Love / 17 year old English girl with a 25 year old Polish man? [9]

@emilyjane13
Nobody knows him here so it's hard to say what's he's like or whether he likes you.
As for comparing him to other Poles, since you live in the UK you probably know more Polish people than people who answered your post - they're not Polish.

Just be careful - you're still very young.

History / Whom do the people in Poland hate more: Germans or Russians? [869]

Oh dear ...
How dare anyone claim it's not hate. After all it's in the thread title! That explains it all.

So how's Mazury, 'Mazurze'?

stick to the topic only please

History / Whom do the people in Poland hate more: Germans or Russians? [869]

In my opinion, it's not about hate but lack of trust.

Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1043]

The handwriting is really difficult to read and I can't really find these names on that page. Which entry is it?
All I know for sure is that the entries come from November 1819.
Do the entries mention forced conversion? Perhaps they were frankists - assuming they were of Jewish origin.

History / MAP OF POLAND IN 1880'S [95]

I guess it's:
Przasnysz - a town
Stegna - a village of about 2000 inhabitants.
You can find both on Wikipedia.

As for Vladzimierz, , there are three villages called Włodzimierz in Poland (we don't use 'v' in Polish).
Also, there's Włodzimierz Wołynski (a town in the Second Polish Republic now in Ukraine) - Volodymyr Volnynskyi.

All of these places seem to be in different regions, BTW.

History / Whom do the people in Poland hate more: Germans or Russians? [869]

6 million is the number of Polish victims of ww2. Some were killed by Germans, some were killed by Soviets. If you're so interested in exact numbers, do some research. Why would anyone help a troll?

Genealogy / Family tree - information on my great grand parents? They arrived from Poland to Canada in 1902 [2]

The wives' first names appear mostly among the Christian Orthodox population so they probably came from former Kresy - present day Ukraine, Belarus, parts of eastern Poland - the Ruthenian population possibly?

Law / Debt in Poland - inheritance after relative death? [14]

@Monytorgan
If he really had a debt she may 'inherit' it. You have six months to decline his inheritance (zrzec się spadku) after his death. If he had any other closer relatives who have already done it, the bank will look for any other heirs. Do it on behalf of your daughter, too.

@jgrabner
A friend of mine got an official letter to pay her uncle's debts just last month. He died years ago and they found her now. She didn't even know he had had debts.

Genealogy / What does my Polish name mean? [401]

Boraski kind of appears in Poland but it's pretty rare. Borawski or Borowski are far more popular but I don't know if the name was misspelled or it's just very rare.

Kolanczik and Kanemsky are almost certainly misspellings.
It's probably Kolanczyk - from kolano-knee.
As for the last name it might have been Kamieński or Kamiński but I don't know really.

Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]

He's not Polish.

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

Oh, did they get to Poland?
Pffffff

News / Poles march against Mandatory poisoning by vaccines [202]

But weren't you vaccined in Poland as a kid anyway? How old were you when you left?

It's not about the flu vaccine, it's not compulsory in Poland. And diseases like polio are so rare because of vaccines.

News / Poles march against Mandatory poisoning by vaccines [202]

A colleague of mine had jaundice some time ago. He spent weeks in hospital. I had not heard of anyone suffering from it, yet he managed to get infected.

As for rubella, I had it as a kid. I remember people saying it was better than having it as an adult.
People travel. You don't know what viruses they may bring back home. You don't live in void but go outside, touch things, get in touch with others.

News / Poles march against Mandatory poisoning by vaccines [202]

When I was a child, my grandma's neighbour was a woman who had been affected by polio. A beautiful woman with a disfigured leg (or legs, I can't remember now).

We have forgotten what the consequences of such diseases are.
And it's not about being right- or left-winged.
I know quite a few people with liberal views who are against mandatory vaccinations.
There are more and more kids who suffer from autism and Asperger's Syndrome. Some blame the vaccines.
As far as I know, the main difference is that we were vaccined with biological, not chemical substances. It's also important that the baby is healthy when given the injection.

But personally I believe vaccines should be mandatory.

Life / Why is circumcision not practiced in Poland? [701]

Whether a guy is circumcised or not, they should shower.
The whole idea of not showering because you're cut is just gross, ewww.

