USA, Canada / If America is so bad, why move here? [254]


HA Ha no truer words were ever spoken. My Dad always to me the same thing. He stepped ashore in America with twelve dollars in his pocket. He died in 1975 an extremely wealthy man. I once asked him if he would want to return to Poland.. His answer was. No never. He was very proud to be an American

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


Try this on for size. Sounds to me like a Polish drunk..LOL!
Half of you transplants will not even be able to read this

Czerwona roza Trojaka,
Czerwona roza Trojaka.
Miala se meza pijaka,
Miala se meza pijaka.
Co nic nie robi` tylko pil,
Co nic nie robi` tylko pil.
Przyszedl do domu i ja bil,
Przyszed` do domu i ja bil.
Czerwona roza jalowiec,
Czerwona roza jalowiec.
Lepszy kawaler niz wdowiec,
Lepszy kawaler niz wdowiec.
Bo wdowiec pije kartuje,
Bo wdowiec pije kartuje.
Kawaler sciska caluje,
Kawaler sciska caluje


Sounds like you live a fun filled life.

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


So I wonder why there is so much alcohol consumed at Christmas time..

I am also happy to hear that there are so many non drinkers in Poland.. (Chuckle)

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

I accept Magdalena's explanation. Actually I never gave that a thought.
Christmas eve (Wigilia) to my family was the night to celebrate. As Polish immigrants to America, I just assumed that this is how it was done in Poland. On Christmas eve (Wigilia) my entire family including Uncle and Aunts gathered at one home.. All Polish food was served and the booze flowed freely. My uncle played his concertina and we sang koledy. Since we had to fast until midnight,no meat was served. About the time midnight came, most of my family were bombed.. Most of us went to midnight mass.( Usually the priest called us a bunch of drunks.

After Mass, we returned to the party.. Now the ham (Szynks) and Kielbasa was served. Back to the drinking and singing until daybreak. We now placed the presents under the tree for the kids.

This was a Polish Christmas in America

USA, Canada / A typical Polish American wedding [25]


Like you. When i first discovered this clip on the net, I was so overcome by the entire production,that I just felt like sharing it with others. little did I expect the criticism that it created. But just like someone on here mentioned that times were changing. I agree. But no one can take the memories away from for the memories of years gone by. I will leave with my head held high for my love of Polish Music done in American style.. I will exit with another one of my favorites.

USA, Canada / A typical Polish American wedding [25]


LOL! Does a sweet old Dziadek count? Charming not.. At times I can be a DIABEL.

I just cant figure out why there is so much criticsism to this thread. Why cant it just be accepted as a very nice presentation rather than find fault. Maybe it is because the phrase Dumb Pollacks came from.

USA, Canada / A typical Polish American wedding [25]


Beckski.
No. This was not my wedding..I found this on youtube.. Other than the apparent high cost of this wedding,with Jimmy Sturrs whole bamd and the costumed dancers.. It must have cost a small fortune.. This wedding took place in the 80s..There was a lot of money made in those days.

In my days 1947 . We could not afford that type of wedding.. But we had a 4 piece that performed very well. We ALSO had four costumed dancers from our local Sokoly. They came and did a beautiful job. To help to pay the cost of my wedding we resorted to the money dance, Sometime known as the (Bridal,apron dance into which money was placed in an apron held by a Matron to dance a few steps with the bride.).I dont know what the did in Chicago, but this was how we did it on the east coast




Now I can understand why you are named MEAT HEAD

USA, Canada / A typical Polish American wedding [25]


NO! It hurts me to say that by the 3rd generation all knowledge of this is gone.. There are still a few places like Chicago with new Immigrants coming in, that some of it still goes on.. But not on the scale that we 1st generation remember,.. Yes we celebrated Wigilia,and sang Koledy with the old folks..But today that is all gone.

USA, Canada / A typical Polish American wedding [25]

I am sorry to say that weddings like this are rare in America today. With the original Immigrants already gone and we 1st generation poles aging, the 2nd generation has failed to know the culture of their parents. When our parents came over from Poland,they could not speak English.. We kids picked up the polish language from them as they learned to speak English. As we learned together we started using slang words. This caught on and is prevalent in America today. The 2nd generation kids failed to grasp any of the old culture as our parents started to master the English language. By time the 3rd generation came on. They have no knowledge of Polish customs.

Travel / Mushroom picking in spring in Poland? [35]

Growing up in America, Every Sunday in the fall we would go to pick mushrooms.. We had an old Dziadek who was an expert on mushrooms, and inspected our mushrooms.. this went on for most of my childhood.. One days dziadek died. He was diagnosed as death by mushroom poisoning. None of us ever ate a wild mushroom ever since

Life / Golden Wedding in Poland, the protocol for giving gift for a wedding? [58]



AHHH! Gone are the days when that was not a problem.. In the Polish American communities. We had what we called an Apron, Bridal, or money dance. People lined up to dance with the bride donating a donation into an apron held by a Matron. We danced to the tune of Pani Mloda. The danced lasted seconds before another would dance with the bride.As the booze flowed, so did the money.. Life was simple in my day.

