News / Israel opposing potential new Polish law to criminalise term 'Polish death camps' [1539]

Ahh I see
Well it makes sense, Polish airmen were hell bent on revenge for sure. After all their quite famous for participating in the battle of britain.

Dragon is a fire-breathing snake with wings... If that is not a good symbol for hell, I don´t know what is.
If anyone should had a dragon symbol it´s those who bombed Belgrade.
No offense to any American reading this but, it was´t much love in bombing Belgrade.

Bracia Serbowie. Ile to wam krzywdy zrobili

News / Israel opposing potential new Polish law to criminalise term 'Polish death camps' [1539]

@Crow
If you would stop being patronizing towards Poland with symbols of dragons (symbol of lust, greed and malevolence) I would be grateful. I hope you know the true symbols of Poland.

I hope Israel and Poland could stop bickering with each other like a divorced couple. Why on earth are they so dramatic about Poland? It seems many people in Israel have no clue about Poland what so ever. Neither in the past, present or where it is going. It´s all doom and gloom for them. I wish they could really see what drives Poland

Language / Is the term 'Polak' derogatory?? [254]

Polak shouldn't be a derogatory term! After all it comes from the word Polanin the one who works in the field, if Americans respect anything it's those who work hard with the field(or more work hard for their living). Don't be so negative towards the fielders! :)

After all much of america was build on going west and settling down (settlers nation).

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [676]

Dubs 1970... we are all creatures so I don't see any reason to talk about race, do you?

Life / Babcia or Busha - any social class difference? [359]


I don't guess I know my family called my fathers grandparents for Busia... I was only pointing out the most likely scenario of why they did that. Unless you call my family aliens coming from outer space or Ukrainian idk then their Polish.

Also I was thinking about territories that was part of former Poland. Like east of nowadays Poland up to Kiev


What? What are you even talking about?

Life / Babcia or Busha - any social class difference? [359]

Why? My father allways called his Grandmother for Busia. Just as everybody else in the family


Republic of Poland (the state) =//= Poland the geograhpical area in an literal sense. Although since it has the state of Poland has been fairly unmoved for a time people would easily understand where in the general area it's being spoken about. Of course you seem to pretend your stupid to heat up an senseless argument or well... No words for that sorry.


Not really I would say... Depends on the family, most likely if the family had lived under the Russian yoke then they were most likely to continue it I guess.

History / Ghetto Uprising better known than Warsaw Uprising? [111]


Well in many countries they don't even know their own history that much...

History / Why Poland is not Russia [260]


History of Poland didn't start in 1939, what Russians did (Soviets?) at those times opened a lot of wounds from the past and they flourished (the hatred). That hatred was pummeled down to the earth for a long time, an resurgence of it (small one) we could all see before the Match Russia-Poland. Let's hope it ends at that.

Makes sense if your family has roots somewhere else then Warsaw.

Language / -ski/-ska, -scy/ski, -wicz - Polish surnames help [185]


Polish nobility, mind you not always aristocrats ;)

During Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów they were the protectors of the realm and later on the biggest party holders on earth.
If I am not mistaken if you served as a Winged Hussar (Husaria) you could become enobled.

Life / Babcia or Busha - any social class difference? [359]

Don't think it's a social class difference, most likely those families who use it have some roots to former Eastern Poland or the times of the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth.

I remember my dad's grandmother on my grandmothers side be called Busia (and her husband Buś) while I called my grandmother Babcia.

Life / Automobiles vs. Pedestrians in Poland [77]


Red = stop
green = go
breaking that rule in any form of transport/travel mode should deserve a fine...
I utterly HATE it when pedestrians go on red light...

History / What proportion of the Polish population collaborated with the Nazis? [125]


agreed


The movie has nothing to do with THAT, it's also very... weird. But yeah, "Max Manus" would be better to understand Norwegian sentiments better, at least nowadays.


What planet are you from?


He was in an minority among peasants and somebody's


exactly, that's the whole thing really


Oh you mean Poles that volunteered? Very very little chance, quite a big shot. Even taking arms from Germans was... negative. Not until the end of the war some far-right groups did take weapons from em. That's actually it. IF you think of organized collaboration

History / History behind Poland and Turkey's Relationship [120]

That's a bit over the edge don't make the Serbian hospital's work for no use


pitty but, it's far less moronic I agree

History / History behind Poland and Turkey's Relationship [120]


wake up call, Polish insurgents found haven in Ottomon Empire and they allways asked where Poland's ambassador is!

That's for you my dear pro-Russian friend :)

Travel / What can Poland do to attract more tourists? Llamas farm? [71]


wow!


Simple more tourists more money

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1090]


the most eastern, "western" country I might guess you meant.

