"Poland Syndrome" should be renamed

Since the Poland Syndrome has nothing to do with Poland it should be re named.
It was named after the British surgeon Sir Alfred Poland because he had the first known case of the syndrome.
To link such a thing to the country of Poland is just not right.
Your thoughts on something so degrading to Poland.

yes, and they should abort using Poland Spring!
Also, Polish hotdog!
Whenever I hear that last phrase, I wanna puke.

Those two products are from Poland while Polish Syndrome has no connection what so ever with Poland.
Or were just trying to be comedic again ?

Of course they aren`t from Poland. Now you are kidding us that you don`t know it. :)

Poland Maine or were you too short for that one ?

Ha! But we were talking about Poland as a state/country, not a town in Maine.

No, we were talking about the derogatory name of Poland Syndrome and how it should be re named.

Yes, and I added two other derogatory names for products which have no connection with Poland what so ever. You know, if we fight for a Polish cause, we must unite our forces, mustn`t we??????

Look at this propaganda poster, does it ring the bell???

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Yes, you are correct again and I am glad you agree with me.

Great. I am also happy to work in such unison with you. So, let`s put Poland Syndrome on the waiting list for future consideration and let`s first deal with Poland Spring which defaces the good opinion about Poland in the US in the most horrenduous way. Did you know they sell ordinary ground water ???? We can`t remain silent about such scam!

vox.com/the-goods/2019/4/3/18292549/poland-spring-water-nestle-lawsuit-spring-water
nytimes.com/2019/03/29/business/poland-spring-water.html

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What do you want them to sell, rainwater ?
Did you know that it is against the law to sell any States natural resource yet the State sell Nestlé a license to steal millions upon millions of gallons of water to sell at a hefty profit.


You bet it is a scam as the local people's water wells get sucked dry.
Where does the licensing money go ?
Now if you take my thread off - topic again I will kick you in the nuts.

I've never heard about this disease ever before so I checked it. It was named after a British surgeon Alfred Poland

No, but ordinary ground water isn`t spring water, in fact. The difference is collossal. Is your well water spring water? Of course not, it is just ground water.


Who took the giant bribe, then???


Hmm, to the Mafia? I have just finished reading the Godfather.


I thought we have an alliance for the Polish cause???

I've repeated your post. Time to have a coffee

Agreed. Poland as a country is more commonly known than someone in Britain who died nearly 150 years ago.

Thanks to centuries of hostility towards Poland the continued misattribution of the name Poland to a deformity would only make the ill-informed assume it is genetic to those of Polish heritage and could also give anti-Poland haters a motive to bully both sufferers of this condition and Poles in general.

The medical establish could and should come up with a different medical term.

It is a good time to do so as well. Coincidently, a male-hating feminist "doctor" in Australia wants male-named body parts remained because they of course offend her.

New push to RENAME body parts like the Adam's apple and Achilles' tendon because they are 'irrelevant and misogynistic'

Link to the headline: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8537393/Sexist-body-terms-like-Adams-apple-no-longer-used-doctor-says.html

Exactly and that was my point.
The Polish have some of the strongest genetics in the world.


I beg to differ.
Technically speaking, well water and spring water comes from the same place.


In fact it is spring water pawian. Where I live there are many artesian wells that bubble out of the sandy ground.
I have a real nice one on my property that I had to tap into for the water in my house which flows non stop 24/7/365 with ice cold pure water tested with no interference in it.

100% pure and extremely cold and it is free.

Wow, so far your written English has been flawless, until this sentence. You must have been thinking of sth else in the meantime. E.g., of mons Venus. It should also be renamed, shouldn`t it??


Yes, but you focus on the crude origin/source while I prefer to look at trace elements and minerals content in water. Spring water has more of them than ordinary ground water.

Besides, spring water should be derived from deep underground sources. Nestle has been accused of taking their Poland Spring from shallow ground levels.

Apart from Poland Syndrome and Poland Spring, we also mentioned Polish hot dog. Guys, especially Pol Ams, you can learn a Polish saying: the Polish hotdog sausage didn`t even lie next to true original Polish sausage. Can you guess what it means??

Or they call it Polish meaning not sausage but pickled cucumber?

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Also, I suppose the English language speakers should drop using the verb/noun "polish."

Firstly, I am sick and tired of seeing/hearing language courses for foreigners ads with that cliche phrase: Polish your Polish. It is so silly.

Next, when I see boxes/packets with shoe polish, I also feel disgusted. The linguistic establishment could and should come up with a different term.

Enough of that centuries-long hostility to Poland!!!

I also strongly dislike the way that we use "to polish off something". It implies gluttony and greed, and could be changed to "Russian off". For instance, "oh, she Russianed off those leftovers".

Ironside will protest as usual coz his buddies from Kremlin troll factory are sensitive to such things.

Fortunately, some producers decorate the boxes with animal images: kangaroo, kiwi bird, cat, bufallo, eagle, horse, rhino, dog, penguin, griffin. Then I am completely disarmed and withdraw my objections.

Does nail polish have the same effect? ;-)

Somehow I forgot about it. But I think there is another name for that, I seldom see polish on those little bottles.

Years ago in the UK, it used to be called nail varnish, but these days evryone uses polish.

How about nail enamel? That`s the word I was talking about.

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I've heard of it but wouldn't say it's as commonly used as nail polish.

And that should be changed too. Especially that there is a better word: Enamel. So beautiful. It reminds me of Emanuel, an important first name in the Bible.

Perhaps we should change the name of the north and south poles too...

Yes, absolutely. We wouldn't want anyone getting offended, so perhaps we could change them to "North British Point" and "South British Point" to remind everyone of the glorious Empire?