Life / What is wrong with Poznan? [197]


I can guarantee that I have not been "almost run over" by a car that many times in my entire life.

Something tells me it's not Poznan's traffic lights or drivers which are the problem... :p


Nah, he can't have - ya dun kno you can't try a ting like that and get away with it in South :D

Life / What is wrong with Poznan? [197]


Anyone who can learn to program a DVD recorder can learn a few basic phrases of any language. Both take time and effort - but many don't want to "waste" the former (read: lose valuable drinking time) and don't want to bother with the latter (better known as laziness).

People laughed at me for learning some basic Cantonese, because "everyone speaks English in HK" (not true - it's more like 40%), but it's useful at the night markets and in local shops. I can't imagine being in a country for more than a few days without bothering to learn even the most basic of daily phrases.


+1


Part of a medical examination involves taking a history from the patient. Any doctor (or other qualified healthcare practitioner) knows that the diagnosis often comes out of the patient's mouth. How on earth do you manage to take a history if you do not understand a nation's official (or de facto official) language?

History / Lithuanians hate Poles? [156]

Good points.

Life / What is wrong with Poznan? [197]


You sound like a Scouser who can't accept that Manchester is superior :D

History / Lithuanians hate Poles? [156]

in that case, my Lithuanian ex must have belonged to the 49%, as dating a Pole goes slightly beyond simply living next door :)


I'd say that this reflects the reality very well, except that I'm surprised at the 22% figure for Roma - I'm surprised they found so many respondents with a positive attitude towards them.

While I will admit to hearing the occasional positive comment about blacks and Asians from Poles, I have never heard a Pole say anything positive about the Roma.


One does not need to be a psychic to guess how this will turn out ;) A S*rbian thread, or a J*w C*nspiracy thread, as always (insert imaginary "rolleyes" avatar here).

USA, Canada / Polish tutor needed in Virginia Beach [9]


Probably "U.S. Polish", which is why her name ends with an i and not an a :D

Life / Polish/European Guitar Tabs Site? [8]

I use songsterr for my bass tabs, you may find something of interest on there.

Love / What are Polish Women like? Just started to date one. [256]


I hadn't really met that many Greeks or Turks until I started working in Lewisham (back in the mid-90s). I remember upsetting a few of the Greeks by mistaking them for Turks lol. southern will always be in denial about this similarity, though. Probably because it was easier to tell the difference between Greek and Turkish women - the Turkish women were way more attractive. He brings sex into everything, so I suspect that sexual jealousy is part of his problem :D

Unfortunately, southern's like a broken record when it comes to Polish women as well. Always the same old stereotypes, about the same limited group of women. When I compare his statements about Polish women to my experience, I often wonder if he's even talking about people from the same continent, never mind the same country.

Love / What do Asian boys think about Polish girls? :) (and vice versa) [150]


:D

I remember asking a black girl from Birmingham (UK) some years ago, about why there seemed to be so many black women with white men in the city, and she replied "because most of our men are in jail, and the rest are more interested in hanging out with the mandem than staying at home with us". :D


He may not necessarily have been talking about old expats looking for Thai brides, but about local men who date local Asian women.

Perhaps the women had few other options themselves? Thailand is hardly known for being full of well-paid people. Or maybe your real problem is that you see similarities between Polish women's behaviour, and the behaviour of Thai women (who you probably consider inferior to Poles)? You are also sadly mistaken if you think that Western men only date Asian women because they are losers, which also emphasises your misguided superiority. But then, you seem to be sadly mistaken about most things. How's things in the aviation world, by the way? :p

Each to their own, though. I'd choose Sienna Miller (I could watch that Boss Orange advert all day, omg) or Monica Bellucci (the definition of MILF, bar none) over any of the identikit "DNKY"* bag-carrying Polish girls which most guys on here are obsessed with. No doubt some idiot will be along soon to claim that the former is "ugly and Germanic", and the latter is "part-African like Sicilians" or some other PF-style trash, but I'll risk it :D

Back on topic, though: this is just another one of those boring threads which, like the Balkan garbage, really ought to be merged into a generic "Polish women's preferences in men" thread :)

* deliberate typo ;)

Life / The rise of ' Generation rent ' in Poland. [26]


Not everyone has children, or wants them. Besides, who says you can't move with the children? My parents did - several times.

I didn't fly for the first time until I was over 35; I've now flown around 70 times. I know someone who became a techno party DJ in his early 40s (he's around 60 now, and still plays out occasionally). I was a property owner at 19, but a flatsharing tenant at 38 .

