Language / Chcę and chce [21]

why do many Poles often neglect the final 'ę' in words??

my mother taught me to ALWAYS pronounce it clearly... like in the phrase 'Lubię Cię'.

Of course, since polish is generally spoken really quickly, that sound obviously would be omitted for the most part.

But still, just like when she pronounces the word 'język'... she doesn't say 'JEN-zyk', like soo many videos on youtube teach, for example... she says 'ję' nasalized! ~ THE PROPER WAY!.. like in french

I don't think it's even possible to spell it phonetically, when properly spoken, with a nasal.

News / What you think about parliament monarchy in Poland? Imperial Poland? [13]

Monarchies are soo medieval, and simply don't fit into our modern day societies. I don't know how or why the UK, for example, still has one. Japan, on the other hand, has an Emperor - one who basically has no political power whatsoever, yet is incredibly adored by almost every Japanese resident.

History / How do Poles feel about 10th anniversary of 9/11 [40]

I was 15 and staying with my aunt in Williamsburg during that time... I remember everything that day. I was standing on the williamsburg bridge watching the towers collapse..

Also, my cousin, Edyta, worked in the south tower on the 37th floor, but her shift started at 9:30 am... she was riding on the subway as the north tower got struck by the plane..

Travel / Mosques in Krakow? [131]

lmao...how random.

and speaking of... ****, it's almost sept 11th! =OO

Travel / Mosques in Krakow? [131]

History will surely repeat itself. You muslim invaders will vanish.

Life / European Capital of Culture 2016: Which Polish city do you wish to win? [42]

of course Gdańsk! :D

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


mine too

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


lol wtf? never heard of that one

News / POLAND HAS LOST 1 MILLION PEOPLE (for other EU countries) [30]

in the late 1800's to early 1900's, the average fertility rate for polish women both in poland and america was around 7.1 (my prababcia had 11 kids living on a farm in Zabludow - 4 males died in WWII)..my maternal babcia had 8 of her own (all survived).. and my mom had 4 (+ 2 miscarriages)..

The Polki of today should once again follow this trend, and our population *decline* will quickly be reversed. :D

I don't understand why people are so overly concerned about being financially stable to support their offspring..

I mean, ****.. you have pakistani couples having an average of 8+ kids while living on welfare in Canada, yet they all seam to live happy, prosperous lives, and send their children all off to universities later on.

I'm 24, make just over minimum wage, and live happily on my own... yet i'm incredibly desperate to have kids... I wanna start off with 1, then 2, then 4, then 6...hell, i'd go for 10 or more.. money or no money.. there are ALWAYS ways to support your kids in a developed country, So so so so soo many ways. :)

Life / How many Jewish people live in Poland? [145]

just give it time.. :)

Life / How many Jewish people live in Poland? [145]


those numbers could be wayyyyyyyyyyy off. Many sources state that there could be 10-20 times that amount, or even more. So many Poles (like my father) either don't know about their jewish past or learn about it at a much later age.

regardless, the numbers are growing daily. :D

UK, Ireland / How many Poles in London in 2011? [6]

dunno, but i found these figures quite interesting:

The recorded figures for Polish speaking children in London schools April 2011

Barking & Dagenham .. 260
Barnet .. 1058
Bexley .. 111
Brent .. 866
Bromley .. 69
Camden .. 188
City of London .. NR
Croydon .. 468
Ealing .. 2536
Enfield .. 713
Greenwich .. 301
Hackney .. 711
Hammersmith & Fulham .. 370
Haringey .. 1047
Harrow .. 528
Havering .. 148
Hillingdon .. 503
Hounslow .. 1178
Islington .. 210
Kensington & Chelsea .. 167
Kingston .. 237
Lambeth .. 509
Lewisham .. 332
Merton .. 833
Newham .. 674
Redbridge .. 304
Richmond .. 237
Southwark .. 210
Sutton .. 205
Tower Hamlets .. NR
Waltham Forest .. 578
Wandsworth .. 637
Westminster .. 117

Total for all Boroughs 16,305

source: polishlondoner.blogspot.com/2011/04/16305-polish-speaking-schoolchildren-in.html

USA, Canada / How Poles and other Slavs celebrate and participate in USA everyday life. Chicago as Polish province? [47]

all i can say is that Poles in america (excluding polish jews) are more dependent on each other as a community than those in canada. canadian poles are fucken shallow. i wish i lived in america :(

News / Multi-culti (in Poland) -- roadmap to disaster? [344]


fyi, about 80% of ALL jews living in america are of polish descent, including nyc mayor bloomberg :)

