Study / 90% of Poles have university degree? [57]

"Learning" though is what separates us from animals, never forget that. Without the ability to communicate as literate beings,
what are we worth?? Just make room for us at the local zoo and have us move in with the four-legged fauna:-)

Genealogy / Mongolian the Golden Horde - do Poles have Mongolian ancestry? [256]

I suggest you get a pair of specs, dude, 'cuz you ain't seein' straight!

Study / 90% of Poles have university degree? [57]

The degrees might be "worthless", the knowledge never goes out of fashion:-)

Genealogy / Mongolian the Golden Horde - do Poles have Mongolian ancestry? [256]

Never rule out DNA findings, even if the evidence might be a cover for something not specifically related!
There surely is a distinct Asiatic cast to many Polish faces. This is a fact, not a fantasy:-)

Genealogy / Mongolian the Golden Horde - do Poles have Mongolian ancestry? [256]

No argument there, Ziem..
So much for my specious information, eh gang?
:-)

Genealogy / Mongolian the Golden Horde - do Poles have Mongolian ancestry? [256]

Need I remind an obviously intelligent person such as you that the "first" Slav, Rurik, was also the progenitor of the Swedes?
Case closed!

Genealogy / Mongolian the Golden Horde - do Poles have Mongolian ancestry? [256]

Examples, please? See, now the shoe's on the other foot!

Genealogy / Eastern Germanic migration the Iron Age Goths - do modern Poles have Gothic ancestry? [8]

That I descend from?
If you're referring to the Northmen and their neighbors, I must disappoint you.

Genealogy / Mongolian the Golden Horde - do Poles have Mongolian ancestry? [256]

I make no "claims", I merely quote from all available historical sources, available that is, to all who know how to read, moreoever, who understand what they read:-)

My comments aren't racist, and so quit projecting!

Genealogy / Mongolian the Golden Horde - do Poles have Mongolian ancestry? [256]

To my knowledge, my comments in that regard were merely direct observations, nothing more, nothing less. Do you need "research" to be able to judge whether somebody's nose has wart or not??!

LOL

There has been evidence that the Turkic invasion of Eastern Europe at around the era of King Jan Sobieski during the 17th century surely did' leave traces of Asiatic influence. This is a historical fact.

Genealogy / Eastern Germanic migration the Iron Age Goths - do modern Poles have Gothic ancestry? [8]

One can though definitely trace Celtic influence in Poland.

Genealogy / Mongolian the Golden Horde - do Poles have Mongolian ancestry? [256]

What is inaccurate in my posts, pray tell?
Bet you can't name a single thing.

Genealogy / Mongolian the Golden Horde - do Poles have Mongolian ancestry? [256]

Simply review my posts and you'll have already answered your own question.

News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

No man's an island, Crow!
Even Tito wasn't completely "anti-" NATO, don't forget.

USA, Canada / The proper behavior an American should show when visiting Poland [159]

Completely understandable, and to a degree, I would concur from a purely personal point of view.
However, the older the Pole, typically, the more they have to say, and when you do run across someone over sixty who does know English, often their command of idiom is astounding, almost as though they practically grew up listening secretly to BBC television or radio, pronunciation notwithstanding:-)

USA, Canada / The proper behavior an American should show when visiting Poland [159]

What you're saying, Rich, is to avoid precisely those people most worth talking to in Poland!
Younger people generally speak a low-level variety of English, focus on only the most superficial, material of topics, and as with youth throughout most of the world, particularly here in the States, have precious little to say.

Older, non-English speaking Poles generally will know German, at least Russian, fluently, and if they have studied a foreign language, will have learned it with far greater care than those under forty.

This has been my recent experience with younger Poles I've met in Greenpoint, here on a visit to see family.

Genealogy / Mongolian the Golden Horde - do Poles have Mongolian ancestry? [256]

Quite untrue, przelotnyptak.
I base anything I post on thoughtful, considered observation. Certain generalization, as with stereotypes, do have a historical
basis in fact:-)

News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

Germany's geopolitical influence has waned over the decades, yet von der Leyen for a while, wanted to change all that.

USA, Canada / The proper behavior an American should show when visiting Poland [159]

I was last there in 1997, scarcely a terribly long time ago!
Same ground rules naturally apply: Know at least some local lingo, don't offer unsolicited opinions (..unless asked by the host), and be respectful of the customs.

This doesn't merely apply to Poland, but to ANY other European country. Never assume that your interlocutor knows English, much less "good" or "fluent" English, as it might not be the case (although often in university cites it probably is) and the conversation will end up a combo of "Immigrantese" or Globish gobbledygook.

News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

Germans indeed do sarcasm, only it's different from the Anglo-Saxon variety.

USA, Canada / The proper behavior an American should show when visiting Poland [159]

If you want to make the "ugly American" impression big time squared, you're right, CargoPants!
Some of us prefer to spread benefit rather than slime.

USA, Canada / The proper behavior an American should show when visiting Poland [159]

Simple:

1) Learn at least the basics of the language!

2) Refrain from offering any unsolicited opinions!

3) Read up significantly on the local/national culture BEFORE undertaking a trip there!

Other than that, you should be fine:-)

News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

Our social aka cultural revolution nearly ended up destroying the country, the effects of which may still be felt in the extent to which drugs, promiscuous sex and "free love" have left their sad remains on today's America!

The ultra-Left have the US the middle finger, flaunting its wanton disrespect for convention, notable tradition and errantly equating discipline, structure, and organization automatically with faschism.

Genealogy / Mongolian the Golden Horde - do Poles have Mongolian ancestry? [256]

No obsession, merely historical facts based upon known transmigration of peoples over hundreds to thousands of years, that's all.

News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

Where was Poland before the EU? Economically speaking Nowheresville!!

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

Yeah Joker, I really ought to have:-)
Actually, the ideal Polish fare consists of zurek (or a nice chlodnik), bigos and Polish-style potato pancakes (placki ziemniaczne), with a solid native beer to wash it all down. Afterwards, maybe a zubrowka following coffee and/or dessert.

POLISH COMFORT FOOD!!

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

My wife made me kluski z makiem the other day, and it was delicious!

News / Polexit? Almost half of the Poles believe that Poland would be better off outside of the EU [548]

friends or (misguided) enemies, more often than not, @Spike31.

Face it, Poland needs the EU more than the EU does Poland.

Genealogy / Mongolian the Golden Horde - do Poles have Mongolian ancestry? [256]

Darker complected or "olive-skinned" Poles are more than not of either Sinti-Roma or perhaps even of non-Slavic extraction.

Work / Self-employed American living in Poland? Is it possible? [54]

Especially Czech, being not only a related Slavic language, but relatively close to Polish, compared, say, with Bulgarian or Slovene, for instance. Poles on this forum have contended that Slovak might well be even closer.

Anyhow, best of luck and I'm sure things will work out, so long as you create your own special niche and never get let down!!