Life / Polish and Czechs [191]

That's your opinion. I've never been one to test the hotness of Polish as opposed to Czech faces, so I really can't say.

History / Whom do the people in Poland hate more: Germans or Russians? [871]

Come off it, dude, read the friggin' papers! Ever heard of Crimea or US election meddling, ad infinitum??! Putin's a menace, get real!!
Merkel's only a threat to AfD or PEGIDA followers, frustrated with globalism.

History / Whom do the people in Poland hate more: Germans or Russians? [871]

Whom do the Polish people hate "more", be it a toss up between the Germans or the Russians? Although not Polish, I'd have to say the Russians were more rapacious in terms of their desire to gobble up neighboring territory for the glory of "Greater Slavania", the Germans surely were far more deadly.

Both however were past practitioners of "divide and conquer", not to mention, quite good at it as well:-)
Appears Party Chief Putin's just following in their footsteps! Today, of course, it's Russia and not Germany, that remains the major European threat.

Genealogy / Typical Polish Eye Color [77]

"Earthy" eye color, Emilia? Not sure I can quite picture it from your description. "Muddy colored", perhaps? The last part I think I got.

Life / Americanization of Poland - good or bad? [49]

Poland's by far the least Americanized nation in Europe! Germany's far more like almost a mini-US, certainly in terms of how American English has infected their mother tongue. French additions were clearly a badge of pride; take from one's betters and imitate them. "Denglisch" or "Germlish" or whatever you wish to call it, is a sign of linguistic laziness, scarcely pride, and probably far more widespread in Germany than, say, "Poglish" is in Poland.

Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]

I'd go even one step further; Loving Poland means never having to say you're sorry. Compare with Germany: Loving Germany means ALWAYS having to say you're sorryLOL

Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]

Think dolno is quite familiar with the American Revolution, Rich!

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

No, lack of reading comprehension is usually, at least often, the result of a poor educational grounding.

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

We certainly are not!

What do you mean exactly? That it's a mental disorder to try to be exceptional??
I'd think that's simply part of being human, to strive to be better, no?

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

Hospitality a mental disorder??

Sure you took your meds this morning, Rich?
:-)

Law / Car registration in Poland (bought a car from Holland on a temporary license) [25]

Addendum. Many from your country may well THINK they're getting a good deal registering in Poland, but in fact, they're not. If they think they are, they're deluding themselves:-)

Work / Is it difficult to make a living playing Soccer (football) in Poland? [54]

Andrew, in Europe, I'd go with soccer myself, as American football probably isn't too popular on the continent at present. Only European country with which I'm familiar that's into American sports is Germany, which has several semi-pro baseball teams, I believe!

Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]

Now, now friends! Let's keep a civil tone.

Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]

@Rich Mazur, gotta go along with ya there.

@Amen, Dirk! English is typically the most underestimatedly difficult language there is. Oh, it looks sooooo, so "easy", compared say (on the surface) with Polish, German, Icelandic or Navajo, but between the correlative spelling/pronunciation dynamic...HELP!!! By contrast, at least from a purely phonetic perspective, Polish is a piece of cake:-)

Law / Car registration in Poland (bought a car from Holland on a temporary license) [25]

Obviously then, you folks get a way better deal in the Netherlands than you do in Poland. Oh, I know people say, "Poland is cheap!" in comparison with, say, Paris, Amsterdam, London etc., but I always like to say "Cheap is dear!"

:-)

Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]

Rich, what you've just described might describe half-a-dozen such megalopoli anywhere in the world, much less Europe! Is that honestly a reason NOT to love Poland, for that matter, any country?

Although only briefly (a day or so at the outset) in a medium to large Polish city, I found most German cities I visited, as well as lived in for a while, considerably more "bad-tempered" than any experience I had in Szczecin. Grafitti?? Name us a metropolis anywhere today not infected by it!

How can a person not enjoy hearty, healthy Polish cuisine with farm-fresh ingredients? Sure beats American TV dinners any day of the month.

Think you're being meretricious here, to speak frankly.

Law / Car registration in Poland (bought a car from Holland on a temporary license) [25]

Alex,
As I'm fairly sure some people have already mentioned here, one can scarcely expect from random Polish concerns like those which you describe the commensurate English level which a foreigner could practically take for granted in the Netherlands from any company, great or small.

