Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]


Piernik sounds like it so it's a play on words like kurcze or saying flipping instead of *******.

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]


No. More playing with the word which derives from piernik, meaning gingerbread.

History / Historical look at various civilisational differences between Russia and the West [159]


Did you know that in the Soviet Union there was no real tea? Only nasty herbal stuff.

Because in Marxist-Leninist ideology, all proper tea is theft...

News / Does Poland support the idea of Slavic unity? [142]



No need to pay though since twitter and telegram are full of such videos, mostly set to music.

News / Does Poland support the idea of Slavic unity? [142]


And stream it on Netflix. People would certainly pay to see that.

News / Poles start to feel arrogant and superior to Southern Europeans [182]


I have sadly. It was in Poznan, fortunately not recently.

And the thing with the doctor was odd. Patients were sitting outside his office refusing to go in and whispering and the nurse there looked frightened. The whole thing was surreal. Hopefully he got some help and was kept well away from patients.


I suspect there's an element of that. Where I'm from originally it can get a bit full on, especially with special offers and discounts on alcohol being banned however most of Europe has a long way to go. I've a feeling economic change might make a difference, though education raised prices/fewer licences to sell may help. Perhaps the Italians call it right.


I get looked at all the time in winter for not wearing a winter coat. People think I either can't afford one, have just been robbed or am crazy.

News / Does Poland support the idea of Slavic unity? [142]


He will be.

Hopefully sooner rather than later.

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I have. Often.

I've also seen young women swigging extra strong lager from cans in their handbags at 7.30 am on the way to work.

And once a doctor, drunk on duty.


This is the issue. Other places raise the prices incrementally and take other measures. Here, the problem is worse and the challenge not really addressed well.

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Indeed. Though I've not seen drunks passed out in the street there, or miniature 200ml bottles in every bin. And those miniature bottles just seem to be getting more and more unfortunately.


Extremely, and trying t9 get rid of something can often reinforce it unless there's a genuine mass will to change it.

Perhaps it could be developed rather than changed. Perhaps ban the (as some countries have banned packets of 10 cigs] and reduce the strength of spirits (and beer on the market.

News / Poland highest inflation in 20 years [319]

5.27 zl to sterling at the moment.

I wonder if that will increase.

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Something Poland ought to do, although doubtless people would try to undermine that.

Issues in Sweden however differ from those in Poland, both in terms of support for alcohol abusers and the availability and price of strong drink.

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Yes, they restrict sales there.


I'd believe their official stats more than I'd believe some

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Indeed. And vodka culture is rife in the east.


Pennsylvania?

I suppose that's certainly in the west.

Travel / Kielce and the area - amazing Polish Pocket Knives live there [105]


Remember that there are a lot of roads that were built due to industry in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, currently impossible to widen without destroying buildings.


You can see it on the map there.

I was surprised to read that when the US signed their declaration; of independence, some of the signatories literally had to hack their way through the forest with machetes.

History / Historical look at various civilisational differences between Russia and the West [159]


They've got a very long table.

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Indeed. However we're discussing Poland and southern Europe.


More a benefit than a problem, despite prohibitionists.

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No Paulina, it was you who first mentioned the U.K. in connection to alcohol and other more enjoyable intoxicants:
polishforums.com/news/poles-start-feel-arrogant-superior-southern-54481/4/#msg1927064

And I still think it's like getting into a Time Machine.


As it is in Poland.

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Still fills the shelves here as well as preserved fish in many forms


And doesn't hesitate to call it as I see it, especially when people try to obfuscate.

As I recall, it was you who started banging on about alcohol in the U.K.and putting links to Grauniad articles. Hard to know why, since at the top of this page it says Polishforums rather than Britishforums.

And yes, strong drink is a problem here

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Why not? I enjoy it.. And vodka and preserved fish are certainly east European.


One reason that the move towards liberalisation is positive. And I still think beneficial substances are an 8mprovement on ethanol
movendi.ngo/news/2020/10/14/poland-2019-saw-highest-alcohol-use-in-three-decades


I'd agree with that. Plus the long winters. I have friends who are farmers here that almost hibernate in the winter. Parallels with far north eastern Scotland.

History / Historical look at various civilisational differences between Russia and the West [159]


I do.

And of course it's not just their current vile regime, it's a long term course of action, habitual behaviour and two or more centuries behind the civilised world.

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


I'm the opposite and like mizeria but can give surowka a miss.


I'd say revived rather than made popular. It's a very old British dish, with the long spoons, and once rather a posh one that fell by the wayside due to changes in demographics and economy. There are a few old favourites that are well due for a revival.

History / Historical look at various civilisational differences between Russia and the West [159]


Same same, however you must admit that r*SSia is a risk to civilisation, as we can see now in Ukraine and as should be self-evident from Polish recent history.

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It shouldn't 'crack you up' as much as sadden you. It certainly saddened me.

I was surprised to learn recently that almost a quarter of Polish men have issues with alcohol abuse. Perhaps it's time to up the prices and encourage use of other, gentler, intoxicants.


Of course not, however countries in eastern and Central Europe do score highly in the rankings for damage caused by alcohol. Oddly enough the French and Spanish, who drink like fish, don't have that. Perhaps it's because they're a wine culture and go for quality rather than quantity.

History / Historical look at various civilisational differences between Russia and the West [159]


Some 'proof' of your vile fantasy may be appreciated here.

News / Poles start to feel arrogant and superior to Southern Europeans [182]


Yet I just don't see that when I'm there. I do here.


Do you deny that Poland has a serious problem with alcohol abuse?

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Reputations are sometimes right, sometimes wrong and sometimes in the middle. If we're talking about national reputations and alcohol, Poles certainly have one that is known far and wide.


Very easily when you see how the media cherrypick. Newspapers are what they are.


Don't be daft...

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Yes.

Remember that you're frantically googling whereas I've lived in both countries for roughly an equal amount of time, 30 years in both. And prefer actual experience to the negativity of t( press.


And I'd be sceptical of the way stats are collected in the respective places too, although yes, certain demographic changes post-2004 may well have led to increased sales of Tyskie.


On a Tuesday night during the summer vacation?

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I've never seen it there on the same scale as I have in Poland over the last decade. Nowy Świat in Warsaw can be quite an eye opener at weekends, and of course alcohol use in the U.K. is plummeting, especially among under 30s. I'd like to see the same in Poland too, however the vodka/strong beer lobby is so strong that they do their best to market as much as possible.


Hard to know what your oO is about however no, drunken youths right through the evening. Day drinking does certainly happen in PL, and seems to be less socially unacceptable than in many other places.

Alcohol is a distraction though (although it's certainly a problem). I'd say there are other ways that PL seems dated, especially its media and retail cultures.


No bad thing. The ones I've seen have more of a small town look about them. Hopefully many of the overseas students will settle here long term.

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In Scotland? Particularly bleak weather and a population physically close to several major ports. One good thing is that there, they've stopped stigmatising it and are adopting an increasingly liberal approach.


Not so much in the U.K., however alcohol is traditionally frowned upon and is comparatively expensive, no bad thing at all.


The last couple of times I've been there, the binge drinking round the Rynek has shocked me. The quieter bars I used to go to all seem to have vanished now. Perhaps the student population has something to do with the rise of the new shot drinking places. About Warsaw, the smack heads in town seemed to be getting fewer for a while but are now back more and more. I'm not sure how the issue is being managed.

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That's the key word


Nothing new sadly. Especially on the east coast.

Though it's worth mentioning that seeing heroin addicts begging in central Warsaw is an everyday thing. As is finding needles outside apartment blocks