UK, Ireland / WHAT IS IT ABOUT POLISH PEOPLE THAT MAKES THEM THINK THAT UK WANTS THEM? [309]


that's capitalism for you. you are too pricey and not good enough. you can't blame others that they understood capitalism quicker than you. By the way a vast majority of Poles do not do the job they want, they do the job that is available. Every week job adverts appear in the local newspaper - why don't the locals apply?


I am yet to meet a Pole who has ever lived in a house with 20 housemates. stop repeating tabloid bvlls*it

UK, Ireland / WHAT IS IT ABOUT POLISH PEOPLE THAT MAKES THEM THINK THAT UK WANTS THEM? [309]


that doesn't matter. people do have the right to choose where they live JUST LIKE YOU DO. Anyway have you asked the people of the country you've chosen whether they want you? have you learnt the language yet? or you are just expecting them to speak english?

About a month ago the Australian indigenous people expressed their anger in the face of the australian prime minister. They wanted their country back. What is the British queen - the official head of state in Austraila going to do about it? Nobody in the world wants the Brits or their descendants. Bring them back to your rainy Britain, make them work in your warehouses and farms. The world will be grateful. Unless you do that, you have no right to complain you narrow minded frustrated moron.


You obviously can't read English.

News / Controlling the internet ACTA in Poland (Like SOPA) [34]

Good to know that I'm not the only one who's noticed that

News / Poland now soft-pedalling ACTA signing [107]

don't wipe your mouth with the word freedom if you you don't understand it

History / Friedrich Nietzsche - Polish or German ? [73]


:) That is one of my favourite quotes of all times, it's a definition of being Polish to me - that "liberum veto" boiling in your blood - with all the beautiful and all the ugly connotations of it

Food / Best slimming products in Poland? [27]


oh dear, is it something like an apple per day??... :)

Food / Polish vodka zoladkowa gorzka (a very pale colour orange and has spices in it)? [12]

It must have been "żołądkowa gorzka", the only vodka I can drink straight :) It's great. Hope you had a happy birthday :)

UK, Ireland / Websites for Poles to benefit from Britain! [210]

True, true, true :) But maybe it's better this way - it help us understand each other better... It also makes us know how to hurt each other - because no matter what we are more similar than different

UK, Ireland / Websites for Poles to benefit from Britain! [210]


I think so as well - all of us would benefit if we put the same effort in making friends that we put in trying to prove who is better than others.

youtube.com/user/Humanityhealing#p/u/90/TYXJfuBONZQ

UK, Ireland / Is moving to UK now a good idea? - antipolish prejudice of the Brits [231]


why do you take such pride in the industrial revolution? the industrial revolution have changed human civilisation into a global cancer and brought about the modern type of slavery. It's been a curse over humanity.


Of course this country owes Poland nothing and so the Poles owe the British people nothing - the Poles do what is good for them and what they have the right to do - instead of "sitting around complaining" and looking for someone to blame

UK, Ireland / What do you like about living in Britain? [134]


I was shocked when I saw in England a man wearing flip-flops in November. In Poland he would be taken either for an extreme weirdo or for a homeless who can't afford a proper pair of shoes..

Language / Pronunciation difficulties for Poles speaking English [40]


LoL, that is really funny :D


That is a nightmare.. That's why we happen to say: "Give me the kiss" instead of "Give me the keys" and "Where is my back?" instead of "Where is my bag?"


Someone told me that when saying the English r the lips should be shaped as if you wanted to say u in Polish - not sure how correct that advice is but I've been following it


That is comforting indeed :) By the way - do you think there are accents in Polish? When I lived in Lublin I was told sometimes that I had the "singing" Masurian accent but still don't have a clue what they meant. In Polish I distinguish just 3 accents: the "normal" Polish and the Silesian and the Kashubian one - but the two latter exist because their Polish is influenced by the dialects. Or maybe my ears become lazy when it comes to Polish

UK, Ireland / What do you like about living in Britain? [134]


lol. I'm not a great fan of the English breakfast -at least not for breakfast, but it's not bad for lunch or something


My English teacher said that during the WW2 (or some other crisis - can't remember now) there was a shortage of spices in Britain and they got used to eating food without them - and everyone knows that when the English get used to something, that's it. So he said, that's the reason why people think the food is nothing special - but I've learnt that when you make it very salty it can be very tasty (or is it that the Poles use just salt and pepper with everything so it's easy to please us?)


oh yes. And Italian. And actually this is another good thing about living in Britain - because food in Britain is not necessarily the British food, you can find here almost anything.

UK, Ireland / What do you like about living in Britain? [134]


yeah, although many people say that British food is no good, I fell in love with Shepard's pie and a proper baked potato with cheese and beans :) As for the fish and chips thing - it's ok but I got traumatised by what they sell in the chip shop on my street and since then I'm always a bit suspicious and rarely have the courage to try it somewhere else.


This used to make me feel a bit awkward cause we Poles are well known for our don't smile/don't talk to strangers rule, but now I enjoy it


It is, isn't it? :) I got quite addicted to it. I often tell my sister what I read there and she tried to find something similar in Poland and she couldn't - maybe some publisher should start a Polish edition of it

UK, Ireland / What do you like about living in Britain? [134]


I bet you've never travelled on a train from Lublin to Suwałki - over 20 hrs - after a journey like that every single muscle in your body would appreciate the trains in Britain.. :))


I've been there but only for a short stay. The hillier the better. But you can't swim in the lakes, can you?


