History / Adam Mickiewicz. What is his motherland: Poland or Lithuania? [93]

To make things more interesting, he was born in what is now Belarus. ;)
But IMHO he was Polish.

That odd feeling when someone paraphrases Mickiewicz's words to 'f*** yourselves' :S

BTW, just two days left to Dziady - cicho wszędzie, głucho wszędzie ;)

Life / Your favourite Polish Music Album [25]

@modafinil
I know the thread is really old but ... Do prostego człowieka is awesome. It always gives me chills. Hard to believe it was written over 80 years ago. And Akurat's interpretation is great.

Love / How common or culturally accepted is divorce in Poland? [43]

Honestly, we often don't know what happens behind the closed doors.

Love / How common or culturally accepted is divorce in Poland? [43]

@johnny reb
Sometimes there are no easy ways out. Call me whatever you like but if a spouse is abusive and has no intention of changing, divorce is a way out. And it's not selfish. Especially when children are involved.

Love / How common or culturally accepted is divorce in Poland? [43]

@jon357
Though there's a difference between being non-religious and anti-religious.

Language / Polish pronounciation of: cz vs ć/ci, sz vs ś/si, ź vs ż and dż vs dź/dzi - how to make these sound diff [79]

@Exx217
źdźbło <3

What is 'mnaki znak'? ^^
Anyway, isn't palatalization common for Slavic languages (resulting from Proto Slavic) rather than a 'borrowing'? Just like the soft/hard signs are used in the cyrillic alphabet and Polish uses the Latin alphabet so ...

Love / How common or culturally accepted is divorce in Poland? [43]

Many of you seem to forget the social aspect of divorce. It's not only about the religion. In the past even non religious people would think a marriage is for life. Even if a spouse was abusive.

Being non religious in Poland is not a new thing anyway.

Love / The age of consent in Poland is only 15 [147]

@Chemikiem
He's totally sick.

@Roger5
I'm aware of it :(

Love / The age of consent in Poland is only 15 [147]

Judging by the photos you posted here you look like someone in their late 30s or early 40s who has had too much booze or drugs.

Your posts about young girls are creepy.
Do Poland a favour and tell no one you're Polish.
Do the world a favour and get castrated.

@mods,
Do I get a warning now for abuse at pedo forums ?

Genealogy / Possible error of Poland's town's name [3]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gieraszowice

That place seems more possible as 'z Gieraszowic' translates to 'from Gieraszowice'.
My initial thought was Geraszowice but the only results are in English concerning old Jewish records so that might be a misspelling.
Anyway it's either Gieraszowice or Geraszowice.

News / Americans try to defame Poland yet again. [93]

@tygrys
Are you sure all Polish people say or only Polish people say that?

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

@idem
Have you thought of coming back for good?
@mafketis
I did suffer from it when I came back. For the first few days I was like: why?
And my stay there wasn't that long plus I would get home for Christmas/Easter.
A lot of things have changed here since joining the EU. I'm gonna be told off about it but I'll say it - some of these changes are due to the EU funds. Also it's much easier to travel now so we have a chance to experience other cultures. We have changed as a society, too.

As for right winged parties, well, they seem to have more and more supporters everywhere.

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

@idem
Whole families? I know men who went to the UK to earn some extra money leaving their families here. Some did return later on. Some took their families to the UK.

I used to work in London for a while but had no intention of staying and came back home later on. But Polish people I knew there stayed.

I know people who moved to Norway, Sweden or even Iceland. They're still there. And it's been over 10 years since the first wave of immigration.

Love / THE POLISH DISEASE, wanna marry a Polish girl ? read on... [197]

Your girlfriend sounds like most Polish women I know. Although, very few are actually rebels. They make their own money, they're independent, yet most of them are also very close to their families.

Actually, that's what I have seen since I was a kid. All mothers worked. They do take the maternity leave and then come back to work. I could see stay-home mums (nothing wrong about it) only in American films.

