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Paulina   
24 Jun 2013
News / Professor Zygmund Bauman, Commie-Jew, shouted down [79]

What I'm saying is that sitting there quietly does nothing - they should have (at a minimum) shouted them down in return.

lol
Yeah, that would show them lol Delph, such people are aggressive and unpredictable, they could attack those people. Have you noticed that a lot of those listening to the lecture, if not most, were girls?

Calling the police is pretty pointless

LOL
That's what they're for, delph. The police is for dealing with thugs, not college girls lol
Give me a brake, seriously...

For what it's worth, I hope the courts throw the book at them.

They've been charged already.
Paulina   
24 Jun 2013
News / Professor Zygmund Bauman, Commie-Jew, shouted down [79]

I don't understand what does it have to do with you writing "shame on the people at the lecture for not dealing with thugs in the correct manner".

Perhaps you should get your facts straight before you start writing?
Paulina   
24 Jun 2013
News / Professor Zygmund Bauman, Commie-Jew, shouted down [79]

I'm not sure what you're talking about. The police was called and the thugs were removed which was met with applause from the rest of the people listening to the lecture.
Paulina   
21 Jun 2013
Life / Heroes/heroines of Poland's pop culture [27]

Ink Blot, my fav comic story hero

Oh wow, I remember that! :D I liked that part about a magic flute :)

Does anyone remember the name of a cartoon with two cats one of them being Bonifacy?

"Przygody kota Filemona"
I liked it, it was warm and fuzzy and the white kitten was sweet and funny :)
Paulina   
20 Jun 2013
Life / Our Mothers, Our Fathers on Polish TV? [19]

Unfortunately, I forgot those series were to be shown on Polish TV and I really wanted to watch it to see for myself :/ But I've watched today's episode so at least partly I've seen what the problem is with those series.

The first part at least showed mainly the extreme cruelty of many Germans as well as the general horror of war.

Was anything shown in first two episodes about what was going on in Poland?

Are those men clearly identified as AK?

Yes.

No lies, but two bigger distortions.

Yup.

There was a really very interesting debate on Polish TV after today's episode! There was a German historian, a Polish historian, a survivor and former ambassador of Israel to Poland, Shevah Weiss, there was also an AK member, a German journalist and some Polish journalists.

In general I agree with everything what Shevah Weiss said. But it was interesting to listen to other participants too.

Harry, have you watched the debate?
Paulina   
10 Jun 2013
Genealogy / Pilipczuk, Mankowski(a), Demusiak, Molczan...HELP PLEASE [17]

I'll try to translate this, but I don't know when, maybe tomorrow or some time later (if noone does it before me).
Btw, could you scan this document? It would probably be easier to decipher the printed stuff then.
Paulina   
10 Jun 2013
History / How do Poles feel about what the French did during the first few stages of WWII? [30]

I think it's worth pointing out that at least for some of those people, it was a perfectly acceptable reaction to what had happened before.

What "reaction" are you talking about? Doing the dirty work?

and he blamed the politics of hate for Poland's destruction afterwards.

lol

Fair enough, and not for me to criticise.

Really, delph? You seem to criticise often and a lot on other occasions...
Paulina   
10 Jun 2013
History / How do Poles feel about what the French did during the first few stages of WWII? [30]

be insolent?

*so insolent

Unfortunately, it must be borne in mind that the Poles did the dirty work.

Unfortunately, it must be borne in mind that those Poles wouldn't be able to do that dirty work if it wasn't for the Soviets.

Do you understand that, delph?
Btw, are you Harry's spokesperson? lol I've noticed he often doesn't answer my questions/comments.

Poles despise Brits

thuggish and foolish Churchill

Hold your horses, cowboy lol
Poles don't despise the Brittish and I don't think Churchill was thuggish and foolish.

Everyone knew that Ruskies are disguting stuff

It's "Russians", not "Ruskies". And how can you call a nation "disguting stuff"? o_O

I can only hope that this trend continues as i feel that a more honest and open accounting can only benefit us all.

