UK, Ireland / Poles in Ireland by Peadar de Burca. They "turned their backs on a country that gave them" [195]

Tell you what,swappsies then paddy. You have Ulster back we get the nice green bit below it back,OK, Dublin for the british and Ill drop the London bit from Derry.

UK, Ireland / Poles in Ireland by Peadar de Burca. They "turned their backs on a country that gave them" [195]


Sounds a bit like England a few decades ago with all the Micks and paddies comin and nicking our brickying jobs........get a fookin loife.

Love / Polish girls figure [7]


lols, I spoke "russish" ,that didnt seem a problem :)


she'd have killed me ! :)


hhmmm,depends on definition and her mum.....;)


hey baby,you aint met me yet....lols :)

UK, Ireland / Poles in Ireland by Peadar de Burca. They "turned their backs on a country that gave them" [195]


Thats a pretty huge start,without spelling out the obvious. :)
By the way,once and for all britain really really is very sorry for everything,can you please take back "Mrs browns boys",honest,we wernt that bad were we,no one deserves this.......


lols, par excellence, verdamnt recht...sorry,damned right it is ! ;)

UK, Ireland / How ENGLISH has been affected by POLISH [73]


russian...........
i think,unfortunatly a lot of what Poles presume to be Polish is actually Russian or, plain "generic" slavic,so it will be very hard to pin down just where some of these words came from,but again,most of those words listed so far may be known to english speakers but they never replace english words as such.

UK, Ireland / How ENGLISH has been affected by POLISH [73]

Russian....?

UK, Ireland / How ENGLISH has been affected by POLISH [73]


Well this brings up the question are we talking Polish words that are well known in English or Polish words used daily in the English languages because,like I said,we may describe French uhlans as Uhlans but our own have never been called uhlans,always plain ,english,lancers.

Some people may have heard of kielbasa but no one this side of the atlantic would use it as short hand for bangers etc

UK, Ireland / How ENGLISH has been affected by POLISH [73]

Id go with the Uhlans thing,except we call our "Uhlans" lancers.

History / Poland during the Renaissance [146]

well played mods ;)


Ok,I promise,if you promise,if in the UK to visit York and its Minster.

UK, Ireland / How ENGLISH has been affected by POLISH [73]

Still dont know why its called a Polka though :)

UK, Ireland / How ENGLISH has been affected by POLISH [73]

Interestingly, the "Polka" isnt a Polish dance.....off the top of my head its Hungarian.

News / POLES FEEL LIKE JEWS HAVE TOO MUCH CONTROL IN POLAND - TRUE? [209]

property is theft.

History / Poland during the Renaissance [146]


Nope,Ive been a few times,but that was a cut and paste from the Official site Im afraid :)


Ive still not got in there yet....maybe its my Methodist childhood or agnostic adulthood,but I always fear a sudden bolt of lightning around catholic churches ;).....nah,actually,it always seems to be either shut or a service going on when Ive been,but,being a bit closer to the low countries a bit of flemmish woodwork is not a main pulling point in Krakow for me....the girl behind the Bar in bar Szara a few meters away back in 04,now she was a reason to hang round the rynek :)

History / Poland during the Renaissance [146]

He's got some great tunes though apparently ;0

Wawel
Around 1504, King Alexander Jagiello commissioned a German architect Eberhard and an Italian sculptor and architect Francesco the Florentine to rebuild the Gothic residence in a Renaissance fashion. The King’s brother Sigismund I (the Old) continued this enterprise from 1507. Master Francesco, the creator of the decorative stone bay window in the western wing, had erected the eastern wing of the castle, and begun the construction of the arcaded galleries before his death in 1516. Further work was conducted by Master Benedict and then by the famous Bartholomeo Berrecci (the creator of Sigismund’s Chapel in the Cathedral). After his death in 1537 the work was continued by Niccolo Castiglione and Mateo the Italian. The interior decorations were created by sculptors, wood carvers – Sebastian Tauerbach and Hans the Wood-Carver, who built the wooden ceilings, and painters who decorated the walls with friezes and painted royal portraits. The Castle’s halls and chambers gained much splendour after Sigismund I Augustus acquired magnificent Flemish tapestries.

from official site

History / Poland during the Renaissance [146]

The question one could ask is,there are Italianate buildings all over Poland,where are the Polenate buildings?
But only when playing Devils Advocate ...

