Australia / Polish Language - Social Sports/Clubs/Newspapers in Melbourne [6]

Hi Peter, which part of Melbourne are you in? Check out past posts for info on where to hook up with others. A good place to start is the "Dziupla" website - it has one section in english and now often has an english translation for events. There are a few polish clubs around - depends where you are. You could also try polish newspapers but you'd need someone to translate them for you... Good luck with the hunt... PS if i find out any etxra info will let you know...

Love / Polish Engagement and Wedding Traditions [42]

Hi B, yes I think the band was crap! I think a good band makes a big difference, naturally. I've been to a few polish weddings in Oz and they played a few games - which were entertaining and funny - the best fun was boogie-ing... I always have fun at these weddings and polish people here tend to booze it up bigtime and that always makes for more laughs...

Love / Polish Engagement and Wedding Traditions [42]

I once saw a wedding video from Poland - the reception went FOREVER and they played all these games, which, honestly, I found really annoying rather than fun - and by the look on many faces, they did too! I think by the time it was over - sometime near dawn, the 'happy couple' were exhausted - so much for the wedding night!

Language / Parents Swearing in Polish - doesn't make any sense!! [11]

I love listening to my parents trying to swear in english! They don't appreciate it when they're going off and you just end up laughing.... dickhet... sonofabeach....

Life / Polish Country Music [5]


Close! This guy said his father used to listen to some illegal US radio broadcast (very dangerous during communist times) while he was growing up in Poland and that one day his father left the radio on and a country music show came on and he fell in love. He apparently has a line dancing school too!

Life / Priests in Poland [28]

Priests aren't saints... i guess some can be a**holes just like anyone else!

News / American wanting to know about views from Poland [37]

I went to the US 2 years ago and I found alot of them, especially in 'the south' to be very nice and welcoming. But I must say that their knowledge of their own accents is pretty bad. My friend and I were chatting away in our aussie accents in the line at wal-mart in North Carolina, when the guy in front of us asked us if we were from Alabama!!!????!!!

Genealogy / How to research Polish WW2 Uniforms [6]

Thanks G! I will give it a go. PS: Loooove the moooostache!

Genealogy / My mum is Polish and father is Polish/German. History of my background - I'm 1st generation Aus [3]

Hi, If you're parents or other relatives came by boat to OZ, then you can look that info up at the National Archives of Australia. Many poles went to the USA so you can also go to ancestry.com and that has HEAPS of info. At this site you can post a message (or see if other people/relo's are doing the same thing!) looking for US relatives who can steer you in the right direction. I learnt alot there and I also got in touch with a distant cousin who filled in alot of gaps!

Genealogy / How to research Polish WW2 Uniforms [6]

Hi G, I mean are there any internet sites with info/pics of the standard polish navy uniforms that i can view and compare to my photo?