The difference nowadays is that there's more partnership in housework duties nowadays.
However, there's a growing number of whole families dependent on the social welfare, but that applies to both sexes.

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

I don't see any Poles returning to Poland.
More and more construction workers you see here are actually Ukrainians.

Classifieds / Trying to learn Polish language in Bialystok [16]

If any students don't know about esperanto, they shouldn't be allowed into any university. I don't know if that's the matura-to-bzdura generation or what.

Interestingly enough, he came up with an idea of a universal language as he had witnessed divisions between people in a multilingual community.

Life / Polish specialty items - what souvenirs should I bring home to friends/family? [20]

It might be a terrible thing to say but there are always some souvenir shops at the airport ...

Work / Doctor in Poland refuses to give sick leave for day earlier [3]

Legally he could have given you sick leave up to three days before visiting him on condition it was clear you were unable to work. It's hard to prove in case of the flu, I think. Anyway, I think your L4 form has already been sent to ZUS so I'm not sure you can do anything about it now. Just explain the thing to your supervisor and check what you can do.

Genealogy / Help finding modern city name in Poland [7]

*I have never been there.

Life / Fascination of Poles with German Laundry Detergent [16]

So I'll just dig out this old thread I came across.
There are more and more claims that products made for countries east of Germany are worse in terms of quality.
There was even an article about it in the Guardian several weeks ago.

Genealogy / Help finding modern city name in Poland [7]

Quite possibly. I have been there.
@mienkoja
I like such riddles so I googled the surname from the document and there's a Malgorzata Mienko running a business (selling furniture) in Slawacinek Stary, gmina Biała Podlaska. She (or someone with the exactly same name) takes photos for the local news portal. I don't think it's a very popular surname (never heard it before) so you might be her relative.

Genealogy / Help finding modern city name in Poland [7]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siedlce

Siedlce is also in the area so perhaps it's the place from the first document.
'From Siedlce' in Polish would be 'z Siedlec' which might have been spelled like that by a non-native speaker of Polish.

Genealogy / Help finding modern city name in Poland [7]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmina_Bia%C5%82a_Podlaska

There's a gmina Biała Podlaska in eastern Poland. In the link above check the list of villages. There are two villages called Sławacinek Stary and Sławacinek Nowy. It might be the name from the second link provided as it starts with 'Sł' not 'St'.

The first document is too blurred or perhaps it's just my mobile but perhaps Sitnik fits?
Other Białas are in western Poland so they were probably under the Prussian occupation.
These are just guesses.

Food / Typical lunch in Poland? [50]

It depends on the place but the price is usually somewhere between 4-7 zł per meal.

Language / What is the difference between jeść and jadać? [10]

'Kaczma' - what a nice name for a restaurant. The person behind the idea probably can't pronounce 'r' or doesn't know Polish :)))))))))

Jem/Jadam kolacje w domu - I eat dinner at home.
Jem kolację teraz - I'm having dinner now.
Jadam kolację teraz is incorrect.

a native speaker of Polish here :))))

Language / What is the difference between jeść and jadać? [10]

Jadać - to eat something regularly or at the same place np Kolacje jadam w domu. (I have/eat dinner at home)
If compared to English it expresses the simple aspect.

News / Polish-German Reconcilliation Seminar [491]

So even if they're paid the minimal wage, the monthly cost is two million zł? With little chance of succeeding? Do you seriously think that should make me happy?

News / Polish-German Reconcilliation Seminar [491]

Seriously, are there 1000 people paid to work on it? What are the costs?
Because that got me worried.

News / Polish-German Reconcilliation Seminar [491]

I hope they're doing it as volunteers. If they're paid, they're paid from my taxes so in fact we're spending money-not making it.

Love / Are Polish Women cold and aloof? [249]

@DoggyDogg
One's personality doesn't depend on their sex. Women usually seem gentler because of their looks. Polish guys are not that bad either when you get to know them better.

@Sparks11
Spot on.