Language / Translate handwritten document - my great grandfathers passport [16]

You bet, Delph! Been there, done that:-)

It's still, I believe, the only country in Europe at least, where the wife still up till now is addressed by the husband's profession, i.e. "Frau Studienrat Sauer!", even if she's a housewifeLOL

Sweden used to, but not for at least sixty years or so.

Language / Translate handwritten document - my great grandfathers passport [16]

AND HOW!!!

They barely have English (much less Polish) equivalents, e.g. "Kommerzialrat", "Amtsdirektor" etc...

Feedback / Removal of Polish diacritical marks [45]

Or perhaps more insidiously, Polish is being phased out slowly as an operative language here on PF and will eventually be replaced solely by English.

Language / Translate handwritten document - my great grandfathers passport [16]

Just glancing over the above and it occurred to me, being a translator myself, that there are many such official titles whose equivalent in English in this case, can only be approximated, as there frequently is no direct translation:-)

Travel / Tell me all about Krakow! [42]

Those who've visited that city, say that aesthetically, it's one of the loveliest in Poland, particularly of course, the Stary Rynek with the Sukiennica:-))

Life / Why are Muslims seen as a deterrent to Poland? [564]

@rozumiemnic,

Naturally, I meant that tribalism, that is, the feeling of belonging to the same ilk, tribe or peoples of common origin, was still quite pervasive in the States prior to the mid-sixties when "Do your own thing!" overtook "Do the RIGHT thing!!".

:-)

@sanctus spiritus, indeed that inevitable precipice continues to loom large on the horizon. Hopefully, sanity will soon prevail before we're all pushed over the brink!

Life / Why are Muslims seen as a deterrent to Poland? [564]

Academically, that is, in theory, I tend to agree with maintaining a conservative standard within society. We've seen thus far right here in the US that the melting-pot culture has been falling apart at the seams for quite some time now. I also believe that the death knell of our country was first rung as soon as we abandoned our sense of tribalism aka solidarity, and elitism aka catering to the highest levels of society by raising the bar and then keeping it raised.

Problem is, the world's changing, perhaps the worse, and Poland (like the rest of the Continent) can run, but she can't hide forever. Sooner, rather than later, she's going to have to stop running and, like the old saying goes, "If ya can't beat 'em, join 'em!", gut wrenchingly painful and a blow to national pride as this may well be!!

Realizing Poland ISN'T the US or Britain, one can't stop the pace of regress:-)

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

No matter who attacked whom first, death remains the ultimate sacrifice and can never be either qualified or quantified in terms of loss:-)

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

Sort of follow you there, TicTacToe.

Reminds me though of the TV skit when once fella says to the other, "When you were in the hospital after gettin' hit with that fly ball, who came to see ya every day, who brought ya flowers, who watered your plants, who notified your family, huh??!", to which the man's buddy aptly replies, "And who hit me in the head with a fly ball??!"

Tit for tat, Tic! Sure, Thatcher wrote to every family who lost a son, but who was it who put them in harms way to begin with??!

:-)

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

It is though more a matter of England's historic disdain for the Irish than vice versa, I'd expect.

Anyhow, Ireland voted to opt out, whereas curiously enough, Scotland voted "Nay", although now Ms. Salmon & Co. wish to pursue a sort of "Scotxit", eh? With Sean Connery leading the pack, no less! Where does he find the timeLOL

Very puzzling the entire business:-)

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

Irish problem, cms?

Always thought of it more as an English problem, didn't you?
:-)

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

Cameron was simply not forceful enough against the likes of Johnson, Farage and the others aka The Donald, the one we call President:-)

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

...aka Hillary Clinton:-)

News / Did George Soros want to destroy Poland with his economic shock therapy? [87]

Trump's several times divorced (the FIRST divorced president), a known flirt and playboy, a teatotler who breaks every other rule in the book and like teflon, seems never to let it stick:-)

So much for "family values". If that's the criterion for the presidency, heck, dump Trump and elect Pence!

Love / Buying alcohol in Warsaw Poland for wedding, advice needed, wine, vodka, beer, spirits [15]

First, just make sure you've obtained a liquor license!

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

I agree here, Sanctus Spiritus!

