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plk123   
9 Aug 2009
Genealogy / POLISH NOBILITY NAMES IN -SKIi [82]

I read in a book recently that a number of surnames with the ending of "ski" is more common in the USA and Australia than in Poland itself.

that's just impossible. lol

Thus a larger proportion of Polish names carried this termination in America and australia than in Poland.

not sure about australia but in the US many, many poles dropped the ski or changed their names to make them easier in america.. some, you'd never even know were poles..
plk123   
10 Jul 2009
News / Polish Mom claims daughter got pregnant from swimming in pool! [162]

Well the probability is quite remote,

impossible.. crack a biology 101 book, eh.

Does this mean I can really get pregant from sitting on toilet seats?

no but you can catch other "little ones"

.my belly....hurts... lol

may want to check the colors... ;) :P :D

Of course you can,

i'll give you the same advice as i gave to seanBM..
plk123   
7 Jul 2009
News / Are Polish People Being Discriminated Against? Problems getting a US visa. [258]

the situation has changed dramaticly within the past 6-7 years.Poles are most likely to go to the UK/Scottland/Ireland/Holland to TEMPORARILY seek employment,if at all.

only because of the visa situation... poles are still likely to over stay their visa... it's still happening..

To apply this degrading process to Christian,educated,mostly English speaking Europeans is nothing short of obscene.

BS.. for the most part those get the visa w/o all that much hassle..

left Poland out in the cold -WHEN IT WAS POLAND WHO PUT THE END TO THE COLD WAR TO BEGIN WITH

not completely bush's fault even though i couldn't stand the bastard. poles have to realize that they may be part of the reason.. you just can't blame everything on the us.

After seeing my own girlfriend JAILED at JFK airport and held without criminal charges for no less than 26 hours without food,water,or a phone call - I would have to wonder if the PRL's secret police wouldn't have treated people better.

don't wonder,, they would have not.

(she had a two week overstay in 2003)

bingo.. here comes the truth. you can't point your finger at the usa for this issue any more..

.I'M NOT THIS **** IS REALLY HAPPENING IN THE US

yes, that is how law breakers are treated here.. and in fact everywhere.

doing NOTHING to stop people who abuse the system and "bad guys" into the US.

sorry, your "bad girl" got caught in this case.. you can't *****..

I know 2 people ( Polish ) that were issued US tourist visas last week no problem.

Actually ist not that senseless at all. Poles have a tendecy to overstay thier visas and not return home when they are suppose too.

If people followed the rules, the government wouldnt have to be so cautious with Poles.

A few bad apples spoiled it for the rest of you

exactly but it's so much easier just to blame USA and keep doing the things that will get one denied. whine, *****, moan.. how about learn?

There's no discrimination. The problem is that poles overstay their visa's. In comparisson, czechs do not and therefore have less problems getting visas - actually i think they don't need visas to travel to the US.

right but these guys don't want to see that for some reason.

Well, if Americans choose to introduce a strict visa system for ALL Poles

that is exactly what's going on.. all the ones that don't qualify get rejected.. it's rather simple, really.

Proper authorites should deal with those Poles who overstay their visas
without discriminating ALL Poles beacuse of their nationality.

sorry but this the proper way to deal with this.

Point is,it is absurd that Poland,a country that is 90% Chatholic,should be treated with more scrutiny than other "western" EU countries,which,frankly,impose a far more considerable threat to Unite States national security.

don't muddy things up with this kind of crap as religion has nothing to do with any of this.
plk123   
7 Jul 2009
News / Are Polish People Being Discriminated Against? Problems getting a US visa. [258]

right on but unfortunately jola is right with her assessment.

No, you don't get It... It's not the cheat rate, It's refusal rate... basiclly they refuse our people visas and then claim that we can't have a visa free status because the refusal rate is high...

no, what you don't get is that most "good/safe/clean" polish citizens get approval. the problem is that many "shady" poles are the ones that are applying in droves..
plk123   
5 Jul 2009
USA, Canada / PRICE OF POLSKI SPIRYTUS IN CHICAGO? [9]

$9.99 plus the taxes.. maybe 12 or 13 by the time that's accounted for. also, this is not the 200 proof kind as that is illegal in the USA.
plk123   
19 Jun 2009
Food / Polish food in Pictures. [277]

like, what? it's too hard to narrow it down for me. lol.. :D
plk123   
13 Jun 2009
Language / Problems Polish People Have with Learning English [63]

The example she gave me was that she would say 'The boss wants to/would like to speak to you.' when we would just say 'The boss wants you.' It's a small difference but across throughout conversations it makes a big difference.

that's interesting as i find it the opposite. mainly because polish doesn't have the articles and polish has a plethora of suffixes that take a whole sentence in English to get the same meaning..

-th and ng sounds

w and v.. vather... :D

also a.. in polish a pretty much sounds the same wherever it is in any word.. in English there are a few versions..

r -- polish r is rolling.. in English it's much more throaty.. hard to get right.

personally, i still have issues with diction of certain words..

there is a lot of good info on this forum in regards to PL language.. look around..