Also, how clueless about sex do you have to be to claim that women produce natural lubricant when they WANT to?

No comments.

To sum up, most Polish men are not circumcised afaik and most Polish women don't have a problem with it.
As for the reasons why I guess Jaskier and Paulina were clear enough.

Several weeks ago Iceland wanted to introduce a ban on circumcision. So no, it's not only Poles who don't think it's unnecessary except for medical reasons.

Life / Why is circumcision not practiced in Poland? [701]

As for keeping clean from bacteria and yeast growth, I suggest daily showers.

Law / Old Polish money banknotes - what's their value today? [415]

Polish people just say złoty and that's what you'll hear in shops/conversations etc.

Life / Why is circumcision not practiced in Poland? [701]

Why would anyone let their baby undergo it if there's no medical reason behind it?
It must hurt.

Law / Old Polish money banknotes - what's their value today? [415]

@terri
They had to print the new banknotes before the redenomination. Enlarge the image above and check the date - it's 1994.
He can throw it away but will lose about 20 euros.

Law / Old Polish money banknotes - what's their value today? [415]

If that's what you have, yes, it is in use.

Genealogy / What does my Polish name mean? [401]

All of these are typical Jewish given names.

Genealogy / What does my Polish name mean? [401]

I know that marriages in prewar Poland were religious so a Christian might have converted to Judaism to marry a Jew (or the other way round - I have heard only of the latter like Jan Kiepura's mother). But if he had converted to Judaism to marry a Jewish woman, you would have inherited the Jewish dna after her.

I wonder if it's possible that he was gentile brought up by Jews and therefore he got this name?
Again Kiepura's mother is said to have been brought up by nuns but her birth name is known.

Genealogy / What does my Polish name mean? [401]

I have also found Chaim Tajtel and Hersz Tajtel - both Chaim and Hersz are traditional Jewish first names.
Perhaps the name Taitlowicz was given to someone brought up by a Tajtel, a student etc. Not necesarrily a son.
In many cases we may just guess the true origin of surnames.
Using Tajtel or Tajtelbaum (date tree) is interesting in our part of the world, too. I wonder if it was brought here from the Middle East or any other warmer country.

Genealogy / What does my Polish name mean? [401]

I wrote 'usually'.
If it's Polish, what does it mean?

Just like Abramowicz or Lewkowicz - the endings are typical for our region but the names they're derived from were usually given to Jews. Even if the family isn't Jewish now, it's very probably an ancestor was.

I looked for taitl/tajtel/teitel and a Yiddish word came up. Apparently, Teitel and Teitelbaum were and are used by Jews, too.

Genealogy / What does my Polish name mean? [401]

The ending 'owicz' usually means 'the son of'.
There isn't a Polish given name Taitl but I guess Yiddish Teitel (=date - the fruit) would be pronounced pretty much the same. There are Jewish surnames like Teitelbaum.

Just a guess though.

Life / What is Poland's view on obesity? How healthy, fit are Poles? [166]

@Dirk diggler
I think I'm changing my mind about Polish people. I went to a market on Saturday and I saw like lots of obese people. Not just obese but there are definitely morbidly obese people here.

There aren't too many of such people among my family, friends and colleagues (overweight yes but no one is so big) so I guess I was not aware how serious the problem is.

I used to think we're still far from Britain but it's not true.

Off-Topic / PF members MEETUPS.....everyone welcome! [52]

I have seen some toxic hatred from those living in Poland, too.

Law / Poland's citizenship by descent question. Polish great-great grandfather arrived in the USA as a kid. [76]

Citizenship by descent - when your parent had Polish citizenship, not your greatgrandparent.
People who aren't or weren't ethnically Polish might have had Polish citizenship.
I bet there are also ethnic Poles who don't have it.
If you can't change the law and you are really devoted to getting Polish citizenship, follow the rules.

Off-Topic / PF members MEETUPS.....everyone welcome! [52]

So there was a time on PF when people could meet and have fun. Wow

Law / Poland's citizenship by descent question. Polish great-great grandfather arrived in the USA as a kid. [76]

It's been almost 30 years since the fall of communism. Quite a few years since Tusk was the prime minister.
Anyone interested in living in free Poland and getting the citizenship would have got it following the rules.