Off-Topic / What was the point when Europe stopped being all-White? [66]

Obviously, this trend began long after the end of WWII, in all
likelihood during the end of the so-called economic miracle,
post 1965 and the demise of the Adenauer Era, when Southern
Europeans, especially from Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece, were later
followed by Turks, Nigerians, Vietnamese, and Somalis.

As native Germans, Dutch, Swedes, Danes and even white Brits, felt themselves
too educated to work with their hands, perform dangerous factory labor etc. as their ancestors
had done for generations since the Industrial Revolution, the need arose to "import" cheaper
wage, non-white foreigners from any number of developing nations, eager as anybody to earn
more than merely a living wage in the West.

It's all simple capitalist economics, gang!

Life / Polish Music. [303]

All I meant was that I was temporarily unable to recall their names:-)

Life / Polish Music. [303]

Not sure right off the top of my head, but apparently,
there are more of them the I thought:-)

Always knew certain "modern" Polish classical composers
such as the late Krzysztof Penderecki and others were a
frequent staple at concerts.

Life / Polish Music. [303]

Polish jazz remains fairly popular in the States!

Language / Older Polish Exclamations/Swears [14]

Recently re-watched the movie "Wesele" from the mid-'00's and it
sounded as though every other word were some crass curse word.

Same as when watching a movie in English from around the early sixties
compared with a similar movie nowadays. The language is nearly unrecognizable.

Language / Older Polish Exclamations/Swears [14]

Another blast from the past.

Sounds so much more classic than the omnipresent "Kurwa!".

Language / Older Polish Exclamations/Swears [14]

Psiakrew! = Damn! (Literally, "Dog's blood!")

News / Chairman Kaczyński said........ part two [28]

Pawian's right here, Alien, hate as I do to admit the ugly reality. The AfD is once more on the move
and Scholz is far less of a counterforce than many think.

Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]

Lungs are also popular in Bavaria, e.g. Kalbsbeuscherl!

Love / 20% of adult Poles are single and live with Mummy! [241]

:-)! An intentional joke, I'm certain. Or another ESL misspelling/pronunciation glitch.

Love / The Pole -- a mummy's boy? [10]

"Mummy's boy"??

Perhaps an ancient Egyptian Pole? LOL

See what happens when one writes the same way one hears or speaks!

Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]

I once sampled some sernik at a Polish eatery in Clifton, NJ,
though not in Poland.

It was certainly acceptable, but not having grown up either in Poland
or even a Polish-speaking household recently over from the Old Country,
I really can't judge, Feniks. You may well be right:-)

Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]

You're right. Polish women can get angry if they're hungry too! LOL

However, Polish cheese cake can't even hold a candle to New York cheese cake from Junior's!
Just demonstrating a little local pride, Feniks:-)

Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]

Merely quoting from an ancient Polish saying, political correctness notwithstanding:-)

News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]

Immigrants simply were brought in to do jobs white, educated Northern Europeans
deemed difficult, dangerous, and dirty.

No mystery there, folks.

Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]

Another old proverb: Gdy Polak jest glodny, on jest zly!

Off-Topic / Letterpress and Polish graphic design history [2]

Are there any calligraphy studios nearby? Here in New York City, we have a small enterprise, appropriately called "The Cabinet of Doctor Calligraphy" which specializes in every conceivable type face known to man:-) Check out their website.

Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]

Good, we're making headway here!

What's your favorite Polish dish?
Mine's bigos.

Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]

Thanks there, Milo, spot on!
Almost forgot just how usual indeed dill is
in Swedish cuisine, Jansson's Frestelse, for example,
practically a seafood Shepherd's Pie with herring, onions, and potatoes:-)

Polish cuisine though is far more red meat oriented by comparison, I think.
Would you agree?

Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]

To me, koperek (dill) tastes and above all smells, as traditionally Polish
as any cooking aroma wafting from a Polish kitchen!

Whenever my wife and I go to a Polish restaurant, we insist on having
our chlodnik with extra dill:-)

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1440]

I maintain that this frightening, yet predictable, sharp turn to the right is
a result of what many have expressed over the years as a certain "empathy fatigue"
with regard to the mandatory Holocaust education since not long after the end of
WWII!

This combined with Merkel's allowance of seemingly non-stop waves of refugees,
continued under Scholz, has made the average German in areas of the country
pretty hot under the collar.

As in the US, many Germans are simply blinded by issues of race and culture, unable
to think clearly about the ramifications of an extreme right wing leader.

In Germany's case though, the implications are particularly scary.

Life / Place of Living Choice: Poland vs Hungary vs Germany [44]

Once again though, solely as a second language, hence the tendency to
filter English through the prism of language interference:-)

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1440]

No German in their right mind could still have a taste for Nazism, Rich etc al!

Work / Is teaching English the only way for a foreigner to work in Poland? [30]

Rich, Europeans simply have to get used to the fact that they are practicing their English, much as native Anglophones are practicing their foreign language skills abroad!

News / Is NORD STREAM dangerous for Poland's natural enviroment? [540]

Ever watch "The Germans" from that Britcom FAULTY TOWERS?
Screamingly funny.

Work / Is teaching English the only way for a foreigner to work in Poland? [30]

A broken English-only rule you mean, Rich?? You and I have already had this debate.

Work / Is teaching English the only way for a foreigner to work in Poland? [30]

Ron2,

In a work setting within Europe or Asia among other non-native, English second
language speakers I'd agree! It's sort of like the blind leading the blind really. A
Norwegian manager in Poland for a conference spearheaded by a German,
organized by a French team, won't actually need to know "English", as in reality,
the international language will be some quasi-dialect of "Globish", bearing little resemblance
to the language which authentic North American, even British English speakers recognize as
their native tongue.

As ESL-instructors, we struggle constantly to strike a professional balance, although often the
following is what comes out during classroom interchanges with speakers from any of the above
countries, all assembled in the same room:

Odd: Yeah, back in the day, yeah, I didn't never had many experience with so much foreigners
like in Oslo.

Daniel: Totally! In Germany, yeah, it is like so heavy for manager to maintained a control above
the workers in my department. They speak not often German at the work, even not in English...

Witold: Not really, but in Warsaw, Polish is like language for genius people, so stupid to fxxxking learn Polish
language, because we all talk, like, in English all day...

Having to run interference, so to speak, it next to impossible, much less correct, the myriad mistakes and
vulgarities which pepper their English in the belief that it somehow makes them sound "cool" LOL

Life / Trying to buy a used car in Poland. Good idea? [6]

Ron, are you referring to the Smartphone App. "Speak & Translate"
which started gaining popularity after the start of the Ukraine war
with thousands of refugees streaming into Poland, Germany, and France?

Language / Będę kupowała/będę kupić [18]

Good point, Maf! However, Swan and others do allude to a subjunctive
without perhaps calling it by name.

Food / Buying alcohol, wine in Poland. It's very difficult. [86]

I know certain European countries, notably Sweden, once had state run liquor stores during the 1970's.The reasons were that the Swedes had a notorious reputation for being terrible lushes. The Finns too, I'm told. The point was that Swedes en masse couldn't be trusted to just purchase alcohol moderately.
Not sure about Poland though.