+1

I have never encountered the "hatred" that others have mentioned in this thread. Regret? possibly, but never said in anger, even when the Wodka and Piwo have been flowing for many many hours!

+1

reminds me of this, oft quoted here Mark Twain "I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me."

lol

We have jokes about the French in such spirit ;)

I think the most popular is probably about the French tank.

French tanks have three gears to move backwards and one to move forward. The one for moving forward is used in case the enemy will surprise the French from behind.

- Why there are no fireworks in Euro Disneyland?
- Because every time they were fired the French would surrender.

- Why are there so many trees by Champs-Élysées?
- So the Germans could march in a pleasant shadow.

- What do you call 100 000 French men with their hands in the air?
- An army.

An ad in a French newspaper: "Rifle for sale. Never used, dropped once."

etc. etc.
Paulina   
10 Jun 2013
History / How do Poles feel about what the French did during the first few stages of WWII? [30]

After a lie has been repeated as a 'known fact' for 50 years, it takes a while for people to accept the truth.

What lie? You mean the Phoney War or drôle de guerre, as the French called it, didn't happen?

Not their fault that Poles didn't bother to have those elections.

"Didn't bother"? How can you be insolent?
Paulina   
10 Jun 2013
UK, Ireland / Scots better than Poles? [41]

This ought to be rephrased as "Scottish society has apparently contributed more than Polish society.

I was wondering if anyone would comment on this.

That's great that Scotland had inventors and all but I have one problem with this thread: it's title.
There are no "better" and "worse" nations. That's a Nazi-like thinking.
I can imagine what would happen if Polonius3 gave a thread a title like: "Poles better than Jews?" lol

Btw, I didn't know about most of those people on the list and those whom I know - I thought they were English! lol Maybe you guys should somehow promote Scottish achievements? Because people have no idea (I think). All they know about Scotland is Highlands, William Wallace, bagpipes and men in skirts ;)
Paulina   
8 Jun 2013
USA, Canada / General differences between Poland and the USA? [184]

do you know about if Poland has Hibachi???

Yes, but it's called teppanyaki:

Teppanyaki is a Japanese garden, where new Papaya Thai Restaurant Master arranges a true culinary show, preparing meals in front of guests. Fly knives, and the food is on fire! Will be served dishes such as:

salmon marinated in cajun pepper - 56 zł,
duck marinated in sake - 58 zł,
chicken with mushrooms - 36 zł,
squid - 38 zł.
For younger guests, a lot of magic tricks, at which great fun the whole family. The offer also includes a children's menu:

chicken with soba noodles in honey - 28 zł,
chicken in sauce teryiaki - 28 zł,
shrimp with soba noodles - 42 zł.

gastronauci/artykuly/1610-restauracja-papaya-w-warszawie-zaprasza-na-teppanyaki#ad-image-0

Btw, there's a restaurant in my city that is called "American Home" lol
Paulina   
8 Jun 2013
UK, Ireland / Scots better than Poles? [41]

There's no need to be rude, gregy741.

Polonius3, honestly, I do wonder sometimes why do you create such threads?
Paulina   
8 Jun 2013
UK, Ireland / Scots better than Poles? [41]

(personalities, inventions, literature, culture, etc.)

Maybe it's true about inventions (I honestly don't know, I don't know which inventors were Scottish and what they invented), but personalities, literature, culture?

As for literature - we live in a world where English is a lingua franca, so I guess that could be a reason?
The only Scottish writer that comes to my mind at the moment is Walter Scott.
What did the Scottish people contribute to the world culture beside him? (sorry, I don't want to be rude or petty, I simply don't know much about the Scottish contribution).
Paulina   
6 Jun 2013
Love / Fresh, wholesome country lass in Poland - getting married and going back to the US [167]

fresh, wholesome country lass?

