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Teffle   
13 Oct 2011
Life / Poles - what do non-Poles just "not get" and why? [23]

Only possible to provide examples if you provide the solution !

I'm talking about light hearted minor things. Misunderstandings etc

For example, in my experience Poles have missed the point of British/Irish sausages and often don't like them.

Problem is a lot of the time I think they are comparing them too directly to Polish ones - completely different beast. For us (I think), Polish sausages (and many others on the continent) are associated with deli type products, more belonging to the salami family almost. They are simply not sausages as we know them - they are something else.

I know that we are in the minority totally on this, but that is the way it is.

I think Poles therefore "don't get" sausages in Britain & Ireland for similar reasons.
Teffle   
13 Oct 2011
UK, Ireland / Poles in Ireland by Peadar de Burca. They "turned their backs on a country that gave them" [195]

Absolutely, funny like people who were famous mostly for their emigration proves up to early 90' acted so predictably European in their approach to immigration when the tables were turned and immigrants started arriving to their country.

For feck sake - 6 pages and 158 posts later and it hasn't sunk in that it was a satirical article, a pi$$ take !!
Teffle   
12 Oct 2011
Love / Should I bring gifts? - help with a Polish wedding [46]

I agree with the money thing in that I think it's tacky. I think of mafia weddings, envelopes that kind of thing.

But as mentioned, if it's what is done then so be it.

Otherwise, the wedding list idea is a good one (although a bit charmless) to ensure:

newly wed couples ended up with 10 irons, 11 coffee machines, 3 vacuum cleaners, and 13 expensive hair-dryers

...that this doesn't happen!
Teffle   
12 Oct 2011
Law / Need information about opening a Caribbean restaurant in Poland. Can anyone help? [13]

hmm what are caribean food specialties,

A lot of chicken and fish. Rice & beans feature highly too.

Tends to be spicy and sweet (coconut, chilli, brown sugar/honey, thyme, ginger etc etc) It's really nice - if done properly, like anything else.

have never seen a caribiean restaurant anywhere in the world

You musn't have travelled very far then ; )

They are not common, but not rare either - there are at least two that I know of in Dublin for a start and Dublin is a very minor city in European terms.
Teffle   
11 Oct 2011
UK, Ireland / Poles in Ireland by Peadar de Burca. They "turned their backs on a country that gave them" [195]

It was a tongue in cheek article scolari - of course most of it is BS. Also, some grains of truth too as is often the case with these things.

One other BS thing that you mentioned yourself though:

a better heath system

...this simply isn't true.

I'm not saying the Irish system is particularly good of course - it's not, but the Polish system is worse in many ways.

being Irish

He isn't. He is just a troll who has decided for some unknown reason to pretend to be Irish.
Teffle   
11 Oct 2011
Life / WHY DO POLES USE ENGLISH WORDS IN CONVERSATION? [396]

Aside from the words of French origin the first place, what about French words in common English use?

There are hundreds.

In a bizarre twist, the French of all people even use dozens of English expressions in their language.

It's no big deal.
Teffle   
11 Oct 2011
News / POLAND TO BECOME THE NEXT GREECE? [28]

If not a fact that a lot of their debt was lent by German and French banks

* sarcasm alert

Who had absolutely no idea what was going on in the country whatsoever - eh?

Sure as far they were concerned Greece was totally stable with a healthy economy and this was all just business - absolutely no problem in getting the loans paid back.
Teffle   
10 Oct 2011
USA, Canada / US Polonia 70% for Kaczyński [343]

A British immigrant, who came to Poland for a paycheck or for other selfish reasons

I love this one.

So the Poles who have settled in the UK and Ireland in the last 7 years or so were all motivated by altruism?
Teffle   
10 Oct 2011
News / Poland Parliament elections in October 2011 [944]

"Foreign" owned businesses, factories etc ??

This is quite normal for open market capitalism. It goes with the territory.

Should Poland perhaps give back some of the billions in foreign EU funding ?
Teffle   
6 Oct 2011
News / British man prosecuted for raping teenage girls in Kraków [47]

You don’t waste much time to seize the opportunity and attack the Church

... and the OP doesn't waste time in highlighting the case in the first place, making sure they point out:

This "expat" is still "contributor" according to the other thread.

I hope he gets what he deserves

If he is guilty, I'm sure practically everyone would agree.
Teffle   
6 Oct 2011
UK, Ireland / Polish Prams & Baby Travel Systems [12]

I've been told that prams and indeed even baby clothes/items generally are very expensive in Poland.

Prams tend to be an expensive item in any economy so I'd think twice and do my research carefully if I were you OP.