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Ironside   
1 Apr 2010
Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

You seriously mean to tell me that Latin was used for everyday communication i.e., when discussing the weather, asking about the price of grain, or chatting up ladies at a party, in 18th - 19th century Poland?

yes, in Poland XVI century, you could communicate with a shoemaker in Latin :)

What language did they speak? And was it in any way different, grammar-wise, from the Polish spoken by the upper classes?

Whose language they teach at school ?
Ironside   
1 Apr 2010
Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

Well, in Poland about 200 years Latin was used for everyday communication, also for more years that I care to remember Latin was the language of correspondence and King's court, so it is more likely than Latin greatly influenced Polish :P
Ironside   
1 Apr 2010
Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

Latin/Germanic/Anglo base that they share.

Polish is stuffed with Latin words and grammar is formed after Latin, I agree about this Germanic part!
And French greatly influenced( contributed to the formation of the English language) English language during the middle ages, as you know...
Ironside   
28 Mar 2010
History / Piłsudski, like Hitler and Stalin (according to some Lithuanians) [144]

there two separated issues:
* Nazi like organization few and far between, they are loons :) and their will never gain a ounce of real support!
* Some people in Poland don't like people of colour, and some will act on this ....but sometimes is only a pretext, as could be anything really!

and last but not least there is law which should punish any behaviour like assault seriously but it doesn't ....hence plenty of morons at large .....plus some things but in different thread maybe
Ironside   
28 Mar 2010
History / Piłsudski, like Hitler and Stalin (according to some Lithuanians) [144]

"To dzieło chorego człowieka."
pil

Lithuanian nowadays are sick ******* and ultra-nationalistic and many Nazis there - there marches in the Nazi uniforms and nobody care about it!
...

notice who put it on the you tube and notice the language - Prūsijos Lietuvos valdytojų.
Ironside   
28 Mar 2010
History / Yalta Conference and Poland [78]

WWII for Poland
12,5 million citizen's less
people with university education survived about 6 percent of population
Warsaw destroyed, half pre-war territory annexed by Soviet's, most of the industry in ruin, people starving,
so called compensation - German territories, needs to be settled, all major towns in ruins, most of industry destroyed or moved into Soviet Union!
Now its only may 1945!
Later soviet occupation, Polish heroes, officers and politicians hunted down and murdered sent to heavy labour in Siberian wasteland.
Many of people with education and experience with running the country forced to remain abroad!
And then 40 years of Soviet yoke and brainwash of many ...........
So, some bitterness is understandable, I'm surprised as you are living in Poland !
Most of what you experience is result of WWII !
Its no some lost of the Empire because for average Joe there were no much difference while for average Joe in Poland there were a world of difference!

Your inability to comprehend such bitterness is amazing, and I don't mean only you Jonni:)
Ironside   
2 Mar 2010
Life / Polish folk remedy for styes? [12]

To get

sorry but you talking villages and such .... I have no clue about chants my family were nobles ....I know only about lighting a candle from the church - its suppose to offer protection against lightning during a tempest ....
Ironside   
2 Mar 2010
Love / They seem nice, but could Polish girls be "gold diggers"? [196]

The problem with polish girls is that they never stop.

**** southern if you are a half wit, an ugly little leprechaun, and on the top of it you are poor, find yourself female leprechaun as ugly and dim as yourself and be content with it!

Stop making those threads and post, you have no time for anything else, work, meeting new people and all this stuff!
Maybe WB is right about you! Just give us a break will you?!
Ironside   
1 Mar 2010
Genealogy / Polish-Ukranian roots and genes [72]

Ironside, notice the location of Vistula

Where I'm from and where my ancestors are from are different questions!
why don't you put some more blots on the map?
being a rusin in medieval times and latter also meant only religion - orthodox religion
Ironside   
1 Mar 2010
Genealogy / Polish-Ukranian roots and genes [72]

Kievan Rus was sparsely populated in comparison to western countries.

Was sparsely populated in comparison to any territory after 1238, when Tatar's invasions and domination started.
Ironside   
1 Mar 2010
Life / Giving tips in Poland [235]

I understand why the American IRS is so loathed

They shouldn't have been tipped, should they?
Ironside   
1 Mar 2010
Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

Where were you born?
How long have you been in Poland?
Do you have any Polish blood?
What is your nationality?
What is your native language?

WTF ?
Berlin
well? don't understand question - long enough ?
Yeah!
What do you mean?
by native you mean first language/ - Polish-French?
Are you obsesed ?
Ironside   
26 Feb 2010
Genealogy / Polish-Ukranian roots and genes [72]

Er... It was already inhabited, you know.

really ?
I hate to explain something to somebody so evidently ignorant of the subject.
let's put it this way - very sparsely populated,

Northern Indians have almost 50% genetic similarity with Ukrainians too.

Don't know, this genetic research is new untested thing, is not that northern Indians and Aryans in Europe migrated from the same geographical area - one part into present day indie and second into Europe.

But OP is talking about something else than obscure "genetic similarity" he talks about h r1a1
is something entirely different as a measure of genetic similarity.
Are you saying that h r1a1 is encountered in northern India as well?
Ironside   
26 Feb 2010
Genealogy / Polish-Ukranian roots and genes [72]

It's like saying that Poles are really Ukrainians. Our genes are similar because we share ancestry and we intermingled for centuries.

Honey, Ukraine were repopulated by Poles from Polish Kingdom after 1569 when Ukraine become part of the Crown, being before a part of Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

Some territories which constitute nowadays Ukraine, were integral part of Polish Kingdom since 1367, such as Lwów with surrounding areas and Podole.

So, it has nothing to do with roots, immigrants from Poland made Ukraine - if put it in simple terms!
Ironside   
21 Feb 2010
Genealogy / What are common Polish character traits? [417]

Oh bollocks. Poles are not more "talented" as soldiers than other nations. What arrogant drivel.

No shite ? Its no more arrogant than your riposte, as there are no way it can be proved one way or the other!
I have been honest about it! I don't try to impress anyone or make a point here, I simply stated what I believe to be true.

If thats arrogant, so be it, but drivel? kiss my back side!
night
Ironside   
21 Feb 2010
Genealogy / What are common Polish character traits? [417]

A whole culture cannot take credit for what a few hard men do. They have my respect as men and it has nothing to do with their nationality

well, you are wrong, it can !#
How convenient, for the action of a few you didn't hesitate to blame nation, yet when come to praise you are very restrained, its contradiction which is short of prejudice.

To the point:
I believe that Poles ( a few exceptions doesn't count ) are exceptionally good soldiers, and given an average Pole and average whoever, I would always bet on a Pole.

Put it bluntly they have a talent for being a soldier, more so then any other nation.
Ironside   
21 Feb 2010
Genealogy / What are common Polish character traits? [417]

you were trampled in WWII

Its a hardly an argument, its a question of different potential between economies of the two foes, on the top of it German industry were given credits by the Wall Street when Poland were refused such financial injection.

Samoans and Tongans are pretty ferocious warriors. NZ Maori too.

Well, Poles given right circumstances, are on equal footing with anyone!

I would never belittle the Poles who fought and died in battle but to hear the current generation take some credit for that and compare themselves to them is silly.

Do you want it give a try? Polish soldiers did prove themselves on a many battlefields as USA allies! I'm talking about soldiery and warriors traits not about wars or equipment