They are all in some distance from where I live, so I can't go there "anytime". But there is at least the Sherwood Forest in my neighbourhood and it keeps me alive :)

UK, Ireland / What do you like about living in Britain? [134]

I've heard of Snowdonia and plan to go there someday. I've been to North Wales and liked it there - I loved the sea especially - it was so wild and beautiful. I think my main problem in Britain is the fact that I live in England. I come form the Masurian Lake District in Poland and miss a lot the forests and lakes and the fact that one can go for a trip anytime and it's free or almost free - it gives me the sense of freedom. In England there are very, very few places like that left and it makes me feel like I'm suffocating - I know it's quite different in Scotland or Wales. I hate the sight of fenced forests and the thought people have to pay a fare to go there - we're humans, isn't that the Earth belongs to all of us

UK, Ireland / What do you like about living in Britain? [134]


This forum is famous for being full of anti-everyone sentiment and sometimes I think that this is what many of these people enjoy most (even if they don't admit to that ;)


:)) I miss winter sometimes though, but in Poland it's way too long

UK, Ireland / What do you like about living in Britain? [134]


Right, a lot easier than in Poland for sure - but I don't think it's THAT easy especially when someone wants a decent job - although it probably depends largely on the sort of qualifications one has.


True, true, true.

UK, Ireland / What do you like about living in Britain? [134]


oh yes, I forgot that, I love Guinness. I thought ready meals are everywhere nowadays.


... yeah, sure :)

UK, Ireland / Is moving to UK now a good idea? - antipolish prejudice of the Brits [231]


Very well said. It's painful that so many people don't see that obvious manipulation


Right. actually it's me who is frustrated. Because I don't like it here. The only reason I'm here it's because of my partner's job and for 5 years I've been trying to be happy here and I don't know what else I can do to feel better about this place.

RevokeNice, you're talking bs. There was never any expiry date on the invitation nor there was any limit as for the number of us invited. And you shouldn't be mentioning the colonisation, it's not a good idea


Beautiful


not me. I said 85%, didn't I? Approximately, it might be 80% if that makes you feel better. The remaining 15-20% are very intelligent and knowledgeable and I respect them greatly, but it doesn't change the fact that it's the 80% that creates the atmosphere of this country

UK, Ireland / Is moving to UK now a good idea? - antipolish prejudice of the Brits [231]


he won't understand that. 85% of the English have 0 knowledge about politics of their own country, don't expect them to understand the international politics. They are being fvcked over by their own government but they're too ignorant to realize that - this is what makes them ideal subjects (not citizens). It's true that majority of the English didn't want EU and that immigration is not good for them - but it's not the Poles' fault - the Poles actually have been invited by the UK government and the big business and according to the British law they have the right to be in the UK and no obligation to explain themselves before anybody. Stop trying to explain anything - it will only make you bitter and frustrated - because those who are most hateful against the Polish people are not willing to understand and those who aren't hateful, understand the obvious anyway

Language / Pronunciation difficulties for Poles speaking English [40]

:) Thanks for that! I think I getting it now. At last :)

Language / Pronunciation difficulties for Poles speaking English [40]

so do you both suggest that cold and called can sound alike and that's ok? The thing is sometimes I have to ask for salt and people don't get what I'm asking for - then after I've repeated it several times placing my tongue in random places of my mouth trying to guess what the L should sound like they say Ah, saWt - or something close to that - and then they know.. It makes me feel quite stupid really...

/sʌksɪnkt/ I think Polish native speakers don't naturally know what ʌ and ɪ sound like - or even if they know they find it difficult to produce those sounds. To me ʌ like in hut sounds like a combination of Polish u and y rather than Polish a; and ɪ more like Polish y, the Polish sound for i is similar to what in English is written ee like in deep - that's why polmed asked if succint sounds like syksynt - I think it does a bit - although it's a simplified way of pronouncing it

Language / Pronunciation difficulties for Poles speaking English [40]

I've a problem with L - there seem to be 2 sounds for L in English: 1) called 2) cold. Number 1 sounds similar to the L we use in Polish but number 2 is something between L and £ (or W in English) - I can hear the difference but I'm unable to pronounce it. Any tips?

Love / African girl from USA dating a polish guy needs advice [38]

have you heard about one of the key factors of evolution and survival of species which is the need for genetic variation? without mixing of races we'll die out, niuniek

Love / Is the Polish wife the boss? [33]

A man should be a king in his home.. Subject only to his queen ;)

USA, Canada / Polish-American mutilation of the Polish language [75]


that one is not Ponglish. Some people in Poland say "krawatka" - I don't know why, maybe they don't like the male (sexist) sound of "krawat" ;)

Love / Do African or Afro- American women find Polish men attractive? [179]


PolskiMoc, don't tell me you wouldn't go for an African Queen.. :)

Po polsku / Amerykańskie chamstwo? [133]


Właśnie dlatego Polska się "nie wybiła" - przez to pobożne zapatrzenie na zachód i to polskie "cudze chwalicie, swego nie znacie"... Czy raczej: nie doceniacie