Life / Golden Wedding in Poland, the protocol for giving gift for a wedding? [58]

I agree with Delphi. I too think that their request was rude.. You dont owe them anything.. Give what you are comfortable with.

USA, Canada / My story. Born In the USA - do I have a chance in Poland, my Mother Country? [69]


I have lived in America for 86 yrs, and I never witnessed anything like what he is describing.. It sounds like a lot of BS to me

USA, Canada / Polish or American Education? [180]

Call it what you want.. It's a fact

USA, Canada / Polish or American Education? [180]


Patrick. Times have changed in the States in the last 50 years Up until the 80s Public schools were very close to par with the Catholic schools.. The public school system had good teachers and the schools functioned in orderly fashion.. After integration the Public school system went to hell;. The Quality of teachers diminished. Violence was out of control. Whites pulled their kids out of the public school system.That was the start of the end of our Public School system

Life / What is with Polish and their indoor plants? [26]

I dont know what it has to do in being Polish.. But living in Florida, I raise pineapple plants on my lanai. You have never lived until you tasted a vine ripe Pineapple. Not to mention the pleasant odor of ripening Pineapples.

USA, Canada / Polish-American mutilation of the Polish language [75]


Yes I agree with you. Chicago is one of the few remaining cities that still have large polish speaking people. (Good for them). I came from Baltimore..There are no more Polish neighborhoods left. We blame it on white flight. The same is true with Pittsburg, Philly, Wilmington etc. All of our big cities are going to hell.

USA, Canada / Polish-American mutilation of the Polish language [75]

You all fail to realize that the OP's original post were words that the Polish Immigrants used to communicate with native Americans. In the early 1900's when European immigration was at it's peak, people from other slavic countries intermingled with each other..Most of these people were poor uneducated peasants looking for a better life.. To intermingle ,some words were mangled.. Both my Mother and Father spoke no English. So they settled in communities with the greatest influx of polish speaking people.. Sorta like in unity there is strength.

We kids talked half Polish and Half American. We along with our parents learned from each other. This is where the words came out in a form of slang.

I can relate to 90% of Poloniuses slang words. Yes. We used those words. Although I can still speak Polish.. I would have trouble speaking to a native pole

I spoke to a number of Native poles that were very patient with me. They soon realized that we had no knowledge to the Polish language that is used today

I will also add that the second and third generation have lost the ability to hold a conversation in Polish.

Life / You are Polish if... [433]

Polish People Are Great!

You know you're Polish if...

Study / AFRICAN STUDENTS INVASION in Krakow [197]

youtube.com/watch?v=8yB69UkJGwk

Life / IS Poland in danger of becoming the next multi cultural sink hole? [201]

Here is an example of what the original poster was tryin g to convey.
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Life / IS Poland in danger of becoming the next multi cultural sink hole? [201]


Fool, this guy fought as an American GI against the nazi's in WW2.. And pray tell.. What did you ever do to earn your way in life? A nurse!!! Holy Shidt. Are you a tranny?

Life / IS Poland in danger of becoming the next multi cultural sink hole? [201]

ATT.. Fuzzywickets..

peace.ca/truthaboutblackcrime.htm
thugreport.com

Life / IS Poland in danger of becoming the next multi cultural sink hole? [201]


You just put your finger on the problem.. Yes.. It is our government. They treat these scum with kid gloves.. They give them provision to keep reproducing and the government picks up the bill/ The rate of illigitimate birth among the minorities in America is three out of every four births are illigitimate.. Children having children

Life / IS Poland in danger of becoming the next multi cultural sink hole? [201]

Canada? No way. They are begining to see what is happening to their country due to liberalism. For that I am glad.. they deserve each other

Life / IS Poland in danger of becoming the next multi cultural sink hole? [201]


Are you refering to the Slavic pest that the Nazi's attempted to exterminate?

Life / IS Poland in danger of becoming the next multi cultural sink hole? [201]

And just what in the hell do you know about Nazi's.. You were'nt even around when they were in power in Germany.

Life / IS Poland in danger of becoming the next multi cultural sink hole? [201]

Yes thats true.. But people from other parts of the world came to America too, but they dont act like savages.

Life / IS Poland in danger of becoming the next multi cultural sink hole? [201]


A nazi? No! I am an American who watched our great American cities and cultures being destroyed by scum bags. Our children have been introduced to drugs that were never heard of in the past. As our cities were destroyed by crime and murders, the white people have fled into the suburbs.