News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]


The Americanization of you and your family has also been amazing.


Which are those districts? I very much doubt there are specifically "Polish" districts in Berlin. By the way, the latest news from the life of Polish people in Berlin has been the following:

a) fire has been set to a homeless man (45) sleeping on a bench in Alexanderplatz, near the famous DDR-made television tower. One of the perpetrators was a Polish man (38) abusing alcohol, so his Polish wife told him not to come back home when drunk, the result of which was that he was aimlessly wandering around parks where he met the other perpetrator (23) and they both set fire to their homeless acquaintance sleeping in a park with whom they drank alcohol in this same park the other day. Court proceedings for the case are under way in Berlin.

b) a Polish woman was shot dead in Neukölln (or Nowe Kolno, a place which first was Slavic, then it became German and now it is mostly Turkish and Arabic).

News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]


And to that doubt Mazur is posting the picture of a Top Secret store for showing anyone who wants to look at them that he indeed was !

"Top Secret" is one of the brands of the solely Polish company Redan from Łódź which has been listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange since 2003. Other brands of that company are: "Textilmarket" or "Troll" (store of the latter one would have suited Mazur's interests much better than Top Secret, IMHO). Many Polish companies have an inclination for choosing non-Polish names for their brands. To be precise, these are not always English/American names, but quite often Italian - for example Gino Rossi (shoes) is a Polish company established in 1992.

I think the expansion of the English language in our country is not only a Polish phenomenon. You can observe the same thing in Germany and also the Germans do not mind (I once read the results of a German opinion poll in which most people said they did not mind at all). Several centuries ago the international language was Geek, then it was Latin, and then, tens of years ago it was French, so there is really no need to make so much fuss about. After all, you dear Mazur are a Polish immigrant who at home refuse to speak in Polish to your children or grandchildren, so where's the problem?

Travel / Visiting the Polish Balitic Sea coast in the Winter [30]

My choice would be Łeba (Leba). This small town is an old Kashubian town which was not destroyed during the WWII. It has tremendous large and wide beaches (the widest ones on the Polish coast, in my view). The place borders a national park.

Łeba is extremely crowded in summer, but it is definitely calm and quiet in winter. You may want to stay in the Neptun hotel, situated right on the dune (check for the hotel prices, however!). I was staying in Łeba about 15 years ago, though, so I don't know if the place has changed much since then.



Hotel Neptun (known as the "Kurhaus Leba" before 1945)

Life / Expat Communities in Far-Western Poland [46]


With this I can fully agree. It has always been an insolvable mystery of the PF why all members of the former notorious Brit Bullies' gang notoriously think that the word "Murzyn" is racist in Polish.


If you are from Germany, I would recommend a book by Steffen Möller "Viva Polonia" in which he discusses the Polish mentality from the German point of view:



"Viva Polonia - als deutscher Gastarbeiter in Polen" ist mein subjektives Porträt der polnischen Mentalität. Auf 400 Seiten geht es um Aberglaube, Gastfreundschaft, Verschwörungstheorien, Liebe und vieles mehr.

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For those German people who have never set foot in Poland, I would recommend another of his books:



[...] Trotzdem haben zwei Drittel der Bundesbürger noch nie einen Fuß ins Land unserer östlichen Nachbarn gesetzt. Hauptgrund: Angst vor der Reise. Deshalb möchte ich in meinem neuen Buch zeigen, wie simpel es eigentlich ist, die Oder zu überqueren. Ich nehme meine Leser mit auf eine Zugreise von Berlin nach Warschau. Unterwegs entdecken wir traumhafte Landschaften, erleben wahnwitzige Kulturschocks und lernen eine geheimnisvolle Passagierin kennen. Wenn uns nur nicht andauernd Pan Mirek stören würde, der übelgelaunte Schaffner!

News / Man Charged in Escape Room Deaths in Warsaw, Poland [8]


This is absolute disgrace. I think the establishment should have been checked for having an emergency evacuation route before the accident and not after it.

It is a classic example of incompetence that you may encounter almost everywhere in Poland.

News / Mass-media in Poland: which are left wing, right wing or centrist? [44]


Actually, it shows Ziobro as the fourth most trusted politician.

For me, this poll is about which person is seen most often on TV screens plus the high position (third) of Paweł Kukiz who is a former pop singer.

The relatively high position of Stanisław Karczewski makes this poll even less trustworthy.