If you want to be stuck in the 1950s and live like your parents, then feel free, but life's not as straightforward and regimented as it used to be (and I'm glad it isn't).

Life / Why is Polish Christmas on the 24th? [87]

I suppose that this demonstrates the difference between Polish-Americans and British people of Polish origin.

It seems that once Poles in the USA have been there a while, they forget their culture, or create some fake form of it; let's face it, the "Polish Dog" is just the Pol-Am equivalent of "Singapore Fried Noodles" :) Mind you, this does appear to be the "American Way" - remember that episode of The Sopranos, when the oh-so "Italian-American" characters went to Italy and needed interpreters?? lol :D

It's over 65 years since the first member of my family arrived in this country, yet I am able to pass on the language and the culture to any children or grandchildren I may have.

In the UK, Polish people can be divided into two groups. The first group consists of those who maintain the language and culture and pass it on to their children. These people tend to object to being called English/Welsh etc, but accept being called British. Christmas means a traditional Polish Christmas Eve, not an English Christmas Day. Church means the local Polish church, if it is within a reasonable travelling distance. English may become the primary language, but Polish is spoken at every opportunity.

The other group are those who never bothered with anything Polish, and exclusively refer to themselves as English/British, etc. They will, however, admit to having Polish ancestry, if the subject arises. Christmas means an English Christmas Day, not a Polish Christmas Eve. The local English church is attended, if at all.

What you will not find over here is people claiming to be Polish, but who can't speak a word of the language, have nothing to do with the culture, and will never bother visiting Poland. This latter category appears to describe the American "Polacks" which are often discussed/derided on here.

I'm proud to say that I'm in the first category.


They have only themselves to blame, but if that's what they chose, there's not a lot that any of us can do about it. I do feel sorry for Pol-Ams in a way, though - even I've got a heart ;) I can travel to Poland entirely by train, yet Americans have to fly thousands of miles, so it's not quite as easy to maintain contact with the old country.

Mind you, Chinese and Indians seem to manage, so my sympathy is limited :D

Love / Polish men calling polish girl for dating englishman [80]


That may well be the case. However, I've already explained why the title is ungrammatical, and why I suspect that the OP may not necessarily be a native speaker. I may be wrong, but I am right to suspect this. I'm not going to repeat my previous posts. I believe that my understanding of English is already more than adequate, but thanks all the same.

Whenever I see a post made by a prospective "English teacher", it never ceases to amaze me just how bad their grammar or spelling is. The standard of English demonstrated by Polish natives like JustysiaS bring complete and utter shame upon these guys!


Well, I do hold a teaching qualification, and I teach occasionally as part of my job. But I am not, have never claimed to be, and do not intend ever becoming a teacher. Especially not a teacher of English. I have never claimed to have "mastered" English (or Polish), either, and I know that my English is not perfect.

Anyway, this is off-topic, so I'm keeping off this thread from now on.

USA, Canada / Where do most Polish-Americans identify on the political spectrum? [142]


Exactly!!!! lmao!!! :D


I imagine that most only really consider their relatives and friends abroad, and not anyone else.

Delph may be a lot of things, but at least he's been to Poland and lives there - unlike many of the "Polish Dog"-munching brigade.

USA, Canada / Where do most Polish-Americans identify on the political spectrum? [142]


LMAO. This would never happen at a real Polish business over here.

That's worse than the Asian shops over here who advertise "Polskie Chleb", "Polski Produkts" and "Polska Food".

They're Asian - they have an excuse. We may suggest corrections, but we don't criticise them for Google Translator's shortcomings :) What's the Polish-American excuse?? :D

Life / Why is Polish Christmas on the 24th? [87]


Exactly. I have a job which didn't (and couldn't) even exist 100 years ago, and I can't drink between the 25th and the 30th because of this. While everyone else parties, some of us have to remain clear-headed to make life better for everyone else. It's 2011, not 1511; times change, and hundreds of thousands of us can't just stay in and drink for three days ;)


In the USA, no doubt :D

Life / Does Polish society accept new people especially those not from Poland [41]


Everyone who knows anything about Poland knows that there is still a culture which accepts this. Yet when I once dared to mention on here that I had witnessed a group of guys drinking before setting off for work, the keyboard warriors appeared, to try and make me look like I was some anti-Polish racist foreigner or something. You only need to smell people on trams before 0700 to learn that it's the truth. It doesn't mean that everyone drinks at or on the way to work, but it's much more common than over here.


Less likely to happen in major cities and large towns, but I'm sure it would happen to me if I went into a shop in a small Cornish village as well. Polish villages and small towns aren't really used to foreigners. I think that far worse would happen if I opened my mouth in a taxi queue in some small Midlands town on a Saturday night.