History / Poland during the Renaissance [146]

nah ,just someone who has waited since the dawn of the internet for an excuse to quote the best film ever :)

History / Poland during the Renaissance [146]


In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace – and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.

History / Poland during the Renaissance [146]

No, he was an idealist who had lived in the colonies prior to the independence,he chose right over wrong......faced with the same choices I would hope Id do the same.


never said it was Bizi....but ah well, you try dont you. No,the Jews were forced over the river,as I said in my earlier post,into podgorze in early 42........but,sorry, K' was a ghetto.Thats why it was built.

History / Poland during the Renaissance [146]

At least one of them did,he's called John Paul Jones.....maybe google him..............oh,sorry,were you hoping I was a Jew,sorry to disapoint love,you'll need to find another excuse......

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Jones_(pirate)

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News / POLES FEEL LIKE JEWS HAVE TOO MUCH CONTROL IN POLAND - TRUE? [209]


Well,it explains the german fascination with the nudist kulture I suppose,the running about naked bit,very Celtic warrior....on second thoughts,if you guys will cover up your wobbly bits you are more than welcome to the Kilt :)

History / Poland during the Renaissance [146]

exactly,that part of leeds,you know the one, bagel shops every 3 shop fronts and M n S mini markets everywhere ...or North london.....not exactlly ghettos :)..........Distinct districts outside of city jurisdiction where people are forced to live rather than choose to live,well,they're ghettos.....I mean,theres got to be a reason why every tour guide calls K' the "old ghetto" as opposed to the nazi version over the river and not,the place where jewish people chose to live just by complete chance.....sure, by the 20th century no one was forcing anyone to live anywhere till the nazis came along but that changes nothing. Poland had plenty of genuine Ghettos prior to 1939/40

History / Poland during the Renaissance [146]


Lols,whats kazimierz then you loon?


Any city ,town or village in Britain for over 300 hundred years.....

News / POLES FEEL LIKE JEWS HAVE TOO MUCH CONTROL IN POLAND - TRUE? [209]


please,just leave the kilts to us though yeah..:)

History / Poland during the Renaissance [146]


Erm.ahem,um,one problem with that.............Im not Jewish,you strange man.

Language / Polish nationality insults in Polish? [67]


" I dont hate the English,the English are just wankers....." ;)
apart from that,cant see any one getting to het up about being called" Roast Beef"..............always thought that was a lame insult...

"limey" often used on here by keyboard warrior septic tanks who seem stuck in the 1940s and completely forget its not actually an insult but a complement to british ingenuity :)

UK, Ireland / Bath City offers 80% discount to Polish people [18]


well thats a bit silly considering the people posting pro Polish or at least anti hate stuff,or worries that this will create hate are all British too,apart from one loony Pole banging on about 303 sqdrn winning the battle of britain all on its own...............

News / POLES FEEL LIKE JEWS HAVE TOO MUCH CONTROL IN POLAND - TRUE? [209]


yeah,I would to if I ever wanted to sleep in my own bed or pick up a telephone again.........;)

UK, Ireland / Bath City offers 80% discount to Polish people [18]

Crikey,Ken Loach is behind it...................sheesh,that old loon probably thinks its helping fellow communists....:)

Language / Polish word "Dom" and its similarities in different languages [46]

You are a clever guy so explain why you are going up such a blind alley with this? You cant simply stop at a point in history you like and discount anything prior.....if you do,you turn into crow,ya know,doesnt get that the first humans did not spring from the soil of serbia like some ray harryhausen film....


Probably not,but it was sweet to read mate :)

Wot e said ;)

Life / Are there aliens already in Poland? What do Polish people think about extraterrestrials? [34]


Prove your existence,Havok,or mine. ;)