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How to address a postcard to a family in Poland?


wylaw  9 | 15  
20 Dec 2012 /  #1
Wysyłam pocztówkę rodzinie dziewczyny (Drawski/a). Piszę się Rodzina Drawska, Rodzina Drawskich, czy Rodzina Drawscy?
Dzięki :)
Marysienka  1 | 195  
20 Dec 2012 /  #2
Państwo Drawscy
Rodzina Drawskich
polonius  54 | 420  
23 Dec 2012 /  #3
It'd be more polite to write:
Sz. Państwo
Drawscy (if known their first names or initials) R. M. Drawscy
warszawianka  - | 31  
25 Dec 2012 /  #4
I remember my folks addressing letters with W. P. (Wielmozna/y Pani/ie) -- is it still used?
gumishu  15 | 6228  
25 Dec 2012 /  #5
no it isn't
1jola  14 | 1875  
26 Dec 2012 /  #6
But it certainly is among cultured people. I received cards this year with W.P. and Sz.P. (Polonius mentioned this above), so do not mislead people.

It would be better to say " My family and I stopped using polite forms in XXXX and we are proud of it."
gumishu  15 | 6228  
26 Dec 2012 /  #7
I guess I have never seen a W.P. address and wouldn't know what that is if I saw one

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