Life / Is it common for Polish people to speak English in Poland? [122]

More and more Poles speak English nowadays than in former times no doubt. This though in no way diminishes the importance of learning the language of country one happens to be in, either to work or to live:-)

History / Frederick the Great governments from Poland's perspective [24]

Ruprecht,

It's frankly not quite fair to dismiss someone of Voltaire's stature as an idiot, even if we both might well have severe differences of opinion concerning his philosophy.

True, he was also an anti-Semite, yet this sadly too was only in keeping with the reigning prejudice of his age, lest we impute more enlightened "modern" views on those

of Voltaire's time. It's ethnocentric.

I will grant you this much that Poland has often suffered at the hands of her frequently more powerful neighbors such as Germany and Russia.

The French perspective is though unusual in that they admire Frederic Chopin as a great Frenchman (alongside Mme. Curie, who Polish, was married to a

successful Frenchman), whereas to the Poles, Chopin is thoroughly Polish because he was born in Poland:-)

Work / Anyone willing to move to Scandinavia for work? Or is economy better of Poland? [6]

Actually, both are technically correct. It's rather akin to "It's me" vs. "It is I". Both are grammatical, only the former is far more in use in the vernacular and the latter makes a person sound terribly stuffy, sort of plusperfect pain in the butt.

In theory, Krishna's English ought to be at least standard, since it's going to be a great deal harder to communicate in any one of the Scandinavian languages coming from India:-)

Love / Polish girl/Mexican guy Dating [5]

Darn right, fella!

Off-Topic / Work in the US or in the UK? Moving out of Poland. [8]

I'd suggest Australia, ccs. I hear Sidney for example is bursting with business opportunities, just the place for young, enterprising type.
They also have a sizable Polish community in many major cities and so you'll should feel right at home:-)

Work / Anyone willing to move to Scandinavia for work? Or is economy better of Poland? [6]

How good then is your English?

History / Frederick the Great governments from Poland's perspective [24]

Granted.

History / Frederick the Great governments from Poland's perspective [24]

He also forged strong links with France, something which influenced not only German policy of the time and into the future, but of course, the German language as well.

Life / Tips on tipping in Poland [45]

In certain countries, however, Japan for instance, tipping is literally not allowed.

News / Campaign urges US to suspend ties with Poland over Holocaust law [5]

Merged:

Facebook publishing Holocaust Denial: Any sense Zuckerberg's waffling on this issue?

Well, we've gone from the outrageous to the unthinkable; Social Media spreading poison for free over the Web...and getting paid no less!!
Sure folks have lots to say about that.

Life / Tips on tipping in Poland [45]

Regarding Germany, in restaurants I've always left at least a modest gratuity, protests by the grateful wait staff notwithstanding:-)
Once here in the States, a waitress actually followed me to the door of the establishment, almost demanding to know why I left the amount I did.

Such a thing NEVER happened to me in Europe once, even if I wasn't able to cobble together much of a tip.

In Poland, albeit quite some time back, I left something for the waiter. He looked at it curiously, but pleased, and took it with what I suppose over there passes for a smile.

Life / Russian Language - is it offensive if I speak it to Polish people? [69]

Certainly the above holds quite true for the seventy-plus generation of today, who grew up during the end of or just after the War and remember the Russian presence in their country with acute accuracy. Russian, surely not German, definitely not English, will therefore be their second language, after their Polish mother tongue.

History / Silesia to Czechia [54]

To the best of my knowledge, Bohemia aka Boehmen, like Moravia aka Maehren, had always been Czech territory. The Germans acquired her from the Czechs, not vice-versa. Although what with all the wars throughout the past five-hundred years or so and the borders continually changing hands etc., who really knows any longer?

:-)

UK, Ireland / Do British partners of Polish people in the UK speak their (Polish) language? [17]

You're right in so far as most English-speaking Poles whom I've encountered at least will allow for some polite "recast" of their faulty speech, unlike the

Germans who turn into characters when made aware of their mistakes in English. The former do appear to be somewhat grateful, as do I, for instance, when I make

errors in Polish and am corrected, I have to admit:-)

It's all a question of attitude really and the willingness to learn.

Polish I find though to be quite musical, somewhat more chirpy and upbeat sounding than Russian, as I've often observed on this forum.

UK, Ireland / Do British partners of Polish people in the UK speak their (Polish) language? [17]

Something similar happened to me once in France!

Guess my Parisian "accent" impressed my neighbors at the apartment complex where we were staying as a teen. They too thought I was not American, but French.

