in?. Judging by constant crap about them from any possible media, which is no helpful - no chance.

The same fate or even worse than of these Irish from 50s 60s I predict.
derek trotter   
23 Nov 2009
Travel / How often do you visit Poland? [32]

I think many of Christy Moore's songs could be translated to Polish to fit what is happening today

Good idea I will try to have a go.
derek trotter   
23 Nov 2009
Travel / How often do you visit Poland? [32]

Barney
our culture in connection with migration was focus more on literature than music. Actually our XIX c literature is based on it, migrations, expulsions. Henryk Siekniewicz wrote a lot about it. like in Latarnik - Lighthouse man -a novel about emigrant to America who worked in Lighthouse, he was old and lonely man who missed very much his old beloved country which was divided by oppressors, he was member of 1831 uprising. One day he received ordered pack of books in Polish , he was reading them with such passion thathe forgot to lit the lamp in lighthouse . That night one ship was shipwrecked because of this. After that he was sacked. This story shows fate of live of emigrant.

There are some others novels by Sienkiewicz about the subject, but they are in Polish.

I can try to get some titles or even authors who wrote on the subject and send you if you like, but later.
derek trotter   
23 Nov 2009
Law / Marriage Procedure in Poland [56]

wildrover
scroll down to 'crime' section and read

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_El
derek trotter   
24 Nov 2009
UK, Ireland / Can I join the British Royal Marines if I"m a Polish citizen? [17]

trix42
Royal forces - British citizenship, you haven't achieve it yet so c'est la vie

or

French Foreign Legion - contact with obligation to serve for certain time, that should suit your needs if you are a military kind man
derek trotter   
26 Nov 2009
UK, Ireland / Poles returning to the UK [33]

Wroclaw Boy
old story, ( 1-2 month ago )
have you noticed question mark on the back of sentence?
derek trotter   
26 Nov 2009
UK, Ireland / Poles returning to the UK [33]

from today

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1231175/Record-number-people-leave-Britain-Poles-going-home-drives-emigration-new-high.html

is this source reliable?
derek trotter   
27 Nov 2009
UK, Ireland / Poles returning to the UK [33]

Brit men only go there for the women.

no, they do some native Englishe speaker jobs in schools of Engleze laguagese.
Plenty of Poles learning English now, probably to get some kitchen porter jobs in UK in short future, so they don't go here only for the women
derek trotter   
30 Nov 2009
UK, Ireland / Where, in the UK, is the most Polish? [18]

stevew
You will never know where Poles live in UK and how many of them still live there.
There are only 4-6 or max 9 PF contributors posting here about the subject
Most of them are Brits, just a few ( I mean 1-2 ) are actually Poles who bother to comment here
derek trotter   
30 Nov 2009
UK, Ireland / Leeds: Beware of purse snatch gangs in supermarkets [11]

yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Leeds-Beware-of-purse-snatch.5857668.jp

How they know they are Polish? Are they wearing some badges?
For some old lady there is obviously no difference between Polish, Russian, Romanian. All speak the same to me are probably her thoughts but hey they are all Polish.

I bet if police catch them and they are not Polish at all, there wouldn't be any single word on it in the newspapers.
derek trotter   
30 Nov 2009
UK, Ireland / Leeds: Beware of purse snatch gangs in supermarkets [11]

what average person who reads this article think?

That old bag knows that that girl was a Pole and end of the story
She recognized the accent or something ( polish eyes, polish nose ) and there is no point to discuss. This is a simple example how accusation can spread and stir hate
derek trotter   
4 Dec 2009
Life / Why are Polish people so ruthless? [87]

There are various other countries with large numbers of employees here and none of them have done this. India, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Slovakia etc for example.

Every Polish girl would smack you right in the face for such comparison.
We are full time Europeans only raped by Ruskies for last 50 years but still Europeans like Germans, French or Dutch.
derek trotter   
7 Dec 2009
UK, Ireland / Why are we paying child benefit in Poland? [63]

And then you have the Polese, albeit not just them to be fair, getting child benefit for their children that don't even live here. Arghhhhhhhhhhhh!

dont you know that scum all the time find the way to abuse benefit system, only decent people struggle because they care what people think about them.
derek trotter   
7 Dec 2009
Life / Do Poles Lack in Social Skills and Etiquette? [74]

However, we have never gone out on a date - ie. dinner, cinema

how you people meet each other if there was no date of any form?
you just basically shoveled him directly from building site to your house or what?