What are common Polish character traits?

Repairing is one thing. Brainless morons vandalizing things is another. These pictures show where I used to live back then and what I found 50 years later...

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show us some pics you took from 50 yrs ago so we can compare.

I have no pictures from 50 years ago since I had reason to take them then. I had a good reason to take them in 2017 during my first visit since I left in 1966.

did you see any difference? did you even have a camera in 1966? were the cameras even portable back then?

No, I didn't have a camera in 1966. The pictures above are current as of 2017. My point is to show how things are now and why visiting the old places was not that much fun.

What is your point?

Polish names are character traits! :)



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What are common Polish character traits?
Having inferiority complexes to the point of not being able to laugh at themselves.
Not all, but most of them.

True, johnny!
So different from the Irish the Poles.
The former were nearly decimated by lovely Oliver Cromwell and Dr. Johnson compared them in his first dictionary to not much above the pig...yet they are always the FIRST to laugh both at themselves as well their faith:-)

Poles aren`t afraid to speak what ails them. Brits - on the contrary.

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In my experience, Poles can frequently become highly emotional to the point of tears, misting up unabashedly if they sense their nation, history or character has been impugned, especially by foreigners!

Need I re-quote my story about an ESL class exclusively of Poles I was teaching, starting to tear up as the subject of "POLISH Concentration Camps" from the NYT was broached by one angry student? Within about five minutes from the start of a young lady's presentation (coincidentally on the natural wonders of Poland), the group became so upset we couldn't continue the lesson and needed a five minute break so that the students could compose themselves.

Other nationalities, Israelis, German, French, Brits etc. would have reacted with either fiery words, fisticuffs, uncomfortable laughter, but scarcely by crying.

It is clear to me that you have absolutely no understanding of Poles. Out of the nationalities you mentioned, you referenced Israelis and not Jews. Why was that? Is it because you know that Jews are even more emotional than Poles? And in any case, what is wrong with being emotional?

You just stack up your reputation as an anti Pole.

I've corrected that error of judgement on your part before but I'll do it again. I know that Americans don't understand irony but let's try .......... his reference was to the living conditions to which the majority of Irish had been reduced by their English overlords. In the same way that he defined oats as a type of grain given as feed to horses in England but used to support the people in Scotland. In fact he had many Irish friends in his London circle, had great respect for Irish history and literature and the Dr in Dr Johnson was given to him by Trinity College, Dublin. There is a lot of humour and satire throughout his dictionary, very much in keeping with the times he lived in.

Yes, it refers to many rightists in Poland. They are always so serious, pompous and solemn. Very accurate remark of yours.

You read it wrong as I was actually referring to all you no nonsense Polish that are serious, pompous and solemn.
You Politically Correct Leftists that like spending other peoples money and changing Polish culture to suit your own Woke agenda are the problem.

Really, you can't on the one hand accuse Polish people of possessing an below average IQ, and on the other accuse them of serial deception. As we know from scientists that study the human brain, deception requires the highest order of intelligence. You must be able to correctly gauge the expectations of your listener, and manipulate terms and facts in such a way that accomplishes your goal.

You mean deceptive like you are being ?
Where did I ever say that Polish people possess a below average i.q. ?
Now prove me wrong or say that you are sorry that you are wrong. lol

@Bobko
Well depends, as long as any Pole stands away from becoming dark. Then most traits can apply as one of the collective traits are being different from one another. So one can easily claim a lot depending on ones own experiences and easily apply other traits that are more profesional specific or class.

In contact with Polish middle class one can easily think Poles prefer beer/wine yet in contact with lower class one can think most Poles prefer vodka. Since most Poles knows about this, a ignorant foreigner automatically informs that with which Polish crowd the person hangs out with and if it's a risk or not to be associated with that person.

Same applies to Russia every time something negative happends (then most Poles want to distance themselves)

Few odd exceptions could had been Gorbachev who was "praised" with a song by famous oppositionist artist singing him a song called "Wieje wiosna z wschodu"

I recommend it

This is why we call this person ignorant, and why his opinion is of little interest to us - supremely erudite gentlemen.

Jokes aside, I like how you think. Initially I thought you were a little too... how to say... "radical" for my tastes. That is, I felt you may be a much more spiritual person than me, and that ideas play a proportionately bigger role in your life. Myself, I don't care about much at all, so it's difficult for me when I encounter earnest people such as yourself. It is not the same as talking with Pawian or Kania, for example...

But yes, I actually like how you think. Strip away the dense language and walls of text (I'm guilty of this myself), and usually you are saying something simple but true. In college, I thought there was not enough appreciation for "simple but true", and a lot of emphasis on "seemingly simple, actually complex". Some things do not need to be complex.

Also, to say that what you are saying is "simple but true", doesn't mean I think there's anything simple in your thinking.

No one can effectively judge the nature of my experiences in the classroom! What was described happened precisely as it was and without exaggeration, believe it as you wish. Read the autobiography of pola Negri.

hahaha So true. Typical Pole/Poless. ::):):)
Atch, be careful not to acquire those awful traits from your long stay in Poland and being married into original Poles who like to argue etc etc :):):)

What are other positions on the list???? :):):)

here are some Polish traits....think of any trait from any other person from any other country in the world, and Polish people do that too, because at the end of the day, everyone, no matter where they are from or who they are are capable of being villians, or heroes. can be good cooks or bad cooks, can be truth tellers or liars, can be hateful or loving, can take things or give things, can be horrible or nice. lazy, or hardworking, everyone from anywhere can be these things.

You want to know the only difference between Polish people and the rest of the world?
Polish people are the only people in the world who......

....are Polish.

And they usually have a great sense of humor, just like you.

Your knowledge of Brits is extremely outdated.... maybe from the seventies?

Please stop posting about stuff that you know absolutely nothing about....it just confirms peoples opinions that you are a moron!

At work, we often have many younger visitors, both from the UK
as well as the Continent and those from Great Britain in particular
tell me that the capital has become so multicultural there's practically
little to any trace of the past in terms of what Americans especially
consider "typically English":-)

I do try to keep myself updated as to what's au current in Europe
these days.

I know a lot about Anglicy. I watched all films about Robin Hood and his gang!!! hahahaha

Something that has rarely been rooted in reality.

It's not a theme park.

You can live for years in the US without hearing authentic British usage.... not so many people on the ground, not very many British productions....

I have claimed (and stand by) the idea that there is a subset of American English that Americans think reflect British English (Stewie from Family Guy is a very good example).

IINM British actors in the US even affect it at times.

A very, very large majority of Americans have no idea how British people actually speak.... I know more about British usage than about 95% (conservatively speaking) Americans and some of it is still opaque to me.