Life / Indian moved to Poland [532]


Namastey, toom inglish boltej ho-acha acha lag taa. Mena kam kata kiija.

Life / Irish and British people moving into my neighborhood in Poland. [63]

I thought that almost everybody in Poland wanted to move out as there is no future in that country? In Guildford all the night crew filling shelves in Tescos are from Poland as they have no future back home-mind you, as shelf fillers they have limited futures here too!

Life / Irish and British people moving into my neighborhood in Poland. [63]

Actually, yes, I did hear the news on the radio this afternoon on the way home. Is'nt it difficult to believe? In Guildford during the week there are funny old busses which bring in to the shop loads of Eastern Europeans for their weekly shop. They speak in Polish and Russian and other languiaes which I can not recognize, I imagine Lithuanians ect. As far as I am aware, though, wages rates in Poland are still pretty poor, but then again, who knows...

Life / New English Language Magazine for expats in Poland? [24]

The trouble is that there are not enough ex pats in small areas of Poland to make it really worth while in producing newspapers ect costs of printing ect. I imagine that for a teacher of English in a town like Radom it must become pretty lonely after a while. I am all right as I am a rare visitor for a few days at a time and I play with my video camera but if I was stuck somewhere for two years with a limited knowlege of the language it could be a little grim. I have heard that there are many well paid jobs for teachers in South Korea. I visited the country en-route from and to Australia. A fascinating place and so different from Europe but what would life be like for me on my own in a totally different cuture. If you have a magnetic personality and can easily make friends that may be something else of course. As far as Poland is concerned maybe this forum, or another one like it via the internet could be at least mobilized in search of all teachers ect with a similar interests and backgrounds to gather in these people and meet from time to time.

Life / Irish and British people moving into my neighborhood in Poland. [63]

When Poland had the right to send its people to England to work, the British Government planned for up to 13,500-that was the intake yet soem sourses think that we may have up to 600,000! I went to Radom last year and on a Saturday the girl where I was saying said that on any Saturday previously, the town centre was full-now as I saw it myself, it was completely empty as everybody who could, had gone overseas to work, not necessarily to England of course, but there a lot of Poles in UIreland and Sweden and Germany...the list goes on, I heard a lot of Polish even in Sydney, Australia last year. Surely, as everybody leaves the country it must have a dertrimental effect of population numbers.

In fact, just the same as when I was in Southern Africa in the 1970's. The exodus of whites from Rhodesia outstripped the birth rate, that is common sense. The same is happening in Poland too.


Yes, I have a few of their tapes and I must try and look them up and play them again. Others say that their music is dreadful and that the name Erasure is an appropriate name but I sdo not agree.

Language / Some example sentences using each of the cases in Polish [33]

There are quite a few good grammars on the market and if you are in the U.K. your library should have a selection of books on the Polish language, that is, if the library is a main city one. As I have written before, Colloquial Polish by Mazur is a very good book and you will have everything written down. You should be able to order it to on Amazon or maybe e-bay? Free on line courses are a waste of time-very limited and avoid computer discs by Transparent languages ect as I have terrible trouble in downloading the material on to my computer.

Polonia / anyone been to St Petersburg? [51]

When I was a student in Moscow in 1984 we went for a trip for a few days to St. Petersburg. I imagine that it has changed somewhat since the days when I was there. It was quite nice and the people were certainly more friendly than in Moscow. If you asked for directions they would help you more so than those living in the capital. They seemed to have more time for foreigners than the Moscovites, but that was then and of course, only my opinion. I was there in January so if it is winter time I do warn you, it can be *******cold!

Love / Why Polish girl is afraid of a marriage? [16]

In fact, at 21, she is quite young for committment for the rest of her life. She is abroad, I imagine in Ireland and studying so she might simply have 'a lot on her plate' Do you know of any relationship she may have or have had had in Poland previously? It is difficult when you meet someone and you are both away from your respective homes and cultures-you tend to use each other for the moment. There is not really an age difference-there is eight years difference between my Polish wife and I and our marriage is a great success-we argue continually! Polish people are quite 'clicky', if that is the word, and I am just wondering if she may be getting over some relationship previously and fears yet another situation that is getting too serious. My advice is not to push anything too far-wait and see, that is the best option. If you are enjoying each others company that should be enough.

Polonia / anyone been to St Petersburg? [51]

From what I remember, the museam is nice, I can not remember even if I went inside but otherwise Stockholm in Sweden would be just as interesting really. There is nothing special about St. Petersburg, it was interesting for us as we were students of the Russian Language in Moscow at the time and we went to St. Petersbug to see where the Revolution in 1917 took place. Neasden in London may be a better choice without the need of a visa! As a student of Russian maybe, otherwise give it a miss.

News / Why are foreigners coming to Poland and from which countries? [119]

I am English so where does my I.Q stand? Somewhere between 80 and 120, I suppose.

Mainly, surely, people come and visit Poland as it is still relatively cheap.

Language / What's the best "Learn Polish" book? [33]

If you want to buy a very good course in this country for learning Polish, then the Linguaphone Polish Language Course was very good-I even have a photocpied set of course work plus the tapes. You may be able to borrow it from a library or buy one on e-bay, though I am not sure. The Linguaphone Polish Course is not something I have seen very often and may now be out of print.