More to the matter at hand, I know I've brought this up numerous times also, but Poland retains strong traces of her black market past under Communism, therefore will differ markedly from either Holland or Belgium in this respect. My contacts in Amsterdam along with other cities, always comment on the straight forward manner of conducting business, usually in excellent English!

Life / Polish and Czechs [191]

If nothing else, the two peoples look similar to me.

Polonia / Which country is better SPAIN or POLAND [118]

That too, Chemikiem!

Life / Prejudice about Poles; Poland has changed [39]

Takes lots of concerted effort and more than a healthy dose of PR!

Life / Prejudice about Poles; Poland has changed [39]

They certainly did, I'm also well aware. However, unlike the Italians (whose skills in this area they amply share), the Jews were for the above reasons always pursued by the ever-recurring stigma of greed, which they simply couldn't manage to shake.

Life / Prejudice about Poles; Poland has changed [39]

Can well recall Ted Knight's once famous erstwhile put-down of Buddy Hackett (??) eons ago on Carson, when the former was set to tell this "great Polish joke" he'd just heard, to wit Pan Kaczynski: "Oh, sounds great. Would you tell it in Polish?"

Silence all around.

Life / Prejudice about Poles; Poland has changed [39]

Yo, in the latter case, take away a man's ability to earn an honest farthing by prohibiting him from joining professional associations such as the medaeval guilds etc. and he has little choice but to survive any way he can, be it through usury or what have you. It's not that the Jews grew lazy, it's that they were thwarted at every bend and turn, forcing them to accept work in the least popular positions, long off limits to gentiles, such as money lending and rent collection.

Life / Prejudice about Poles; Poland has changed [39]

There's a difference though, Dirk, between a rank prejudice vs. a historical generalization!

In New York, for example, it is true that many bldg. supers are Polish. That's a general fact. Were I then to add, "and boy are they heavy drinkers and anti-Semites...". that's a prejudice as well as a clearly negative stereotype hands down.

Fact is, for generations, Jews in Europe, roughly from around the Middle Ages until at least the closing phases of the Enlightenment period, were pawnbrokers and bookmakers. This is a fact, pretty or not, which can be proven. However, to further insist on the assertion that not only were they such, but were mostly cheats, liars, and embezzlers, for instance, jumps from mere generalization to out-and-out fallacy.

Life / Prejudice about Poles; Poland has changed [39]

Indeed, Polish stereotypes do abound, nearly all of them pure rubbish! Don't feel singled out however.
In Germany for centuries, the so-called "East Frisian" peoples were teased mercilessly by other Germans, including their very own:-)

Person A: Hey, how come those two Frisian men over there have their cheeks bandaged up?

Person B: Oh, didn't you hear? They tried to eat with a knife and fork.
LOL

Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]

A quote from Gen'l. Patton as portrayed by George C. Scott:

"Nobody ever won a war by dying for his country. The only way to win a war is by making the OTHER son of a ***** die for HIS country!!"

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

Again, Putin's face is clearly smooth and oval shaped, whereas Duda's is much beefier, squarer.

Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]

Apropos overuse of certain words, in Woody Allen's "Manhattan", an ex-girl friend keeps saying so-and-so's a genius, her boss is a genius, her former husband was a genius etc., whereupon Allen quips at one point, "Gee, ya know a lotta geniuses don'tcha! Maybe you should meet some stupid people every once and a while so ya know what it's like to talk with a real person."

I cannot say that I "love" any one country. I love people, but even though for instance, I could imagine myself living in Germany if anywhere outside the US, I would never declare that I love Germany. It's going to sound ridiculous.

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

Russians though tend on the whole to look for "Eurasian" than even the Poles. The latter have that dash of the Oriental, as I mentioned previously, but mostly, a heavy admixture of Germanic.

Compare for instance the faces of Putin and Duda! The contrast speaks for itself:-)

Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]

Do you speak either Polish or Italian even at the minimum level? Only wondering because it's amazing what knowing the language can do for one's experience.

On the other hand, I can only say that I'm sure it wouldn't be any easier for a Pole or an Italian in the US without requisite knowledge of English:-)