History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]

Kinda tough to be even-handed with a German SS goon killing a typically defenseless, unarmed shtettl Jew probably twice the other man's size! For this reason, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising proved once and for all to the Germans as well as the rest of the world that Maccabee spirit, namely, that the Jews weren't nebishy chumps:-)

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]

Yep, those stubborn stats'll getcha every time!

My truth? There's only one, I always learned.

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]

Jews have historically gotten bad press, aided and abetted by the Catholic Church.

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]

Once again, to paraphrase Disraeli, there are lies, there are damned lies, and then there are statistics!

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]

Did you have to have experienced the first Vesuvius eruption to know logically it must have been hellish?!

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]

Yo, chumperoo! I'm talkin' PRE- Pia Kjaersgaard.

History / Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? [930]

DENMARK!! Dr. Claussen would have been trounced out of the Folketing:-)

News / Famous Polish writer prosecuted for free speech [71]

True. We defend everyone's right to be a moronLOL

News / Famous Polish writer prosecuted for free speech [71]

If Poland doesn't sometimes admit her leaders have feet of clay or that the emperor has no clothes, we've got a serious problem!

Study / Polish for foreigners (preparatory programs) [4]

The Kosciuszko Foundation in NYC used to partner some time back with the University of Cracow in an exchange program for Americans who want tn learn Polish.

History / Is Poland a Slavic country?! (politics included) [90]

BerLIN is of course Slavic in origin:-) Look further at Neu RuppIN, Das Schloss StechLIN etc. @Almost everybody, B.B.

History / Is Poland a Slavic country?! (politics included) [90]

Well, sure. Who the heck would?

History / Is Poland a Slavic country?! (politics included) [90]

Nobody? I do.

History / Is Poland a Slavic country?! (politics included) [90]

You keep arguing in circles! What is your point?

History / Is Poland a Slavic country?! (politics included) [90]

OK, so the Northern Germans consider themselves "Nordic", the Bavarians more "Dinaric"? How about you Berliners?? LOL

History / Is Poland a Slavic country?! (politics included) [90]

@Milo, Germans consider themselves Northern, the Austrians, Central European!

History / Is Poland a Slavic country?! (politics included) [90]

Northern Europe, obviously.

Love / She's muslim and I am christian, will it ever work? Has anyone had similar experiences [63]

Love, like justice, is blind...or should be:-)

History / Is Poland a Slavic country?! (politics included) [90]

Poland belongs to Eastern Europe, more Westernized/Latinized than Russia or Ukraine, yet sqarely Slavic. Czech Republic though is Central European:-)

History / Is Poland a Slavic country?! (politics included) [90]

@Armageddon, why so darned touchy, dude? I'm completely comfortable with stating my nationality as American, therefore your persistant reluctance to tell where you're from does indeed suggest evasiveness bordering on the anti-social! Concerning your remarks apropos Poland, these provocations seem to clearly border on trolling, I'd say.

History / Is Poland a Slavic country?! (politics included) [90]

Who writes "prime minister" with a hyphen anyway?

History / Is Poland a Slavic country?! (politics included) [90]

His syntax looks German somehow.

History / Is Poland a Slavic country?! (politics included) [90]

Amageddon, I reiterate, where are you from?

History / Is Poland a Slavic country?! (politics included) [90]

You make them sound like a species of fungus, Sag! I prefer "migrated".

History / Is Poland a Slavic country?! (politics included) [90]

Might have well been a German provocateur:-)

History / Can anyone from Poland tell me about Auschwitz and The Ghetto? [625]

Interesting factoid:-)

Classifieds / Polish-Speaking Online English Teachers Wanted! [5]

Just sent you a message, mateusz28.

Language / rzeczownik (noun) // Right, Recht? [8]

In German, "Laib" is the cognate/calque of "loaf":-)

Language / rzeczownik (noun) // Right, Recht? [8]

Also in other languages such as Dutch "zaak", Danish "sag" or Swedish "sak":-)

Language / rzeczownik (noun) // Right, Recht? [8]

Indeed, an alternative term in German is "DINGwort", literally "THING word" for "noun".