Language / What's the best "Learn Polish" book? [33]

I think that it is something that you are very unlikely to find in a college library. The public libraries used to stock Linguaphone courses but not any more. You maybe able to order a new one though-a computer disk I think that they are called Liguaphone 3.0 through Amazon. I have seen the Arabic one in W.H. Smiths but if a Polish one exists...who knows...

Life / New English Language Magazine for expats in Poland? [24]

Generally people say that there is nothing special about Radom but I rather like the place myself. There is a nice large open market there on the outskirts of the town but I am not sure which days of the week it is open.

Life / How do Polish view others [116]


This I can not understand. It is very rare to find a Polish person who speaks French and I have never known there to be any connection between the French and the Poles.

Life / How do Polish view others [116]


Why, what will happen, will an Englishman fall over a pathing stone? Come off it, you know as well as I do how the Poles like to talk but not do...

UK, Ireland / 700 are arriving every day from Eastern Europe into Britain [50]

All very strange. I remember in the 1980's the Polish I met had no time for England or the English and now...I suppose it is something in human nature what you can not have you want even more. All the influx of Eastern European people to the U.K. is bad as well as good. Working class jobs are now in short supply as these jobs do not require a good education or a good ability with the English Language and an influx of workers helps to keep wage rates low so expanded EU membership benefits the rich capatalists.

Life / How come Poles have 2 cars, mobile phones - but make so little money? [23]

The point is that a lot of the things that the Poles have is 'just for show'. They are like little children and never think about tomorrow. They never put anything by for a 'rainy day' and instead just spend for the moment. The never keep money for long and are not used to a capitalist market system.


Czy to nie to samo po calym swiecie? Czy Prezident Bush mowi po polsku na przyklad ?ale wiem co najmniej, ze nasz Tony Bliar mowi dosyc dobrze po francusku. Czyba ktos w barze mowi obce jezyki bardziej bo on albo ona pracowala za granica dlatego, ze nie ma takiej pracy w Polsce.

UK, Ireland / 700 are arriving every day from Eastern Europe into Britain [50]


Yes, but the whole point of flodding an economy like ours in the U.K. is that you do not need unions because you can hire and fire people very quickly. If someone is doing an unskilled job then they can be trained up very quickly. I have heard it is even true of the TESOL world in Poland now. If your lessons are boring the students complain and the teacher is changed-end of story, the students are paying money for lessons and they are king.

Language / A Native American or a Native Pole: Who is better into which language? [116]


No rubbish; Polish grammar is easier than French grammar even.


Why, Africaans does it all the time.


Since when has Polish been considered a difficult language?


Polish is much easier than German.

UK, Ireland / 700 are arriving every day from Eastern Europe into Britain [50]

The trouble is that the Poles never think long term, employers will take on these people on an hourly basis without the need for pensions and sick pay and we end up with a back-street cheap labour force. The Poles will jump at the chance to 'make a quick buck'. I have just come back from France yet I have not noticed many Polish there working but maybe I was in the wrong area.

Life / How do Polish view others [116]


Actually, I have just come back from France and was thinking that France would be a good place for the Poles. Nice weather and good food-the young women there like to look nice and wear nice clothes-very much a Polish thing too. It would be a better place for the Poles than England perhaps. Oh yes, I am sure that with the right amount of money and/or future a Polish woman will latch herself on to almost anybody. Have you ever heard of an Eastern European not knowing a good thing when they see it?!

Life / How do Polish view others [116]

The Poles are on anybody's side as it suits them

Life / How do Polish view others [116]


When I was a student in Krakow in 1985 the Americans, and there were many there with me on the same course had the most low and degrading opinions about the Poles and their country-I should know as I even shared a room with one for six weeks.

Life / How do Polish view others [116]


I am coming (maybe) to Poland in July some time for a week to Zakopany, to the mountains. I will be able to see the 'new Poland' for myself. Time flies, 1985 is over twenty years ago so I will see for myself the changes.


De Gaulle set up the Free French in London during the war so it shows how little you know.

UK, Ireland / 700 are arriving every day from Eastern Europe into Britain [50]


What is even worse, in many of these cases the people in question are not even Polish but are travelling on false passports and are simply pretending to be Polish.

Life / How do Polish view others [116]

Some are and some are not. Like any race, you will need to be careful. The Poles have a bad reputation in using other people.

Life / How do Polish view others [116]

Mind you, the English tend to refer to the place as Zaponany when spoken just as we have Warsaw for Warszawa and Krakow for Krakow. I have not said anything bad about Zakopane and I have been there in 1985. The mountains were beautiful and I am looking forward to going back to see the place again.

UK, Ireland / 700 are arriving every day from Eastern Europe into Britain [50]


Actually, you are incorrect. Recent studies show that these workers contribute almost nothing to the British economy for a long and complicated set of reasons.

UK, Ireland / Getting married to a Polish Citizen in the UK [371]

it is not wise to marry a Polish girl. They all change when they know that they have got their claws around you. All women change, especially Polish women. competition starts as a joke but becomes more serious as time goes on.

Why is our car old when he has a new one? Why do we have a flat and not a house? My friend is a doctor and earns £100,000 a year, why can't you? WARNING, beware!

UK, Ireland / Getting married to a Polish Citizen in the UK [371]

you want to be very careful about dual nationality. If an Englishman marries a Polish woman and gets a Polish passport whilst living in Poland, then the British Embassy can not help you if you have a problem and get arrested by the Polish police, as just one example. Beware of dual nationality.