When I had to confess that I wasn't French, but in fact from the States, one gentleman who was a cultural critic and who'd apparently had lived for a number of years in Chicago remarked, "Mais votre americain est tres splendide!"

:-)

UK, Ireland / Do British partners of Polish people in the UK speak their (Polish) language? [17]

Typically, the Polish interlocutor will hardly expect your average Brit to be comfortably fluent in any language other than English. Frequently too, many Poles, I've found, estimate their English to be far better than it is, thus making it doubly beneficial for the British partner to know as much of their Polish colleague's language as they can.

News / How will BREXIT affect the immigrants in UK and Poland. [1114]

Even when Brexit does go through and Johnson, Farage etc. finally get their way, boy, is that gonna be one rough landing for Britain!
Glad I never decided to move there:-)

UK, Ireland / Do British partners of Polish people in the UK speak their (Polish) language? [17]

Answer to your question. If they don't, then they ought to in most cases.

Study / Study a master degree in Poznan University of Life Science as international student [15]

Much appreciated, maf.

Study / Study a master degree in Poznan University of Life Science as international student [15]

Aha, therefore the linguistics dept. would be the same, albeit a separate division of same.
Thanks again for the heads-up:-)

Didn't have time to edit post just now.

You mean that they are individual faculties, but under one roof. More or less:-)

Study / Study a master degree in Poznan University of Life Science as international student [15]

Each subsumed, I've no doubt, under the generic rubric of "Poznan University", regardless of the individual faculty for their respective department(s)!
Lots of colleges and/or universities, e.g. Maximillian-Universitaet in Munich, will typically have a subdivision, such as "Life Science" etc. as separate from "Humanities" or the like. All institutions will have various disciplines listed under differing categories, for instance, in my college, "History" was separate from "Liberal Arts" which included exclusively "English", "Modern & Ancient Languages", along with "Mathematics", of all things.

I'd imagine it should be much the same in this case, no?

Study / Study a master degree in Poznan University of Life Science as international student [15]

Jm84,

I know someone whose major was linguistics and thoroughly enjoyed her studies at the University of Poznan. Not certain if all majors have equally good faculties.

Get my e-mail yesterday, incidentally? Sorry if there were any typos:-)

News / Poland And the Pope: Not Happening, Apparently [58]

Catholic Poles tend to be more openly pious Christians than most Lutheran Norwegians, for whom Communion, I believe is still seen as representative, rather than literal!

Work / Anyone willing to move to Scandinavia for work? Or is economy better of Poland? [6]

Make certain that they can at least communicate in the target language of whichever Scandinavian country in which they happen to be working, as English alone will scarcely suffice on a more extended daily basis:-)

USA, Canada / Where Polish in NJ live? [58]

Lodi, Garfield, Paramus, and Linden seem to be up there.

News / Poland's political crisis deepens [228]

According to the Western press, with this most recent purge, for a party which calls herself "Law & Justice", apparently in Poland as we speak, there remains no longer either of them:-)

Language / Polish words that sound funny? [224]

Literal translation from any language word-for-word into another, particularly from an unrelated language group, will usually yield amusing results:-)

For instance "Psiakrew, bydlo"! = (idiomatic) G-d damit!! vs. (literally) "Dog's blood, cattle!"
etc....

Genealogy / Angela Merkel is partially Polish. Her family name could be Kaźmierczak [208]

I was being sarcastic Rich, in case you hadn't notice:-))

What's going on in Europe right now is bordering on the tragi-comic; Poland purging her courts, Denmark regulating how "values" are transmitted to migrants, Merkel being degraded by the opposition thus making her do an about face on issues....

I already see the tragedy, now, where's the comedy, please??

Law / How /where to recruit workers in Poland? [15]

It's kind of a mixed bag, KarlSaar.

On the one hand, other posters are right, namely, that Polish construction workers are hard to come by these days. On the other hand, albeit more expensive than, say,

those from Africa or Southeast Asia, many haven't worked outside of Poland (save for refugees to the UK, Sweden, or even the US), therefore won't probably speak much English, while at the same time tending to be the soul of diligence along with honest labor and are willing to pick up new skills.

Language / Polish words that sound funny? [224]

Well, perhaps not Polish words exactly, at least any I can come up with. However, your current president's family name did in fact cause my risible muscles into strenuous action the first time I encountered it:

"Camptown Races sing this song.....DUDA, DUDA"
LOL