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monika87   
16 Sep 2010
Genealogy / Polish nationality? Which of the following (if any) determine being Polish. [231]

Maybe a few hundred years ago we had non-Irish blood but our parents, their parents, their parents and their parents were certainly all Irish.

So yes you have most Irish blood, so you feel Irish.

Russia and Poland are nighbours and slavic countrys, have a lot in common, not like for example Italy and Poland. But anyway, then he is Russian but his home is Poland.

Maybe they have Jewish roots? Many definitely!
Or they have both, German and Polish blood but feel Polish because they have more Polish genes and prefer to live in Poland?
monika87   
16 Sep 2010
Genealogy / Polish nationality? Which of the following (if any) determine being Polish. [231]

BS, I have nothing to do with Germany.

good ;-) you are really on the right track

But if you look like a Pole (because your genes)

It has to do with genes! You can't be Polish without Polish blood! If you are mixed with an other country, you need enough Polish genes to feel Polish!

Polish look Polish, Polish-Slavic, East-Slavic. Sorry I know how a Polish look like.

There are a lot Slavic countries, Serbia, Czech, Ukraine etc. But Polish look very very different than for example Serbs. I would say Polish look more like Russians.

Strange you lived all your live in Poland and don't know how Polish people look like.
But sometimes it's difficult. some Polish People you could also say he/she is Russian, or even with Slovaks can not be classified correctly by from which Slavic country he/she is.

In a nutshell: Serbs, Croats or Kosovans it is sometimes difficult to say from where he/she is (For example a Serb: is he from Serbia or Kosovo?). The same with Czechs, Poles or Russians = The Slavic people from the South (Serbia etc.) look very differently than the other from the East (Belarus etc.)

But you see the Slavic and one who know people from different Slavic countrys can say whether he/she is more likely from the south or from east.

In Poland, Russia, Czech Republic, Belarus have a lot very light skin, blond hair, blue eyes. In the south you will find almost no blonde people, black hair, brown eyes and the skin is not as light.
monika87   
16 Sep 2010
Genealogy / Polish nationality? Which of the following (if any) determine being Polish. [231]

Again, you can't choose where in this world you slip out lmao! You have Polish genes, so you are Polish. Everyone who has Polish blood and the proud is Polish. You're lucky like me to be born and raised in Poland. But if you are 30 of age, still not speak the language and never thinking of to go to Poland, It's high time for you baby, or you're no more a proud Pole = you almost really can't call yourself anymore Polish.
monika87   
15 Sep 2010
Genealogy / Polish nationality? Which of the following (if any) determine being Polish. [231]

blood (genetics) and culture, religion. ;-)
You can not choose where you are born, your parents decide this for you. As a child you can't decide where in this world you want to be and grow up, which therefore has an impact on your knowledge of Polish (if you raised in an other country). But if you look like a Pole (because your genes), exercise our religion and culture and you feel Polish, you love Poland, then you are definitive Polish. But you need the Polish genes, which is the most important. If you have enough of it you will feel automatically as a Pole and you feel attracted to your origin country and want be be with your compatriot, so why not go back for example?!

Speaking for myself, I do not claim to be POLISH. I am POLISH-AMERICAN.

Do not go crazy with it BookOwl :-). You have Polish blood, If you feel Polish, and you love your origin country, come back, learn your origin language and people and live. You have the Polish Blood so it would be not too difficult to learn it, believe me. I had two half-Polish in my akademia i study, they learned it quick. But don't stay in America anymore, because you do not go further with your Polish roots. It's about what you want, how you feel.
monika87   
7 Sep 2010
Food / Is Polish food still more natural than in the West? [142]

When in Warsaw, I love buying the fresh produce from markets such as Plac Szembeka which is Praga Południe

Very true, I think in Poland are a lot markets you can buy very fresh vegetables, fruits, meat, fish and so on. I do not know exactly how it looks in the other countries, but in Poland these markets are very often and popular - as they was always been, since my great-great-grandmother times :-)
monika87   
7 Sep 2010
Food / Is Polish food still more natural than in the West? [142]

Is Polish food still more natural? Largely, yes. Poland prefers not to use preservatives (no, the Church has said nothing on this type) and has unpasteurised substances too.

zgadzam się całkowicie
monika87   
26 Aug 2010
Life / WHY DO POLES USE ENGLISH WORDS IN CONVERSATION? [396]

You don't want anything to do with English-speaking countries then don't use our words. Kapisz?

OK I don't have to justify any pretenses. Everyone has freedom of opinion, you know except my name and my nationality nothing about me, so do not judge about something of which you know too few
monika87   
26 Aug 2010
Life / Piwo or wodka has had greater effect on polish culture? [19]

Why you changed your profile informations from Japan to absolute Russian now?!
OK, whether you are from Russia, Japan or wherever, here a little information (quote from a book):
Early 16th Century was the first vodka distilled from grain. It is unclear whether this happened in Poland or Russia. Both countries claim the first vodka for themselves, however, some sources put the start of vodka production already on the 15th Century. The first official record of the production of vodka is 1405 from Sandomierz, in the former Kingdom of Poland.
monika87   
26 Aug 2010
Life / WHY DO POLES USE ENGLISH WORDS IN CONVERSATION? [396]

rychlik
these are polish words that were taken from english its same as Internet, Radio etc english have some french words too for exemple.

but im as a pole im pissed off when someone say sorry or sorka instead of przepraszam
i can get over with "OK" tho xd

Yes same with me Drac90, I hate it! But it's in EVERY European country the same!!! English is the universal language, and everything hangs on America. Some Europeans treat Obama like it's their president! Stuuupid! I can't stand that. In Poland it is holy beliefe me, very very very holy. When I was in Sweden this spring, I almost understood every third word! LOL
monika87   
26 Aug 2010
Life / Piwo or wodka has had greater effect on polish culture? [19]

Beer is really on the up here in Poland.

Hm Piwo yes it depends... after work beer, but I would say Vodka is more on the up in Poland, because it is our national drink. When a guest comes to visit, you are invited, birthday, on Christmas, new year... also after work or before sleep, Vodka! Vodka, definitely