Wow, it does sound like buying bread or meat xD
I know what "fresh" means in case of bread or meat, but what does it mean in case of a woman? Just curious lol

He's been burnt by online dating

I wonder why... lol

I've seen a full-lengh documentary and few parts of series about that. The guys were individuals of repulsive nature, women insincere.

I've seen a documentary too. One word comes to mind - creepy. One of the men even killed his "mail-order bride".
Paulina   
5 Jun 2013
Life / Are Polish people brave or scared? [32]

I wasn't comparing the two uprisings.
I'm just curious whether MrAlbert thinks that the French were given the uprising by their football hooligans too or maybe by immigrants burning cars in the streets of Paris lol

I think MrAlbert did a disservice to those brave men and women who fought an uneven battle against the cruel Nazi occupier by comparing them to those people:

youtube.com/watch?v=-bWissEG6eY
Aggressive hooligans throwing pieces of sidewalk at policemen who won't shoot them at spot are nowhere near people fighting and dying for our country. Normal people in Poland are afraid to go to football matches because of those ultras. That's all.
Paulina   
3 Jun 2013
History / Poland is a Catholic country [177]

W - funny how they always appear the same day that the local priest pointedly doesn't visit my flat

Harry, Epiphany in Polish is called Święto Trzech Króli. Trzej Królowie are the Biblical Magi (the Three Wise Men). The letters that people put usually above the door using chalk are K+M+B - these are initials of the names of the three Biblical Magi. Święto Trzech Króli (Epiphany) is observed on the 6th of January. That's when you're supposed to, as a custom, put those letters above your door.

Now, the priests' visits start usually after Christmas. There are a lot homes to visit so it takes time to visit everybody. Priests are assigned to "sectors", neighbourhoods to visit and they gradually visit one after another. It may take weeks to visit every household that wishes to be visited.

Maybe the priest visits your neighbourhood around Święto Trzech Króli (Epiphany).
Another reason may be this - K+M+B in Latin is read as "CMB" which stands for "Christus Mansionem Benedicat" (Christ bless this house). The priest during his visit blesses the house with holy water. So maybe people where you live put those letters only after the house is blessed. I'm not sure what this custom looks like in Warsaw. In my city people usually put those letters on Święto Trzech Króli (Epiphany). Unless they forget, which also happens lol

I'm not saying this is the case, but only conveying some views quite widely held in the PolAm communtiy. Maybe its Angloism that has such a pronoucned anti-Papist streak.

Yes, they had those religious wars, innit.

"Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" and all that.

Btw, didn't you mean "Anglicanism"? What's "Angloism"? o_O
Paulina   
3 Jun 2013
History / Poland is a Catholic country [177]

It is probably more accepted to be religious in general in UK than in Poland

*in Poland than in the UK, of course, sorry ;)
Paulina   
3 Jun 2013
History / Poland is a Catholic country [177]

It's a matter of their own faith, but as far as I understood it - not going to Church when you can go is a no-no.

So? If every Catholic would live precisely by the Book we all would be walking saints lol Sorry but this doesn't happen in any religion.

It does seem weird that while Church attendance is somewhere slightly below 40% in Poland, it stands at only 8% in the UK among the same people.

OK, but you do realise that you took into consideration only those reasons (for the low church attendance of Poles) that fit your prejudiced views?

There can be other reasons too.
1. For example, I don't know if you know that but often the life of a Polish immigrant isn't easy. They work hard. Sometimes really hard. When you're tired you just want to go back home and rest.

2. Another reason - it seems you guys are incredibly anti-Catholic. The Catholic Church seems to be some kind of epitome of evil in the eyes of the British. If I emigrated and lived in the UK I would probably feel quite uneasy about being a Catholic. Some people because of such climate may feel like not showing off with their faith and rather hide it.

3. It is probably more accepted to be religious in general in UK than in Poland ("Christian charity Tearfund's survey of 7,000 people puts the UK among Europe's four least observant countries.") - so, reasons as above.

