USA, Canada / Update Website - Polkas United - Latest Information [8]

delphiandomine
Polka is actually Czech, not Polish. Maybe therefore the universal language.

Love / Polish women world's second most flirtatious [75]


IMHO, a macho culture is where men feel self-important just because they are men and it's completely acknowledged and accepted by the society that a women can only feel fully accomplished if she is in a relationship with a man. Therefore women tend to behave more flirtatious and dress more seductively because they are under a lot of social pressure to land a partner.

I'm actually surprised Russia is not in top 5.

Now, I've hanged myself to dry.

Food / Polish placki v latkes (potato pancakes) [22]

I'm from Poland, and my (non- Jewish) mother was always making them just like the Jewish version you described. My family would put sour cream, or sugar on them.

My husband who is from Germany likes to eat them with apple sauce, and he says that's how they are eaten where he comes from.

I like them just plan. BTW, it's a good lunch idea for today. Thank for reminding me about them.

Love / Polish women world's second most flirtatious [75]


relationships are overrated :)


well said

The statistics tell you more about Polish men than women though. We are in the macho crowd.

USA, Canada / Moved back from Canada to Poland:). Here are the reasons why. [868]


I personally did not find the temperatures in Poland as harsh to deal with as much as the luck of sunshine. There are very few sunny days between end of October and March. When it's cold I just dress warm. If there is no sunshine for a longer time, I just get depressed.

Language / déjà vu in Polish [23]

Why do we worry about Polish butchering French. Listening to French speaking English is much more fun.

Love / Fell in love; I need to go back to Poland for 2 months - what to say at work (UK) [50]

Danka100, one thing I don't understand is why you think that two months will take care of everything. You can't have your cake and eat it. Say you are together for the two months, all is great. You stay and things don't work out after 2 years. You can't look at a relationship like on some sort of job contract.

If you think this is the guy for you, go for it. You probably have much higher chance to find a another good job than another good guy.

And say, something happens to your workplace, like eg. your boss files chapter eleven or lets you go. Nothing is granted. I'm saying that because I had a dilemma of similar sort. I had a job that I liked. When my first kid was born I took only 3 months off so that I can be on top of everything, especially that the time of the year was really critical for that job. I saw my kid for maybe 2-3 hours a day. 6 months after I came back to work my boss out of the blue decided to outsource my department. I can't tell you how bitter I was. Not because I was laid off, but because I've lost 6 months of being with my then baby for that stupid company.

USA, Canada / Moved back from Canada to Poland:). Here are the reasons why. [868]


It all depends from perspective. From what I understand you are a foreigner living in PL. Aphrodisiac does not have to face the language and and culture barrier which you do. For one thing he is at home. Can't beat that.

Language / Poles - don't fall into the French/Spanish trap re pronunciation/accent! [81]

I'm sure she will be an object of desire for locals. It seems like men from all countries are into French accent or French women. I can't explain it. I'm not a man.

I personally think French accent sounds cute in a women, but when it comes to men I can't help it, but makes me wonder if the guy is homo.

And answering the original post, I think Polish people are usually so happy that anyone learns their forgotten language that they don't notice the problems with accent or mistakes.

I used to love to listen to my German "lektor" speaking Polish. She would talk like a robot and say things like "Studenci jadą w kafeterii", but I was so happy anyways that she learned my language.

Language / déjà vu in Polish [23]

Polish, unlike German and English does not have long vowels. If you did not practice enough foreign languages you will not have the ability to pronounce them, or even notice them. I become aware of that after taking phonetics classes, and once I started working on my long vowels my accent in German and Polish decreased.

And I think that is the problem here. They just pronounce the vowels too short.

USA, Canada / Moved back from Canada to Poland:). Here are the reasons why. [868]

aphrodisiac,
It's an awful long thread, so someone might have asked you that question, but do you miss Canada?

I live in the States, and whenever I pick up the topic of moving back, I always get the "grass is greener on the other side" song.

So how do compare the life styles between both countries? Are you happy with your decision?