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.

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

Absolute rubbish.
Slowak is much closer to Polish than the frankly weird sounding Czech.
I thought you were some kind of linguist?
Obviously not.......

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

For what it is worth,in my experience Poles get on very well with Slowaks.
Not so well with Czechs.

News / "To understand Poland you must understand Frederic Chopin" (Stratfor Friedman) [74]

I hate Classical music....it always makes me cry when I hear how awful it is......give me Hendrix,Santana,Zappa and hundreds of others any day before the "Danse Funebre" of Chopin.... LOL!!!

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

I see we won then.....mods put your post back.... LOL!!!!!

Food / Polish Christmas Eve Dinner recipes [84]


Poles of colour?
What colour may they be then?
Oh yeah,your colour.
The more I think about your handle and the more I read your posts I get a real Australian feel from them....a black Australian feel...

News / Polish Lithuanian Diplomatic War? At last. [534]

I remember Olisadebe now.....that was a joke how the Polish FA got him in.Not a bad player though,but not good enough to save a dreadful Polish team.And I don't think he was ever fully accepted as Polish by Polish fans,despite his Polish wife and Polish passport.

News / Polish Lithuanian Diplomatic War? At last. [534]

Firstly,I don't see anything funny about those names.
Secondly,I never heard of any of them.....

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]


Agreed.

But when over used it loses it's power.

News / Polish Lithuanian Diplomatic War? At last. [534]

What a strange name you have shitonya.......doesn't sound very Polish to me.....

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]


In my part of London the population is mainly English,Polish,Irish and Indian.
They all swear like troopers and we all know the swear words in the different languages.
But Poles and Irish are probably the worst,just.