4. Yet another reason - some of the people who emigrated may be atheists who don't like the fact that Poland is so predominantly Catholic.

5. There may be less Catholic churches in UK than in Poland, so some people maybe would have to drive too far to a church.
6. People know the mass and prayers in Polish. Unless there's a Polish priest - it sucks for them.

As for point 2 - I wonder, are there any statistics about the church attendance of Polish immigrants in Ireland?

Mind you, at least part of that is the "oh, look at me, I don't go to the Church in the UK because I'm so fashionable...yet I go at home because I don't want to upset my family" complex.

Could be, but do you know this from experience or are you just guessing?
Paulina   
3 Jun 2013
History / Poland is a Catholic country [177]

Perhaps you now will choose to explain why so-called Catholic Poles choose to abandon religion when they move to the UK?

How do you know that they abandon their religion? Were there any polls made?
If you mean church going then, no, delph, the fact that someone isn't attending church every Sunday doesn't mean they've chosen to abandon religion.

Really.
I know plenty of people here in Poland who believe in God, consider themselves Catholics but don't go to church for various reasons. I already wrote about it some time ago in another thread.

Could it be that in the UK they don't feel pressured to go to church by those who do go to church, i.e. when they are given a free choice, they choose to not go to church.

Harry, maybe in some small villages people feel pressured to go to church (but I'm just guessing, my grandma lives in a village and I've never noticed any pressure in this respect, we never go to church when we spend time there and noone cares).

But in general noone gives a damn whether you go to church or not. And remember that I speak from experience and I live in "Polska B".

The only people that might care may be parents. My mum is religious and I'm not sure if she quite gets it that my brother is an atheist lol But so what? He doesn't go to church anyway. He didn't when he lived with parents and he haven't since he moved out.

My best friend is an atheist and also quite anti-celrical lol - again, no problems.

I suspect it's the same with the priest visiting - people only let him in because everyone else is.

"People only let them in because..." What people, delph? lol You guys seem to forget that majority of people in Poland declare themselves in polls as Catholics.

ffs... LOL
So maybe people in the West are atheists only because everyone else is? What, those who believe in sth don't want to be looked down upon and ridiculed and so they go with the flow?

Btw, my city grandpa was a communist and he wouldn't let the priest in despite the fact that my grandma was religious, even after the fall of communism. They were both friends with their neighbours and never had any problems or anything.

Let's not forget the very public chalking above one's door to prove that one has been approved for the year by the local priest.

Oh dear, you are ignorants, aren't you?
It doesn't have anything to do with priest's visit. You put those letters on Epiphany.

*facepalm*
Paulina   
2 Jun 2013
Life / Poland's expats' colonial mentality? [176]

And fair enough but that's why I wrote back to you how I interpreted your words.

Well, let's say that for me the way you interpreted my words told me something about you. Hence my reaction. But let's not get back to that.

So instead of just telling me I got it wrong could you clarify what you mean>

I did clarify in my last post addressed to you.

So Poles get to complain about the roads but if a foreigner working in Poland does so then this is interpreted as arrogance but only if someone complains about it for the wrong reason, like Jason did?

As I wrote already: "It's about how you do it. And why you do it."

"You?"

2. You (plural)
3. The impersonal people in general

(Thanks, ifor bach lol)

I was afraid you'd go there but okay, how should I do it and why should I do it? Give me your rules.

I'm sorry, but I won't. I'm done talking to you. This is an argument, not a discussion. I have enough.

Who said we (foreigners) all think the same way?

Not me.

You're oversensitive and seem to stereotype foreigners, "you guys" as one homogeneous group of offenders to your sensibilities.

No, of course I don't mean every and single foreigner when I write "you guys". I don't even mean you when I write this because, honestly, I don't even remember your posts on this forum. I don't know, delph seems to understand this, you don't. That's a shame, I wish you did, but OK, I guess I can live with that...