Unfortunately, I think you just ended up in a local sklep for local Polacy lol :D

Life / Poles hard working or just born lazy. [58]


I think you've met my ex :D

Life / Poles hard working or just born lazy. [58]

If I could earn £150 000 a year for cleaning floors or serving coffee in a foreign country, instead of working there in my current profession, then I would be straight over there.

Even if 80% went on tax and living costs, it would still leave me enough to put down a huge deposit on a house over here, after just two years of work. Sounds familiar? ;)

It's hardly surprising that Polish immigrants "work hard" and tolerate poor living conditions, if they can earn 4-5x what they earn in Poland, simply by doing minimum wage jobs over here. I've worked for over a quarter of a century, and I would not single out any particular ethnicity or nationality as being the most hard working or laziest. There are plenty of lazy Poles, and plenty of hard-working English.

Love / Polish men calling polish girl for dating englishman [80]


Of course not, but English natives tend to make different mistakes to foreigners: e.g., "you should of known their not going to pay up" shows the kind of mistakes an English person would make, but missing out indefinite articles is the kind of mistake a Pole would make. ;)

Anyway, this is going off-topic now, so I shall warn myself (minus the red text, lol) :D


I hope you're not thinking of someone who posts here :D

Love / Polish men calling polish girl for dating englishman [80]

"Calling Polish girl names" is just the sort of mistake a Pole would make if their command of English is not fluent. Like "I want cup of tea please". It's a dead giveaway. There are several errors in the first post as well:


Do you think the above was really written by an English native?

Not getting at you, just emphasising my point ;)

Love / Polish men calling polish girl for dating englishman [80]

You are correct, but the OP wasn't - he didn't apply the translation correctly.

The title should be something like "Polish men who call a Polish girl names for dating an Englishman".

He claims to be English, but he appears to have translated the title like a foreigner would.

Love / Polish men calling polish girl for dating englishman [80]


You just need to look at the title - he's clearly translated "wyzwają" as "calling", but hasn't changed the sentence appropriately ;)

Language / Interesting inconsistency between Polish and Russian [71]

The "I can speak Polish therefore I can easily understand Czech" myth will never end on PF. I'm sure that someone will be along to say "hodovla divek" in a minute :D

UK, Ireland / Is the UK referred to as the Islands in Polish media back home? [62]


it's just another (lame) attempt to...


;)


It's like someone mentioned elsewhere, about someone they met who claimed that England isn't in Europe. Just because the "British Isles" aren't on the mainland, it doesn't mean we're not in Europe. If that argument was applied elsewhere, then neither is Malta or Crete - utterly ridiculous of course :)

Genealogy / Polish person's average height? [210]

This is my problem too. I'm 182cm in shoes.

However, I won't go out unless I'm wearing these:



;)

UK, Ireland / Is the UK referred to as the Islands in Polish media back home? [62]


No doubt you will call me "common" for saying kartofle instead of ziemniaki as well.

I bet you think you're royalty because your surname ends in "wicz" or something. lol

tbh it's more of a media thing, really. I've never heard anyone actually say it. Just like no-one ever says "sex romp" except the papers. haha :)

Love / Polish girls' attitude towards different kinds of sex [88]


"Fantasies" is the operative word. That's why you're posting about Polish women on a Saturday night.

Work / What is a good salary in Wroclaw? (coordinator position for an IT company) [27]

Yeah, even traditional "expat" locations like Hong Kong are increasingly looking to the local workforce for high-end jobs; many of whom can offer not only English and Cantonese, but increasingly Mandarin as well. That's somewhere I would move to tomorrow if I could, but I'd need more Cantonese than English in my job, so no chance :(

Genealogy / Polish person's average height? [210]


yeah, but she's a giant!! lol


Here we go again, more generalisations. Where I live, there are many Polish women, and they are average at best. None can compare to my last Polish ex.

Where I work, the Polish women are amongst the least attractive of the women in their age group. The English women are by far the hottest.

But most of the idiots who post these inane threads are only looking for a skinny woman with no a**, because they aren't big enough to deal with a big behind - hence the predictable "fat English women" insults :D

Work / What is a good salary in Wroclaw? (coordinator position for an IT company) [27]

If I had to move to the USA, NZ, Oz (or even Poland), I would be paid the local rate for what I do, which in several cases, would be lower than in the UK. This is why I would never move to Poland.

Why do so many people on here think that they should be paid more than a local? Unless you can genuinely offer something a local worker can't (unlikely), I just can't see how it's justified or expected.