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From: New York, USA
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Lyzko   
14 Sep 2016
Law / Polish citizen moving back from USA to the EU (Ireland or Netherlands) with American partner [31]

Right on, rozumiemnic:-)

I somehow think Pani Klaudia will sooner or later come round to our way of thinking, don't you?

Furthermore, certain European countries such as Germany I believe, require a rudimentary language "test" upon becoming a citizen, also covering entitlement to such things as medical benefits for one or both of the couple and child/children etc.

In addition, perhaps were you two American nationals, some consideration might be allowed for not being required to know Dutch. However, as one of you is an American aka English native speaker and the other isn't, such consideration might not pass muster.

Moreover, Poles unfortunately have a reputation as inexpensive, lower-skilled labor throughout much of the EU, thus the Netherlands might well look down upon yet "one more Polish national" with no Dutch knowledge expecting the Dutch to cater to their language needs by speaking English, whereas part of basic respect when moving abroad involves the courtesy of learning the language of the host country which is sponsoring you!!
Lyzko   
13 Sep 2016
Love / Polish Girl Friend (Im Turkish) [30]

Guest, I trust you plan on learning Polish. Turkish won't get you too far in Poland these days:-)
Lyzko   
12 Sep 2016
Life / Polish people and racism. [943]

Ironside, if you mean by "benefited", the monstrous cancer of affirmative action, then indeed, only their PROGENY did benefit:-)

As far as African-American professionals today vs. those some sixty years prior, when one met a black lawyer, professor or doctor (PRE-affirmative action), they probably were among the very best, since there was nobody to help them along!
Lyzko   
12 Sep 2016
Life / A move to Poland - where to live? What city would you recommend? [32]

As far as your English, Wulkan, it hasn't seemed to have improved much either:-)

@Frasier,

Probably, Lublin might be a good place as a foreigner to start! They have a famous university, The Catholic University of Lublin, and have numerous international students, I've read:-)

@DominicB,
Bratislava has a beautiful Old Town, of which unfortunately, I've only seen photos.
Zresztą dostałeś moją minęłę wiadomość?
Lyzko   
10 Sep 2016
Life / A move to Poland - where to live? What city would you recommend? [32]

As most elsewhere, you could, as you put it, "get along" with English, but the bigger question is, is it really worth it?

If you learned the local lingo at more than a phrasebook level, you'd surely find your stay imcomparably rewarding!

As it is, English is not nearly as widely spoken or understood in the East of Europe in contrast with Western countries, where, it seems, the average citizen's exposed to Basic English with their mother's milk.
Lyzko   
10 Sep 2016
Life / A move to Poland - where to live? What city would you recommend? [32]

An interesting observation!

And yet breweries have existed in Poland, as elsewhere, since at least the 17th century, correct?
Perhaps you're saying that Poland doesn't have the experience in technological mass production of some of her more industrially savvy neighbors.
Lyzko   
9 Sep 2016
Life / A move to Poland - where to live? What city would you recommend? [32]

Frasier,

If I were you, I'd invest in a serious Polish language course, either before or shortly after you arrive in Poland:-)
While Warszawa is the capital, from what I've seen briefly (although I've only seen Szczecin in the North, near the German border), Wrocław and Kraków are many times more attractive:-)

As far as selecting a town or city based more or less on the steadily large percentage of English speakers, in my opinion, is a no-win proposition.

But that's only my opinion.

Powodzenia (Good luck!)
Lyzko   
8 Sep 2016
Life / Polish people and racism. [943]

The English have a long tradition of cruelty, as have the Spanish! After all, the Puritans were English and not exactly the sort of people you'd like to tangle with either:-)
Lyzko   
7 Sep 2016
Life / Polish people and racism. [943]

Nevertheless, the "average" Brit, today particularly, is not the same "John Bull" stereotype of some sixty-or-more-years prior!
The English as a lot have in general become considerably more proletarian compared with pre-Cool Britania; most British youth either don't know or don't care who Gilbert & Sullivan are, RP is rapidly disappearing (associated ever more frequently with a sort of quaint, laughable, hopelessly old-fashioned, stagey, almost homosexual pronunciation, confined to Queen Liz and few others!) and the monarchy has become a sort of living joke etc...

Therefore, yes, I stand behind my statement of before, because the more the working class becomes more and more disenfranchised, there will be far greater such xenophobic incedents!