I'm oversensitive? OK. I will never again write what I really think on this forum. No problem. I wouldn't like you to be bothered by some woman's feelings and observations ;)

Lighten up a bit.

You too. Really :) You seem very hostile.

Can't we just remark about the same things Poles do without you trying to crucify us?

As I wrote earlier: remark to your heart's content.

What you wrote about Jason is rather amusing and I now I think I see the point you're making but why paint every foreigner with that brush?

I... don't... paint... every... foreigner... with that brush.

On a side note, shoddy workmanship is something almost every foreigner I've met here has commented on (and I've seen it many times myself), is it wrong of us to discuss these things or do you recommend just accepting it cause, what can you do?

Do what you want.

If you have dispensed facef*cks for such a cut-rate price then go ahead and do all the reflecting you need to do sister.

Wow. So funny. And classy too.

Withstanding that, it's such a stupid remark, I'm surprised you gave it any thought at all. Why even waste a moment of your time on such rubbish? The less audience those people gain, the better.

Maybe I would even explain it to you if you weren't so hostile but... that train is gone already. I have enough, I'm sorry.

If you don't consider that childish then first let me offer my sincerest apologies and suggest that perhaps this would account for your views on some things.

Well, if you consider being tired (it was late) and losing one's patience as childish then I guess most of this forum is a kindergarten :)

I apologize if I offended you with that comment.
As for your style of writing/discussing and attitude I was being honest about that, but I'm sorry if I offended you.

I think we're done

I think so too.
Paulina   
2 Jun 2013
Life / Poland's expats' colonial mentality? [176]

Thank you for the links :)

You're welcome :)

It's another thread, but one thing that interests me about Poland is the attitude of students towards work and specifically work experience.

Well, judging by the first link the attitude is as follows: they want a job, any job, but there's no work.
Monika says:
"- Is 3,5 zł little? I would go to work even for 2 zł, because I have to make a living. I have nothing and I'm not going to eat grass."

Talking about new pastures... lol ;/

Ifor bach, I've read Shakespeare in original... But thank you for clarification lol
;D

English can be an imprecise language, and this little word can be the source of much confusion and misunderstanding.

?
I've quoted delph, I thought it was clear that my comment was addressed to him.
Paulina   
2 Jun 2013
Life / Poland's expats' colonial mentality? [176]

Someone growing up in a terrible village somewhere who didn't bother getting an education doesn't have much choice

I guess you haven't heard the famous expression "magister na zmywaku"? ;)

They are after graduation, courses, they know languages, and want to work even for 3.5-5 zł per hour, 600-800 zł per month. This is well below the minimum wage. But anyway have no jobs. Finding a job in the province. Podlaskie is almost impossible ...

regiopraca.pl/portal/rynek-pracy/miejsca-pracy/zdolny-magister-na-zmywaku

Research of Poles living in the UK in 2007 showed that 65 percent of respondents took a job compatible with their qualifications. This was mainly people with secondary and lower education, which performed among others trades: plumbing, the seller, electrician, mechanic, carpenter, welder, warehouseman. Also, many people with higher education were able to find a job corresponding to their qualifications. In this group were graduates of Polish philology, journalists, angliści who were recruited in Polish schools and the media. More than one-third of the respondents worked in breach of qualifications (35 percent.). Lack of employment in accordance with the profession concerned mainly people with higher education. There was here a very large discrepancy between the direction of studies completed and performed in the UK work: political scientist, he was an assistant cook, philosopher - coffee retailer, Polish philologist - an employee of the hotel, lawyer - a carpenter, a sociologist - a waiter, a geologist - the operator of injection molding machines.

charaktery.eu/wiesci-psychologiczne/1169/Magister-na-z mywaku
Paulina   
2 Jun 2013
Travel / Coming to Poland with a pet :) [47]

Nobody knows?

If you want to bring pets to Poland:

zielonalinia.gov.pl/Przewoz-zwierzat-domowych-5276