History / Why is Vatican traditionally on German and not on Polish side? [65]

Because it's not until now that the vatican cared that much about the Catholics in Poland. Poles are more like protestants at the side of the vatican calling themselves Catholics at some point. The inquisition is famous but, for it really to happen or a minor part of it, a German king had to Rule Poland (saxon kings). Otherwise the Vatican itself didn't have too much influence on Poland (especially being partitioned. While in german provinces there were wars over being protestant or catholic and competition. Also by many (also the Vatican) Germany was allways more important then Poland.

It's not after Johannes Paul II that Poles started pilgrimages en-masse to Rome I think.

History / Communism fell 20 years ago, Poland led the fight since WW2 [341]


lol I wish I could look into your brain lol

History / Do you regard the Polish Communist Partizans as heroes? [36]


Nobody would have an nationality in those ranks as their doctrine was: There are no nationality's only 1 globe or something. Any Pole who would joined Soviet partisants cause of ideology stopped being a Pole. Unless he was a scammer of course and just wanted to survive. But yeah not that many Poles joined Soviet partisants, there were plenty of Polish partisants to join even as you mentioned "Armia Ludowa".

For me their a bunch of scum becaouse they sat on fire my family's property cause they had a better "status" and was seen as nobles... While local peasents greeted my family with open arms when they returned after the war, right before the fire by some stupid AL or Red armists (or even both at the same time)

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1090]


and I see Poland in EU + NATO if that ain't a "club" then what is it? :)


Cause their Swedes... Their in Scandinavia.... Northern Europe... Hello?! Same fricking neighbourhood

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1090]


That's just stupid then Norwegians could call Sweden an eastern European country just because it's East from them? Come on!

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1090]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Europe

Here is some info about Eastern Europe

If you cut Europe into 2 halfs then yes Poland is in eastern Europe. But if you cut it in 4/5 or even more then she isn't. If you want to look at things black and white pls call Poland eastern Europe. It would only show what a type of person you are.

If we think Eastern as eastern part of Europe then this is somehow the right picture:

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History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1090]


Your thinking about Poland having it's commie past and has been in the Warsaw pact? I would say politically in the 80's Poland (if you can call that commie state Poland lol) then yes Poland was eastern politically. But Poland ain't part of Russia or is Russia's vassal state nor does Poland object Western political alliances such as EU or NATO. It's in it. Time to refresh your mind Ironside :=)

Love / Do Polish men make good husbands? [108]


congratualtions!


Your choice! :)


Lection nr 1: Co ma piernik do wiatraka?

It's good to learn it


Hmm being a good husband is more about ones ethics then culture I think, how one was raised and how to look at evil/good etc

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1090]


lol
politically it's western Europe! (NATO, EU ring any bell?)
Geographically it's Central Europe (before world war 2 I would say Central+Eastern Europe)
While culturally I would say central + eastern Europe

in military sense western with eastern history package

One can really get confused sometimes :)


I also wonder how on EARTH can it be politically eastern?!


You know Europe ends at the Ural mountains (It's very hard for me to say it but it's the truth, truth hurts) But Russia is in Europe and it's in Eastern Europe. Poland WAS in Eastern Europe but you know the story about Jałta I guess so I don't need to make an lecture right? Right


Your talking from an tourist perception, the greatest distaste for a Pole hearing it's eastern isthat Russia is eastern and Poles (being one of the largest group of Slavs) DOES NOT want to be seen as Russians. It's an great mission if you ask me cause people who do not understand the difference between Slavs (God people still call all the countries that used to be Yugoslavia for "Oh it's ex-Yugoslavian right?")

Travel / How welcoming is Poland for an American visitor? And great places to visit. [54]

It's the Polish unknown propaganda, as Poland isn't much multi-kulti the "elite" or politicians wants it to stay that way. I guess that's why the state doesn't react even if I was wrong

Po polsku / O co chodzi z tymi Żydami. [144]


Jak to przeczytałem to... chore po prostu chore

UK, Ireland / Poles in the UK, you know were the door is [105]


and?
Going through that door is more land with angry villagers with their pitchforks and torches! All speaking non-understandable English dialect! After that (if we are lucky) there is a channel! Will there be provided a boat? Probably not... Ok then we need to steal one or swim across the channel and what do we meet then? Yepp the Frenchies... Thanks for that! After we run through all those crazy frog eaters there is GERMANY!!!! And only after THEN it's Poland so tell me wtf am I gonna do with that door? Can I use it as an raft?

Life / New Polish generation prefers black culture? [145]

Not surprising, especially taking into consideration that "black music" was popular in Poland during the 30's. Although it's different it still applies