News / How could PiS better spend billions instead of 500+ ? [280]


Quite right. Public money should be spent to provide public services. Instead of giving money to people to pay for private kindergartens, a lot of which are seriously dodgy and of low quality, money should be spent to provide enough state facilities with properly trained and qualified staff.

Work / Pursuing a career in public service in Poland [7]



Yes, and he was campaigning on a platform that included legalising child pornography - need I say more.

Food / How is this herring product typically served? [74]


There's nothing to thank me for. I was talking about Christmas in Ireland which is celebrated totally differently to Poland. That was the point I was making in the post you linked to. We don't fast on Wigilia or abstain from meat and alcohol.

Love / What do you like most about Polish girls? :) [120]


We're not that much alike. The main difference would be our sense of humour and we're a lot more easygoing that Polish women. They tend to be a bit neurotic by our standards. They worry more about what other people think of them too. Irish women also socialize a lot more without their partners/spouses. Keeping interests, an independent life and friendships outside the home and family is very important to Irish women.

Here's what one Irish woman said on Quora:

In Ireland among Irish people in general, there´s a big focus on humour, being "good craic" (good fun) and not a "dryshite" (boring) and god help you if you are; there´s a massive focus on being good fun and "sound". If you want a model for a girlfriend, go to Brazil or Eastern Europe (for example) but if you want a laugh and to have a girlfriend who doesn´t take herself too seriously, come to Ireland!

I've noticed, as an Irish woman, that Polish women behave differently towards men than they do towards other women, not flirty exactly, but a bit more smiling, paying them attention etc. Irish women tend to treat men en masse as if they're our brothers.

Life / Do young Polish people believe in their religion and God? [150]

@Kashub, don't forget that today is Mary's day and May is Mary's month. Did you have May processions in your childhood? We did and then later when I was teaching in Irish primary schools. I taught many children this hymn :)

youtube.com/watch?v=DLLaNrtToHk

Life / Do young Polish people believe in their religion and God? [150]


One of the reasons I gave up going to mass when I was a teenager was because I could not in good conscience repeat the words of the Apostles' Creed. I don't believe that there is only one true church. One God, many paths to Him. The Catholic one is not the right path for everybody. It's God that matters, not the Church. Having said that, I still consider myself to be a Catholic even though I haven't been to Mass or Confession in donkeys' years.

Life / Do young Polish people believe in their religion and God? [150]


The term Protestant is far too wide and an over-simplification. Anglicans for example are almost exactly the same as Catholics even down to having orders of monks and nuns. Then look at Quakers and how their quiet reflection and emphasis on charity and philanthropy is so different to the fire and brimstone of some evangelical groups or the dourness of Presbyterianism.

Life / Do young Polish people believe in their religion and God? [150]


Have you ever actually been to mass?? We don't study the Bible at mass. There are readings from the Bible and everybody sits there and listens to them and reflects privately. That's different. Then the priest gives a sermon usually based on the Gospel. Again, that is not Bible study. Did you go to a Catholic school? I did. We studied the Bible for the last two years of secondary school, read various parts of it, discussed them etc. but study of the Bible is generally minimal for Catholics.

Genealogy / Help Translating 1880s Marriage Bann (Chicago - Polish) [24]


It seems unlikely to me. The place named in the marriage banns starts with a very clearly written capital 'R'. I wonder if a map from the period might help? Perhaps the place no longer exists as a separate village but did back in the 1860s?

Travel / Krakow in July [6]

There are not many Polish users on this forum or even people who live in Poland! And I don't think there's anybody in your age group. I'd suggest you look at a site like Trip Advisor. The site Culture Trip is also really good for ideas. Hope you have a lovely trip :)

theculturetrip.com/europe/poland/krakow/

theculturetrip.com/europe/poland/gdansk/

tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g274772-Activities-Krakow_Lesser_Poland_Province_Southern_Poland.html

Life / Trendsetter from Poland. [86]


The Światowid range of cheeses is one of Biedronka's own label products ie it's produced for them, some in Poland and some elsewhere. They have an Irish cheddar, produced for them in Ireland, a red one and a mild yellow one. I used to get the red one and it was nice but they've stopped stocking it in my local Biedronka. First the red one disappeared and now they have none at all. Poles en masse tend to prefer the bland cheeses. I wouldn't consider cheddar a strong cheese but a real cheddar is too strong for average Polish tastes.

Life / Do young Polish people believe in their religion and God? [150]


In the words of St Therese of Lisieux :

"For a long time I had been asking myself why souls did not all receive the same amount of grace. Jesus deigned to instruct me about this mystery. Before my eyes He placed the book of nature and I understood that all the flowers created by Him are beautiful . . .that, if all the little flowers wanted to be roses, nature would lose her springtime garb. This is true of the world of souls, the Lord's living garden."