Trump, Farage and the rest of the bloody Brexiteers are/were guilty of little more than sheer PANDERING to the basest fears of the masses, it's that simple:-)

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

Seems a no-brainer:-)

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

Not only the UK though! Nearly every industrialized nation on the Continent still believes across the board that Caucasians are meant to be architects, professors, lawyers, doctors, engineers etc., and brown aka dark-skinned non-Europeans are meant to be support staff:-)

I realize that those from India are technically Caucasian as well, they are nevertheless treated far differently.

Life / Why are Muslims seen as a deterrent to Poland? [564]

In Christianity alone??!

Last time I checked, we call it the JUDEO-Christian tradition:-) Where then did all the stuff come from which Christians hold so dear aka monotheism, code of ethics (Ten Commandments)?

Genealogy / Writing to the registry office in Poland in English? [3]

Couldn't agree more!

Tanya, you should pay somebody from the local consulate to translate an English letter into Polish for you.
For a fee, they'll be glad to do it.

If the letter's a short one, I'll be glad to give it a whack:-)
tarsape@gmail

Life / Why are Muslims seen as a deterrent to Poland? [564]

"Multiculturalism" merely translates into cheap labor, unwanted by the masses and brought in by the higher ups without referendum and without consultation:-)

Life / Why are Muslims seen as a deterrent to Poland? [564]

Once more, brainchild, do you equate every single German you meet with some bloodthirsty barbarian hellbent on murder and mayhem??! Do you equate every Catholic priest with some unsightly perv who preys on the innocent and defenseless??!

The prejudice has got to stop in order for ISIS and all other similiar cancers to be nipped in the bud ONCE AND FOR ALL!

Life / Why are Muslims seen as a deterrent to Poland? [564]

Indeed. They THINK they know, but as you just pointed out, apparently nobody knows the Islamic mindset....even the Muslims themselves, right?
Nobody that is except for you, it seems.

Again, why generalize about a minority of scum who clearly do NOT represent the majority whole as in the above examples I provided???

If you don't care that you are a bigot, then no one else should either.

Life / Why are Muslims seen as a deterrent to Poland? [564]

If you honestly can lump ALL Jews aka Judaism with the raw, racist guerilla tactics of Meier Cahan, the rantings and killings of a mastermind Sheik Mohammed as representative of ALL Muslims, the Nazis as representative of ALL Germans etc. ad nauseum, then you are nothing other than an ignorosis!

Because you happen to be from Texas and a mega-jerk, does that make ALL Texans ten-gallon boneheads???!
Ask yourself that one, why dontcha!!

Life / Why are Muslims seen as a deterrent to Poland? [564]

Such bigoted, irresponsible talk demonizes ALL Muslims or followers of Islam, Johnny!! Is Judaism the JDL and the JDL Judaism??! Is Fallwell's Fundamentalism representative of ALL Protestant denominations??! Heaven help us.

There's good and bad in every religion and so what you end up doing is blithely tossing out the baby with the bathwater:-)

Life / Why are Muslims seen as a deterrent to Poland? [564]

ISIS is NOT Islam, but instead, a radical sect from which honest, peace-loving brethren, fellow Muslims, continue to distance themselves!

After all, the Arab greeting, much as in the Hebrew, is "Salaam Alekhum!" aka "Peace Be With You!"
The motto of Turkey, inspite of Erdogan's restructuring of the entire society, remains "Peace at Home, Peace in the World".

Kind of tough to square this with such opposing rhetoric as "Death To All Western Infidels!" and the like, isn't it?
:-)

Po polsku / Dlaczego uczysz się Polskiego? [101]

Tak, już wiem:-) Muszę w przyszłości POWOLI napisać moje wiadomości!

Po polsku / Dlaczego uczysz się Polskiego? [101]

"......dla NIEJ....!"

:-)Bardzo mi przykroLOL

Po polsku / Dlaczego uczysz się Polskiego? [101]

Laydi_Kroft znakomicie pisze po polsku! Ale choć te dwa języki słowiańskie, bulgarski i polski, nie są bardzo podobnie ze sobą w porównieniu z rosijskim i ukraińskim, oboje tych języków jednak należy samej grupy języków, dlatego jest dla nią polski łatwiej niż francuski, bo ona ma bulgarski jako język ojczystowy, a nie n.p. włoski, hiszpański itd. :-)