USA, Canada / American Polonia. Wisconsin - the most Polish state? [112]

Greetings everyone,

There is no shame in saying "I don't know". And that is exactly what would have been said instead of stating as fact, what factual is not :) We aren't speaking here of anything terribly important, but:

@Krysia: "TWO POLISH STORES IN THE WHOLE STATE OF WISCONSIN!!!" There are more than two Polish stores in Wisconsin. The Milwaukee area itself has several. And yes, we still speak Polish here.

naszewisconsin.ning.com/forum/topics/polskie-zakupy-w-wisconsin

@nunczka: "The original immigrants are all dead". As far as I can tell I'm still alive and so are many, many other Poles I know. If you do understand Polish you could register at nasza-klasa.pl where you would easily find plenty of first generation Poles who live in this state.

And if you'd like a local Wisconsin place to practice your Polish, I invite you to naszeWisconsin.com where you can get to know other Polish speaking people, share your pictures and run your own blog - in Polish. There is no English version, however.

naszeWisconsin.com also offers a Google-mapped directory (Informator) listing various businesses who can understand you in Polish :)

USA, Canada / American Polonia. Wisconsin - the most Polish state? [112]

@Eurola: Thank you for your kind words. naszeWisconsin.com simply tries to provide a forum for sharing thoughts with other local Polish speakers.

@Krysia: I see that by "original" we mean two different things: You and Nunczka are referring to "first ever", while I, just like Cheehaw, meant "the first generation". But to answer your question, no I am nowhere near being 150 years old. The two stores you found are listed in the Informator section of our website. There are more to be found in the forum, and I included a direct link in my earlier post. I've heard Kenosha may have a Polish/European deli as well. Does anyone know?