News / Polish Policeman shoots down a foreigner in Warsaw [300]

I don't get what's the whole fuss about. It is normal to native of some country to expect from immigrants to obey the law and try to assimilate with them. If they are commiting crime they should be send where they came from, there is no reason why a host country should have to deal with such people. That rule should apply to everyone - African in Poland, Pole in the UK, Brit in Germany etc etc. I don't see the problem in sending polish criminals back to Poland (I would prefer them to be send to Australia though lol ), it just seems fair. They are guests after all so should behave as ones.

News / Polish Policeman shoots down a foreigner in Warsaw [300]


Probably it's right - if someone has to shoot at all so probably in self-defense, otherwise why fire a gun at all?

News / Polish Policeman shoots down a foreigner in Warsaw [300]


Because they were struggling for gun, the guy wanted to take away the police officer's gun so how the policeman suppose to CHOOSE where to shoot?

Anyway, just read what was already said, it just plain stupid what u are saying, sorry.

News / Polish Policeman shoots down a foreigner in Warsaw [300]


How is that racism?

News / Polish Policeman shoots down a foreigner in Warsaw [300]

The pic is terrible, and it doesnt look like ketchup even :(

News / What's the stupidest question asked about Poland? [414]

All polish girls are tall blondes?

News / What's the stupidest question asked about Poland? [414]

Do polish people eat only potatos and cabbage?

Language / Is czarnoskóry acceptable? [21]


Sorry but I am the only one allowed to shush :P

Language / Is czarnoskóry acceptable? [21]


Well, in London I've seen a section in bookstore called Black Literature and while I would somehow understand if the topic was slavery for instance but the only thing what the books had in common was the fact that their authors were black lol

Language / Is czarnoskóry acceptable? [21]


Well, from the genetics point of view there are more differences between races than you would think. It doesnt mean it matters though.

Language / Is czarnoskóry acceptable? [21]


Czarnoskory or ciemnoskory are normal terms, used commonly. Depends on the context it can be used in a rasist manner. You did not say in what context the polish media were refering about Obama as ciemnoskory prezydent USA. The offensive version is czarnuch.


If the paper was saying about Obama as the first president of mixed race then I guess it's understandable?

Law / British married to a Polish woman and they have a son. Son's British Passport? [65]

Poland is not Russia, there are agreements in place to make sure a father will be able to see the child even if mother with a baby lives in Poland and father in the UK.

Po polsku / Konopielka, Smieszny filmik [13]

"Chlop z chlopem spac beda, baba z baba spac beda! A Pan Bog coraz czesciej odpoczywa. (...) Kurestwo. Sodoma i Gomora." LOL

Language / Caring/loving words in Polish? [90]


No, it is not - fajny/fajna is like nice. We can call anything by fajny - fajny chlopak, fajny film, fajna muzyka, fajny samochod. Fajny chlopak is like a nice, cool guy.


Well, I dont understand cute in that way, maybe I get it wrong, I dont know. But for me cute is when you see someone and you feel like to hug him or her, when you get that nice feeling inside, probably similar to the feeling when you see kitties or puppies. In polish cute is ładny, śliczny, milutki (or ładna, śliczna, milutka). But while guys get called milutki but ładny and śliczny is not that nice for them, I can imagine. Well, if someone likes boyish type or even childish type of a guy then it's fine. As for me I would call my boyfriend cute but I would not say he is śliczny or ładny, milutki is ok though.

Language / Caring/loving words in Polish? [90]

Not fat but sweet :P

Actually every word can be nice if used with proper intention. My mum is calling her grandchildren - ty żabo (you frog)!

Language / Caring/loving words in Polish? [90]

Pączki = donuts. Mój pączuszku is a nice way of calling someone, means my little donut

Food / I've never cooked or eaten any polish dish before. [24]


Yes, if you have never made pierogi before sometimes no one would be able to recognise them as pierogi lol but they are delicious and once you started making them - it's not that hard, unless you dont have to make them too many.

As for golabki - what's there difficult to do? u just slightly cook cabbage, then mix meat with rice, add some spice, put the filler into one leaf of cabbage, then braise it and that's all.

Food / I've never cooked or eaten any polish dish before. [24]


You mean "placki ziemniaczane", I guess

Genealogy / Last Name Jaszczur [14]

Yes! actually the creature from Komodo in Polish is called waran z Komodo or smok z wyspy Komodo (smok= dragon)

Genealogy / Last Name Jaszczur [14]

Jaszczurka is like small lizard, jaszczur = huge lizard. Actually jaszczur is more like saurian, dragon and similar.

Travel / Just back from Krakow [120]


That's a bit harsh :P

But i agree that he jumped to conclusion too fast - he was in Poland after all and it is weird to expect everyone there will speak English.


If you know language just a little then i dont see much point unless u really are into someone's appearance.

Travel / Just back from Krakow [120]

Maybe they didst know English and thats why they walked away? but it doesn't mean they were racists. Hard to communicate if you don't speak the same language.

Language / Calling a person a 'potato' (ziemniak/kartofel/burak) [37]


Yes, I have not heard it either. "Burak" is common and known in every part of Poland and the meaning is deragatory as it was already said.

Love / Church of England - Catholic Marriage in Poland. [23]


Yes, that's true but I think the problem is a priest really and not a bishop. Bishops i guess know the law but priests do as they please most of the time.

Love / Church of England - Catholic Marriage in Poland. [23]

The canon law doesnt say anything that the other person has to be baptized.

archidiecezja.lodz.pl/czytelni/prawo/k4t7r6.html

(in Polish)

Love / Church of England - Catholic Marriage in Poland. [23]


LMAO! I wonder if it would be still valid if u said stink? lol

Love / Church of England - Catholic Marriage in Poland. [23]

The CoE doesnt need to be baptised. It is possible to get married even with atheist, muslism etc (from the catholic church point of view). I think the only one requirement is for the other person to agree to respect the person's religion. Some time ago also the partner had to agree for the children to be raised in the catholic faith but i think it changed some years ago. Well, at the end of the day it depends on the particular priest but the general guidance are as above.

Love / SHE'S 25, HE'S 85 (Polish actor Andrzej Łapicki) -- ANY FUTURE? [82]

Ehh you two having fun, thats nice but i still think there is not necesserily going something bad there. Maybe i m naive but i prefer to think about people in a good way.

Maybe she doesnt like sex that much but she does like intelligent people.

Genealogy / Polish person's average height? [210]

I m 159 cm. I think average for women is around 165 cm, there are women who are much taller but there are significant amount of women who are smallish.

Love / SHE'S 25, HE'S 85 (Polish actor Andrzej Łapicki) -- ANY FUTURE? [82]


Yes but not everyone is that wise to fall in love only in suitable persons. I dont think he is that rich and marrying him she lost a lot - perhaps friends and family who now will think she is a dziwka. So altogether i think there had to be something more to that than just money.

But i find it sad that people always think a person is worthless if she or he did something different. That's all.