Life / Will Polish people be accepting that im only half polish? [63]

Gary Grzelak, my parents went to poland last year and they told me that not only 'skin heads' attack random people. My mom is very honest and she told me that 'they' love to harass colored people, english-speaking people, tourists in general. Hell, they were approached by them (in their cabin) 4 times while on a 2-hour train trip in north-east (podlasie) poland. One threatened to take my mom's purse unless she handed over a bottle of vodka she brought for her cousin in bialystok. lol

****, i'm fully polish and i'm scared shitless to go there, especially to ride on a bus or train by myself.


true... when i was last in poland for vocation in 1999, i was in a playground behind our building and the moment i told these kids swinging next to us that i was from Canada, all of a sudden 20 more kids ran over and huddled around us. lol .. they tried speaking english to me, i guess in attempt to practice theirs.

Genealogy / Polish First Names: Adam, Jadwiga, Ewa - in English [17]


lol i like that one :D

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


and in UK it's 16.. wtf's the difference?!!???!

in many Mexican states and south American countries, it's 12 and 13.

Germany too, i think.

Genealogy / Popular Polish Names during the 1920s through the 40s? [16]

my babcia's name was Leonarda.. we called her Lonia. :D

and I think that the jewish/yiddish names would've been most unique in pre-war poland, at least compared to the common names of ethnic Poles today.

Examples: Menachem, Herman, Mordechaj, Yitzhak, Szmul, Shevah, Moshe, etc.

Life / The facial piercings scene in Poland [7]


omg, that never occurred to me =O

Life / How do Polish people see homosexuality? [152]


Just like the Poles living in canada or the us: the gay ones are out and about.

I've met plenty of 'em here in toronto. They're all soo damn nice & down-to-earth! :D


my parents are (or were) major homophobes, yet they attended the gay pride parade in toronto 2 years back and came back home all excited, exclaiming how fun and colourful it was. bwaha ha ha :D

Language / Polish names spelling and pronunciation [24]


if i'm not mistaken, i think it's originally spelled '-dzisia' or 'Żdzisia', and pronounced like zh-jee-shah

Language / How to pronounce the Polish word "w" in sentences? [15]


it this phrase it's pronounced as 'v' ... but sometimes it is unvoiced to an 'f' sound like in the phrase:

'Robiliście już zakupy w sklepie.
'


in cyrillic alphabet, со would be pronounced as polish 'so', but in this case our 'c' is always pronounced as 'ts'. kinda confusing.

власне волѩ так писать! :D:D

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

A J

most of those living abroad are distant relatives of mine, many whom I've never met or even heard of, and from what my mother told me, they were forced to leave Poland after WWII. Why? I really don't know. Maybe they are Jews. ;) After all, the ones living in Manhattan are filthy rich!

But majority of my aunts, uncles, cousins, and extended family do live in Poland, so be it.

annnnnnnnnnnd btw, STFU+GTFO. kthxnBYE =)))))))

oh and Palivec, it is ironic indeed. :D

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


finally a post worth reading. someone who thinks logically. BRAWO, BRACIE!

the majority of the posters on here are so damn retarded. honestly.

Of course immigration is welcome in poland--as long as it's from europe and by WHITE europeans only. SIMPLE.

EVERY polish person i know and talk to, including my huge polish extended family (living all across europe, in brazil, israel, and US) all say that they would never in their lives want to see 'colored' people - aka asians, africans, arabs - in their country.

Racists? well duh, they're Polish and damn proud to be, unlike you scums.

All of them also agree that the worst immigrants of them all, without any doubts, are the MUSLIMS... black, white, tanned/brown-- it doesn't matter about skin color! This satanic cult of a religion is the biggest threat to all of Europe.

RACISM IN POLAND IS WHAT WILL SAVE POLAND AND EASTERN EUROPE IN THE FUTURE. I fully and proudly embrace it.

POLSKA dla POLAKÓW <3

News / How Polish diaspora see future of Poland? as ethnic Polish state or just Polish in origin? [120]

Lets just pray that history will repeat itself.

Law / PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF SWASTIKA AND NAZI SYMBOLS in Krakow, Poland - Where I should report them? [56]

um.. as in any other country in the world... try the POLICE, perhaps?

News / How Polish diaspora see future of Poland? as ethnic Polish state or just Polish in origin? [120]


you've got to be kidding me. they will NEVER assimilate with polish people and culture. simply look at those in UK or canada.

News / Poland A and Ukraine B. Compare how far Poland has advanced. [282]

most of belarus is far worse off than ukraina