Language / Polish and other slavic language differences [60]


Znasz-li ten kraj,
Gdzie cytryna dojrzewa,
Pomarańcz blask
Majowe złoci drzewa?
Gdzie wieńcem bluszcz
Ruiny dawne stroi,
Gdzie buja laur
I cyprys cicho stoi?
Znasz-li ten kraj?
Ach, tam, o moja miła!
Tam był mi raj,
Pókiś ty ze mną była!
[...]

Do H(enryki Ankwiczówny). Wezwanie do Neapolu, Adam Mickiewicz (chairman of Slavic languages and literatures at the Collège de France between 1840 and 1844), poem written in 1840



A painting by Henryk Siemiradzki (1843-1902)

News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]


If you had asked me about the number of parties JK-M created, I would have been in serious trouble in counting them.

JK-M is nothing more than a political clown whose latest great achievement was fathering a child at the age of 72.

Law / Can a foreigner appeal against prokurator (prosecutor) decision in Poland? [11]


It is very likely and happens quite often. The court which may do it is called the Court of Appeal.
Then you may appeal to the Supreme Court against the decision of the Court of Appeal.

The above is basically common rule in every democratic country. In which country do you live, Terri?

Law / Can a foreigner appeal against prokurator (prosecutor) decision in Poland? [11]


This is highly unlikely that the Minister of Justice will take care of every case which is contested.


You appeal to the court within the 7 days that follow the date when you receive the decision of the prokurator.

sprawy-karne.biz.pl/odmowa-wszczecia-lub-umorzenie-postepowania-zazalenie
Musisz wiedzieć, że zażalenie wnosi się w terminie 7 dni od daty kiedy doręczono Ci postanowienie. Zażalenie przysługuje do sądu właściwego do rozpoznania sprawy. O tym jak ustalić właściwość Sądu w Twojej sprawie opowiem Ci w kolejnym wpisie. Pokażę Ci także wzór zażalenia.

Language / Meaning of "w tern" in Polish [27]


You are unable to detect a typo in a text, aren't you?
[There are lots of other typos in this text, btw.]

Language / Meaning of "w tern" in Polish [27]


I suppose you mean 'armja'. The spelling was changed in 1936 when it was decided that:
wyrazy typu Maria pisze się przez i, z wyjątkiem po c, s, z (np. Francja, pasja, diecezja)


In fact, most people, if not all, make this difference in pronounciation. Formally, the spelling 'Danja' should still be kept, even if it is against the above rule, in my view.


You could never see 'w tern' [w t-e-r-n] in books, you could only read this as 'w tern' whereas in fact it was 'w tem' [w t-e-m].


What exactly do you have in mind ?

Language / Sense of "duchowego" [13]

Indeed. I wonder if the term "spiritual development of a man" would have any sense in English once the term "rozwój duchowy człowieka" is an OK term in Polish

Language / Sense of "duchowego" [13]

According to PWN's "Słownik Języka Polskiego":
1. «całokształt dyspozycji psychicznych, uczuciowych i intelektualnych człowieka składających się na jego osobowość»
2. «w religii i filozofii: niematerialny i nieśmiertelny pierwiastek w człowieku, ożywiający ciało i opuszczający je w chwili śmierci»
sjp.pwn.pl/szukaj/dusza.html

Language / Meaning of "w tern" in Polish [27]


This is a gramatically incorrect form which should not be used at all.

Love / Wedding and adopting husband's last name in Poland [7]


Either that or Justyna Gzik-Talkowska or Justyna Gzik. It depends on her choice.


Unless Mrs. Brown has reverted to her maiden name, so she is Ms Smith then.

Language / Meaning of "w tern" in Polish [27]


For sure it is an outdated variant, the same case in:

News / Poland blocks any action on climate change [569]


I seriously doubt that this is "Polish logic" only, to say nothing of "old Polish logic". This logic seems to be highly universal with the Anglo-Saxon world leading the world here ...


Yes, I'm sure jon357's job is not so necessary that some other people could not do it without the need to fly six times a year for the purpose. Again, a typical example of "but my case is special" or "I am sooo special, so shut up, you fool".

Classical Brit Bullies' tactics on this forum that have been going on for ages...

Travel / Train stations - travel from Wroclaw Zerniki to Boleslawiec [5]


It is easy. Klick on the "rozwiń" inside the train connection, then click "zobacz pełną trasę" and you will see all the stops along with the times of departure:

Wrocław Główny - W. Muchobór - W. Nowy Dwór - W. Zerniki - W. Leśnica - Mrozów - Miękinia etc. etc.

