Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

The Nysa Klodzka is certainly a symbol of its area...

There were border diputes about it too, in 1919

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

Is yours? I doubt the answer is easily googlable.

About Lenin, he lived for a while by the Bialy Dunajec river, however that's not the answer. The Bug and the Wieprz also have connections with his battles (as does the Vistula) however none are a tributary of the Oder.

Delph does however say:

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

The Warta?

Genealogy / What is the Polish equivalent name to Walter? [22]


Walter may have been his name anyway, or he may have changed it from something entirely different. Or even Wlodimierz.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


I wondered if it was Bialy Dunajec...

Food / British food products in Poland? [334]


I've never been able to get it to do that. Mine is never nicely round however much I try..


Makes it hard and greasy. Less is more, don't knead.

Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (my picture) [376]


Probably a mix of both, with mathematically most tending towards the median population. There were very few actual noblemen (magnaty) in Poland though, however there were a lot of szlachta (sometimes mistranslated by Poles or foreigners with some Polish roots as nobility; there is a certain amount of wishful thinking here). At the time of the second partition, they were about 12% to 18% of the population. Gentlefolk is probably the most accurate English term. There's also a word yeomanry, something between szlachta and ziemianin. Equivalent terms between societies are hard to find, since sociopolitical structures differ.


I always think that's sad. It's more or less the opposite where I'm from.

There's no single 'look' here. 'Types', yes, however not everybody fits them, and that's no bad thing. We are all who we are; even two siblings get a different amount of dna from different ancestors. Which is why one person can take after a particular relative in terms of appearance and another sibling can take after someone else entirely. Some ancestors may have given us plenty of their dna, and some many have given is little or none.

Food / British food products in Poland? [334]

Some people have a bowl of iced water to put their hands in from time to time. I just use a mixer; it's quicker and minimises contact.

Genealogy / What is the Polish equivalent name to Walter? [22]


There's also Waldemar. Also, there's an obscure (very obscure) Polish name Walcerz, a direct equivalent to Walter, however it's very out of use.

Of course he could have been called Walter; not everyone in Poland has always had a Polish first neme. He may also have changed it to Walter form something that sounded completely different.

Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (my picture) [376]


He doesn't look especially exotic though.

I wonder why it's such an issue for him.

Food / British food products in Poland? [334]


I always do that. The jackets are the best part.


Everything Atch says, plus cold hands, cold room. And let it rest in the fridge for half an hour at least.

Life / Poles turn their backs on organised religion. [148]

Or did. The numbers are plummeting among under 60s.

Life / Poles turn their backs on organised religion. [148]


One thing that will be interesting is if post-pandemic, the levels of religious observance are slightly lower than before or significantly lower than before. Evidence from that period between lockdowns is that quite a few people fell out of the habit of religious observance and did not return to it when churches opened again.

Love / How Do You Feel About a Black man marrying Polish Women? [157]


That was the 'libertarian' guy who used to promote conspiracy theories.

Love / How Do You Feel About a Black man marrying Polish Women? [157]


Indeed. It always does.


Especially since the nuclear family is far from universal anyway.

Life / Poles turn their backs on organised religion. [148]


Basically a legal code from the early Iron Age, among a group of nomads.

Much the same as any other ancient legal code.

Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (my picture) [376]


Probably the North Sentinelese; however even they came from somewhere else.

In the crossroads of Europe, people have DNA from a very wide area. Having said that, what does "pure" even mean?

Food / British food products in Poland? [334]


Hendo's is such a specialist product. Made for over a century in the same place and not much sold at all outside Sheffield. It works well with Polish food though.


The Polish market does on the whole, as does the UK market, where potatoes are generally labelled as waxy or floury.

Nevertheless, I do see more floury than waxy varieties in the shops here in Poland, and very few red ones.

Food / British food products in Poland? [334]


A great shame, however I suppose people were warned about the various problems. Dealz is devoid of British products now, except for sweets that they've had in stock since before Jan. If we join the EEA coming out of the pandemic (as I gather they're looking at), normal service will be resumed.


The southern part of the country, the rural bit. Commutable to Sheffield and on the edge of the Don valley yet Gringley-on-the-hill in Lincolnshire was visible on a clear day.

Love / How Do You Feel About a Black man marrying Polish Women? [157]


The hoax is the idea that anything he suggested is a public policy document. Rather than someone's speculation from decades ago.


Who are they?

Love / How Do You Feel About a Black man marrying Polish Women? [157]


The future is positive.


Boredom central. At last they have Kim-Jong-Un to cheer them up.

Love / How Do You Feel About a Black man marrying Polish Women? [157]


It's an internet hoax.


Too many?

And marriages between people of different skin tones are hardly new.

History / What makes you feel Polish? [167]


And of course the Frankist-era converts and their families didn't even follow the religion. Many, many, of today's Poles are descended from them.

Love / How Do You Feel About a Black man marrying Polish Women? [157]


Those aren't different species though, are they...


Yes. Internet nonsense.

Love / How Do You Feel About a Black man marrying Polish Women? [157]


There are actually some people who believe that rubbishy conspiracy theory! You wouldn't think so, however there are!


Eventually yes, however scientists suggest that it's about 100,000 years away. No bad thing. And then apparently we split into two species, which presumably we'll be able to deal with equitably by then.

Genealogy / Do I have any Polish physical traits? [48]


???


Who's trying to 'prove' anything?

The poster who was posting continuously about flat heads did have a point though. There's more than one head shape and if you've ever noticed a group of Russiand next to a group of French, you'll see the difference.

Odd that this post was in random, and the reply to it still is.

History / What makes you feel Polish? [167]


Exactly. What Polish (or British, Dutch, Chinese, American, Mexican etc) means to one person may differ from what it means to another.

Life / Poles turn their backs on organised religion. [148]


It's clear enough from the post.


Quite. Nor did it preclude morality and decent values.

Life / Poles turn their backs on organised religion. [148]


And little religiosity. As I told you before.


It favours its own kind, hence its rapid and continuing decline.

Food / British food products in Poland? [334]

I've never seen it here unfortunately. The German fake 'Worcester Sauce' that some places here sell is probably far closer to Hendo's than anything we'd call Worcester Sauce back home.


The same, and now of course there's the B word. Maybe one of the online stores like British Corner Shop have it at a price if they can risk the paperwork.

Sometimes I miss South Yorkshire. And sometimes not.