Poles, among "others" are simply suffering the Post-Brexit fallout.
Lyzko   
7 Sep 2016
UK, Ireland / Polish man beaten to death in London! [99]

I for one can't blame you.

Same analogy for Syrians now in Germany, perhaps Turks are a better example, because they too, like many Poles, also show an entrepreneurial spirit and continue to face discrimination...even those who speak perfect German:-)
Lyzko   
7 Sep 2016
UK, Ireland / Polish man beaten to death in London! [99]

Perhaps your boyfriend is a builder for a Polish firm in London, thus native-born Brits don't see him specifically as the competition aka the enemy:-)
Lyzko   
6 Sep 2016
Life / Polish people and racism. [943]

@Chemnikiem,

The point being he too considered himself just another member of his homogeneous, white society, friendly and open until pushed too far.
Whether he WANTED to kill someone, however, I wouldn't know:-)
Lyzko   
6 Sep 2016
UK, Ireland / Polish man beaten to death in London! [99]

@Dreamergirl, apparently, you're not the sort of low-level proletarian bigot who believes in beating up foreigners out of sheer frustration. You've also said your boyfriend's some sort of construction entrepreneur, not a working-class fellow.

Already, your situation isn't even comparable and so your well-intentioned comment is misplaced!
Lyzko   
6 Sep 2016
Life / Polish people and racism. [943]

@No, I wouldn't like to "re-phrase" my statement, Chemikiem!

Just finished reading an article in the NYT about dear old ultra-liberal Denmark, and the news ain't pretty!

One Johnny Christensen from Copenhagen who was interviewed by the Times reporter, claims that up until several years ago, he too was a "regular Danish guy" who welcomed foreigners and even tried to help out where he could, but as of the article, has confessed to becoming "a racist"!!!!

It doesn't take much, pal.
Lyzko   
5 Sep 2016
Life / Polish people and racism. [943]

"When in Rome, do as the Romans do."

Easier said than done, Johnny! We all have such simple blueprints for what SHOULD be, yet, when you come right down to it, they're often not able to be implemented.

I never met that poor bloke who was murdered in London for being Polish, though somehow if the average Brit, the kind who killed this guy, had to pull up stakes and move, say, to Poland, or some other completely different country, learning a strange new language, customs, social behaviour etc.., I'm sure most of them would fail hands down, expect however that foreigners to THEIR country somehow perform miracles (while making no such demands on themselves).
Lyzko   
5 Sep 2016
UK, Ireland / Polish man beaten to death in London! [99]

....or they're simply craven, NowyPoster! I'm sure Cameron would have at least said something if he were still at the helm.

From Farage, I ought to have expected protracted silence, but from May, I'd somehow have expected more.
Lyzko   
5 Sep 2016
Life / Polish people and racism. [943]

I'm not surprised either, nothanks! The way she's been handling the migrant crisis, I'm even surprised she didn't receive a vote of no confidence much earlier:-)

We may be looking ahead come the '17 elections to a Chancellor Petry (....or far worse).

Poland too seems ensconced in her own problems, being so geographically close to Germany, no?
Lyzko   
5 Sep 2016
UK, Ireland / Polish man beaten to death in London! [99]

Post-Brexit Britain's becoming a scary place for non-English aka non-English-SPEAKING foreigners, even white foreigners, it seems:-)

Japan's little different though towards her Chinese, Malay, and Korean minorities either; it's merely a typical island mentality (hence the term "insular")!
Lyzko   
3 Sep 2016
UK, Ireland / Polish man beaten to death in London! [99]

We finally agree:-)

I concur roundly; give 'em a taste of their own medicine (....and let it be the nastiest-tasting castor oil)!!

Stealing? If a Briton's unwilling to work at their former job, yet collect unemployment, but a Pole IS willing to work, how is that stealing?
Lyzko   
3 Sep 2016
UK, Ireland / Polish man beaten to death in London! [99]

As one whose boyfriend is apparently a successful, yet visibly non-English speaking Pole, Dreamergirl, I'd be quite concerned! Perhaps those youths in Harlow didn't see this Arkadiusz as a threat, since he only was a meat factory worker, your friend is an entrepreneur and that's something else entirely, as he's working and uncounted native-born ethnics Britons aren't:-)