So you see, you have your place in the garden too :))

Life / Do young Polish people believe in their religion and God? [150]


That's not actually true. You don't have to be a practising Catholic to go to Heaven :)

Also, I would say there's a lot more diversity to Catholicism than the definition you've suggested. It really does vary from country to country according to their culture.

UK, Ireland / How to renew Polish passport while in the UK? [4]


It's not the embassy she want's. It's the Consulate. They're the ones who deal with passport renewal. She has to book an appointment and physically go to the office in London. She can book the appointment here:

secure.e-konsulat.gov.pl/placowki/105

Life / Do young Polish people believe in their religion and God? [150]


So do you think God created the world in six days?

Off-Topic / Curious Books of PF [50]


Ah my heart is weary all alone
And it sends a lonely cry
To the land that sings beyond my dreams
And the lonely Sundays pass me by
Agus och, och Éire 'lig is ó
Éire londubh is ó
Ah the quiet land of Erin

Btw you don't need to read a book if you want to lose weight. I can tell you how to do that in only four words - eat less, move more.

Off-Topic / Curious Books of PF [50]


And that would be because you've never read any book worth reading.


I rest my case.

Food / Marjoram - Majeranek - Maryjanka [3]


Not sure about that. The sound of ą is not similar to a, it's pronounced more like 'om'. But I'm not Polish, I just speak it as a foreign language and not very well! My pronunciation is not bad but my grammar is naprawdę tragedia!

Study / Jagiellonian University - Share your thoughts [6]


Polish universities don't have good links with industry - and the quality of their English language programs are not great. Yes, it really is just about making money for them.


Get a PhD with what goal in mind? Either you're an entrepreneur or an academic. The two rarely go together.

I think you're also making a bit of an error in thinking of Poland as eastern European and not 'too badly westernized'. it's very much westernized at this stage. Poland is a member of the EU and the younger generations in the large towns and cities are outward looking.


If you don't mind being poisoned by the toxic air quality in winter, it might be ok.

Off-Topic / Curious Books of PF [50]

Couldn't upload the cover of the Russian one - let's try again ...

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Off-Topic / Curious Books of PF [50]

Let's have something a bit more cheerful, shall we? I don't know if it's rare but it's nice. A book of Russian fairy tales with English and Russian text. Then something that is quite rare, an Irish translation of Snow White.

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Off-Topic / Best posters [886]


Send them to Ireland. We still teach cursive. Pencils only until you're seven. Then fountain pens until you're twelve. After that you can use a biro.

mash.ie/cursive-handwriting-display.html

Off-Topic / Best posters [886]

Ah, would you ever bog off you old misery guts.

Off-Topic / Best posters [886]


I'm sorry to hear that I induce either nausea or indigestion :)


Do you mean the capital 'L'? That's how we learned to write in Ireland in primary school. I've changed a few things over the years and my handwriting would never pass muster with the nuns now :) for example my 'f' loops backwards. The bottom loop should be on the right, but I've retained the rudiments. My writing is almost identical to my mother's and my grandfather's and my great grandfather's because we had the same teaching system for generations. I have examples of their handwriting somewhere. I could upload it so you can see what I mean.

Your writing looks very delikatne, you have a light touch when you write, very ladylike and the exclamations are a very individual touch. I would say that in real life you appear outwardly to be a conventional person but you have an unconventional streak and only a few close friends really know you well :)

@Bobko, the first thing I thought when I saw your writing was 'spiky'. An almost aggressive hand. Probably quite a decisive and energetic person who likes to get things done and expects the same from people around him.

Off-Topic / Best posters [886]

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Off-Topic / Best posters [886]

I think we should have a 'best handwriting' thread. We all submit a sample of our handwriting and then we find fault with each other - how's that for an idea? And we could analyse each other's personality disorders at the same time. Wouldn't that be lovely?


I don't hate you at all nor Russia. I don't really feel that emotion, hatred. But I do reserve a special place in my heart for Ulster Unionists. That's the nearest I come to hatred but it's more of an incandescent rage, than hate.

Genealogy / Help Translating 1880s Marriage Bann (Chicago - Polish) [24]

How lovely to have a pic of your great-grandmother :) Have you checked passenger manifests to see if you can find her entry into the US and any other information there?

Genealogy / What am I? (Percentage) [17]


So she says. It's a bit of a weird question for a Polish person to ask but she might be very young, early teens maybe and being teased by school mates or something about not being really Polish because she has a German grandparent. Hope not. My advice, if that's the case, is tell them to bog off.

Life / What to do if the neighbors is too loud? [40]


That's true, but basements are more common. Basements were considered the best location for the kitchen for many years. Then with the changing ideas about health, light and fresh air around the turn of the 19th/20th century, the kitchens were located at the back on the ground floor. Many of those houses, particularly in towns, had cellars.

Genealogy / What am I? (Percentage) [17]


I'm guessing American.