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Posts by KingAthelstan  

Joined: 13 Sep 2011 / Male ♂
Last Post: 21 Dec 2011
Threads: Total: 9 / Live: 2 / Archived: 7
Posts: Total: 141 / Live: 68 / Archived: 73
From: Trowbridge,Wiltshire
Speaks Polish?: NO

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KingAthelstan   
14 Sep 2011
Genealogy / Polish looks? [1410]

Handsome can still be used to refer to women, its just a bit old fashioned, but is still sometimes used in the literary sense.
KingAthelstan   
14 Sep 2011
Genealogy / Polish looks? [1410]

You look Tatar.
KingAthelstan   
14 Sep 2011
History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

Byelorussia = White Russia, they all speak Russian there, only a minority speak the White Russian dialect. Belarus is an artificial creation only a matter of time before Russia re-unites with Belarus.
KingAthelstan   
14 Sep 2011
History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

All these sources refer to Poland as Eastern Europe:

stockholm.sgir.eu/uploads/Paper%20Zeilinger%20SGIR%202010.pdf
timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6934213.ece
spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,759325,00.html
economist.com/node/8080744
independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/figures-show-nu mber-of-eastern-europeans-in-britain-exaggerated-432927.html

You are in Eastern Europe on the borders of Russia. they are your ethnic brethren so embrace your Slavic roots and do not be ashamed of being from Eastern Europe.
KingAthelstan   
14 Sep 2011
History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

You are aware that "Europe" in this sentence is a mental leap for European Union? You can also in such context say "Switzerland relations with Europe"...

youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5He_PGomJVs

Here is zhirinovsky saying 'Russia stands between Europe and Asia'.
KingAthelstan   
14 Sep 2011
History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

sorry my mistake even the guardian refers to Poles as Eastern European:

Poland is now the second highest in this table (behind India) with 503,000 people. In 2004 it wasn't in the top 60.

guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/apr/29/eastern-european-immigration-uk-general-election

Russia is neither Europe nor Asia, if you exclude European Russia, then you are still pretty Eastern.

People sometimes talk about 'Russia's relations with Europe'. ie Russia is neither Europe nor Asia. Poland is in the East of Europe. stop getting so damn touchy about it.

Their so fricking laaaazy!! It annoys me like hell!!!!

get over it, we do the same thing in the uk
KingAthelstan   
14 Sep 2011
History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

I have more in common with a Dutchman or an Irishman than a Pole, I see the Dutch as very culturally similar to us. You have more in common with Russia than with England or even Germany culturally.
KingAthelstan   
14 Sep 2011
History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

everyone here in England sees Poles as Eastern Europeans. Central European is a term only used by the Guardian or left wing papers.
KingAthelstan   
13 Sep 2011
UK, Ireland / Polish immigrants in the UK - victims or criminals?! [243]

The Polish invasion of 2004 was the biggest mistake the British government has made in a very long time. Keeping wages down, by , siphoning money out of the UK economy back to Poland, taking jobs from hard-working working class Brits like myself, They have taken 50 % of construction jobs in my area since 2004.