Travel / Are Polish people as unfriendly as Slovaks? [84]

Pawian,I am still trying to work you out.
I assume you posted this with an ironic smile on your face?
Am I correct?

Life / Owning a house in true countryside of Poland - stories [692]

Your post brings up some very important dilemmas we all face as we get older.
We all want......I don't know.....almost a reward for working hard all our lives.....and yet we have to face up to the fact that we are no longer young physicaly...only in our minds,we are still young...

News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [870]

We all know how Russians try to deal with potentially subversive people.....

news.sky.com/story/smolensk-crash-explosions-on-board-before-plane-hit-ground-investigator-says-11233792

History / What do Poles owe to Germans? [451]

So,you are my tool....I blame you?
It still does not tell me that Poland owes anything to Germany.
Just poor English.

News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [870]

People who know the history between Poland and Russia are well aware of what actually happened.

History / What do Poles owe to Germans? [451]

Your effort is appreciated,but your failure has probably more to do with your lack of English than anything else.

History / What do Poles owe to Germans? [451]


Sorry,but I am none the wiser....... :-(

History / What do Poles owe to Germans? [451]

Please explain the difference.

History / What do Poles owe to Germans? [451]

Poles owe Germans nothing.
Germans owe Poles big time.

News / Russian criticism of Poland - Soviet war memorial removal [332]


F them....Poland doesn't need Russia's blessing FFS.

Life / Owning a house in true countryside of Poland - stories [692]


As I said,it boils down to your personality.
Personally,I hate the smell of pig sty's and can still smell the stench of chickens at over 100 metres......each to our own....

Life / Owning a house in true countryside of Poland - stories [692]

It boils down to your personality.
Are you a townie or a country person?
As a townie,people poking their noses into my business has always driven me mad.....

History / History of two Neighbors: Poland - Germany Interrelations [283]


Most people in the world don't give a ****,they just want to get on with their lives.

History / History of two Neighbors: Poland - Germany Interrelations [283]


And Poland is a s?Right?
I quite liked your patriotism when you started to post on here.
But now I see you for the fascist that you are.....
So sad,I had hoped for more from the German youth......

History / History of two Neighbors: Poland - Germany Interrelations [283]


You were born too late....you should have been born in 1920.......Hitler would have been your hero and you would have died following him.

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [676]

Mixture is always an asset.
Inbreeding is not.

Genealogy / What does my Polish name mean? [402]


You have a strange sense of humour my friend......very Polish,but a bit weird.....

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [676]


I think you are right BB.
Poles are Slavs but also much more "Central European" in so many ways,plus they mixed more,with Germans,Austrians and Hungarians especially.

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [676]


If the guy was a bit older and it was in West London he would probably have known Poles from the wartime generation.


LOL!..and that!

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [676]


I don't need to do the tests as I have my family tree going back over 200 years.........all Polish....but before that?
Who knows?
That is why I say we are all mongrels....... :-)

Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [595]

Just a shame that you are just a bagel......

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [676]

You are right,its not clean cut or straight forward,we are all a bit of a mixture....

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [676]

And that is the point isn't it.
We are all mongrels to varying degrees.

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [676]

Maybe we should widen this discussion.....we could argue that there is a Slavic look,some Ukrainians and Russians do share some similarites to Poles.From my experience, especially women.....don't know why especially women....just an observance.

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [676]

I am no expert on Ukrainians as we don't have many in London.
But the ones I have met look more Russian than anything else.

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [676]


I am 100% Polish too and I can't hide......most people can tell,even non Poles.

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [676]

I would agree that there is not a general "Polish look",but I can tell some Poles from 100 metres away.
I remember an incident when I was about 10 years old and sitting next to my Dad,who was driving the car.
After staring at a family that I instinctively knew were Polish,I turned and saw my Dad smiling and looking at me.
He asked me why I was staring at that family....he knew.....and asked me if it was because I thought they might be Polish.

I was shocked......it was as if he had read my mind......I answered that,yes,that was why I was staring at them.
He just said,"You are right,they are"......and carried on driving.....

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [676]


Oh dear.....Germanic racial stereotyping is still alive and well I see......

Law / Cajun from Louisiana state seeking refuge/new life in Poland? Wishing to become Polish (is it possible?) [34]


Agreed.

History / Why could some Czechs dislike Poles/Poland? [46]


When I hear Czechs speaking I understand very little and some of their words sound the same as Polish words but have a different meaning.

When I listen to Slowaks speaking it is like an Englishman trying to understand a very strong Glaswegian accent,if I concentrate hard I can get most of it.