Twelve minutes between W. Główny and W. Zerniki

Life / A Pole returning to Poland harassed by MSW [25]

At 49:20 I can hear no sirens whatsoever ...

Life / A Pole returning to Poland harassed by MSW [25]


MSW stands for Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych (Ministry of Internal Affairs).

Genealogy / Mary Barnawich (?) - Is my great-grandmother from Poland? [28]

At this point, the famous "case" of Jedliga - Jedligowa - Jedligówna (jedli-gówna) comes to mind.
Or the "case" is incorrect as the correct forms would have been: Jedliga - Jedliżyna - Jedliżanka.
https://polishforums.com/language/owna-owa-name-suffix-72939/


Branowicz is possible, but Barnawicz is pretty unlikely as a Polish surname (the "br" group is OK, but the group "barn" followed be the "a" seems not; thus I would exclude "Barnawicz" as a Polish name or spelling; Barnawa is a name of Aramaic origin and Barnawski is a surname from Lwów, so the Aramaic origin seems pretty likely here as well).

Real Estate / Looking for a room or flat to rent in Poland - discrimination against age [17]

That's it, at the age of 30 he should have at least one million dollars in his bank account. Just look at Dirk diggler's assets - he has been able to accumulate a lot more ...

Language / First sentence of the novel Solaris [12]


This "past the bays" looks strange in reference to the original. I think the closest is the translation from German.

Genealogy / Mary Barnawich (?) - Is my great-grandmother from Poland? [28]


"Baranowicz" could be the Polish spelling of the name.

News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]


Germany has changed a hell lot since the end of Warl War II as a result of that war and as a result of the policies of the Allied Forces introduced to the occupied country. Of course, there have been people who prefer not to, as in any nation. But you seem to dwell on stereotypes which are still widespread in Poland being the aftermath of the war. I may tell you about my one week long visit to Berlin this year after which my wife who is typically pro-PiS, anti-immigrant and has some not particularly pleasant experiences from her trips to the former DDR could only observe that people in Berlin were "very polite". Neither she nor myself noticed signs of Germany heading in the direction of a "muslim state" except perhaps for a quite a number of dark-skinned people around the district of Charlottenburg in the vicinty of which we stayed.

I could recommend to you reading a very good and a recent book "Deutsche nasz. Reportaże berlińskie" by Ewa Wanat. The author comes across a wide spectrum of subjects on contemporary Germany, ranging from the Protests of 1968 (a short, but excellent analysis of that in Germany in the context of the WWII) through the immigration of the 1960s to the wave of the most recent "Merkel" immigration. Some very interesting interviews with native Germans, Muslim immigrants, Polish immigrants in the book as well. Also, the author being neither German nor Muslim nor leftist nor rightist presents a very balanced views on the variety of issues discussed in the book. She makes an interesting point saying that the Germans have created immigrant ghettos in Berlin themselves by allowing them to settle in certain districts of the city only. Also, Ewa Wanat describes deportations of well-settled immigrants from Germany,too. She does not save the Germans critical remarks as well.

Thus, having read this book, you may end up enlighting yourself on many aspects of life in contemporary Germany in the contezt of immigration and may perhaps stop singing ad nauseam your highly stereotyping tunes describing Germans as if they were some strange species standing with one leg in the 1930s and in some Baghdad califat with the other.

News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]



You are hysterical over Germany becoming a Muslim country, really. Germany may at most end up with some admixture of non-European blood, but in the end this blood is going to dissolve in the predominantly European race as the laws of genetics teach us.

News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]


Indeed, Gavrilo Princip shot the archiduke, a member of the royal family of the country which ruled over Bosnia against their will. It is nonsense to say that what Gavrilo Princip had in mind was starting the WWI.

The WWI was started by those countries of Europe (Austria chiefly incited by Germany) which thought about themselves as superior to others, but not by Gavrilo Princip.

Some crazy people in the so-called "rotten" West, however, still blame Gavrilo Princip for the outbreak of the war which is simply insane and idiotic.

He only killed a Habsburg royal family member as part of the struggle to free Slavic lands from the occupying Austrian force.

After the end of the war Austria followed his hate for the Habsburgs making it illegal for any Habsburg man or woman claiming the rights to the throne to enter the country and even wrote this principle into their Constitution. The ban has not been lifted ever since.

News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]

It is worth remembering Mrs Thatcher who insisted on Europe being "the Europe of nations" rather than a kind of federal Europe.

She also used to promote the concept of East Germany remaining a separate state rather than being swallowed by West Germany.

News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]


Učiniti Poljsku ponovo velikom.
Make Poland great again.