Love / Divorced a Cheating Polish Wife [62]


His partner cheated. Most don't, fortunately.

As ever, there may be a lot he isn't mentioning in either of the threads in which he's posted about this.

Love / Divorced a Cheating Polish Wife [62]


Looks like it.

It seems odd to put it all online.

Life / Do Polish people have a good ear for music? [90]


Me too, however it doesn't always sell well on the mass market.

I enjoy listening to French music, however it just doesn't sell outside le francophone.

Life / Do Polish people have a good ear for music? [90]


It's often the themes that wouldn't translate well. Lyrics about longing, tears, angst, impossible love and existential depression don't fit well to upbeat melodies on the international market. It's not impossible, however it's near impossible to do well.

Genealogy / What it means to be Odrowąż? [14]


It's best to be very wary of 'research' that others have done on ancestry.com, unless scans of documents etc are attached as files. Especially if it's family trees done by people across the Atlantic, in Australia etc. They've often just accepted pop up suggestions from the website and made connections between individuals in the past that are unrealistic but which look interesting/convenient. I've had that issue myself.

It's better not to accept the suggestions that come up, and better not to take other online family trees as gospel.

History / Vilamovian language - now that's something interesting [24]


They're a step further down the line. Wymysorys is a moribund language with only a tiny handful of (largely uneducated) native speakers, Manx and Cornish lost their last native speakers many years ago and the only people who speak it are educated people trying to revive it.

Perhaps Wymysorys can be saved before it gets to that stage, perhaps it can't. I hope it can.

The future doesn't look bright for Hałcnowski either.

History / Vilamovian language - now that's something interesting [24]

When learning, it's more or less essential.

And in Wymysorys, there's barely a written language or more than a few rural speakers.

Food / British food products in Poland? [334]

If they've come straight out of the dishwasher they're OK.

Food / British food products in Poland? [334]

back from Dealz. They had Sweet Fanny Adams. Just confectionary (though there are reduced chocolate oranges), odd sauces, some of them German and breakfast cereals that I hadn't heard of.

Food / British food products in Poland? [334]

Do you sterilise the jars in the oven? I used to but gave up and haven't lost a jar yet.

Food / British food products in Poland? [334]


We've made chilli sauce (tabasco style) a few times. Not too hard as long as everything's sterile.

To make pickled red cabbage (or beetroot) British.style, it needs mild vinegar, allspice and peppercorns. Those two work well with gherkins also.

I find the Polish red cabbage in jars to be mild; probably OK for heating up but no kick from being pickled. They're cut very finely as well. You can make them just about OK by pouring some of the liquid out of the jar and replacing with vinegar however you never get that crunch.

Definitely off to Dealz now. I meant to ages ago but sat around online instead.

Life / Are hipster undercuts popular in Poland? [14]


The same. They never looked good.


A bit like waxed beards and moustaches too.

Food / British food products in Poland? [334]

Mostly red cabbage or beetroot. I prefer the British type to the Polish. Sometimes we do onions, and also ogórki kiszone. Plickled chilli too, and my OH makes kimchi which I can't stand.

Food / British food products in Poland? [334]


That does actually work a bit...

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

Most however wouldn't, least of all the people who make them.

Do they sell Jaffa Caked where you are?

Life / Are hipster undercuts popular in Poland? [14]


To a point. There's still the Polish mullet and shaved heads are still popular here. The ratio of hair salons to people is still low.


Only the truth. Did you really think that heteros start the fashions? Have you ever been to a fashion event?

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

Yes. As were Delicje biscuits which were a copy of UK jaffa cakes.

Life / Are hipster undercuts popular in Poland? [14]


1930s short haircuts. Goes well with a suit rather than sportswear.

The hipster undercut has two big advantages; it looks OK for work and going out, and also it only works on young people.

Life / Are hipster undercuts popular in Poland? [14]

What is your opinion on hairstyles currently popular here in Poland?

In which decade did you last see hair in Poland?

Food / British food products in Poland? [334]


That's OK if you dilute it to pickle.


The same. Mind you, in Poland aftershave is often cheaper than Sarson's...

Food / British food products in Poland? [334]

I'm more interested in malt vinegar (there's still some HP left from when Dealz last had it). Nothing else is better on chips and useful for pickling too.

Food / British food products in Poland? [334]


I know it.

They have some interesting things, however they're famous for being extravagantly expensive. I once did some shopping in there and worked out that it would have been cheaper to get a wizzair to Doncaster Airport and pay for the baggage coming back.

Food / British food products in Poland? [334]

I'm never keen on online shops, however it's tempting.

MiniEuropa used to have it at a price.

Food / British food products in Poland? [334]

Off to Dealz in a minute, now godzina seniora's finished. The last few times I've been, they've had no malt vinegar and no HP. Is there anywhere else that sells them in Warsaw?

History / The Bar Mleczny / Milk Bar (memories) [15]

The new ones seem better than the old. I noticed that the Poznań ones were among the first to modernise. Warsaw among the last.

They also have the spaghetti bars there which are fun, if odd.

Life / Are hipster undercuts popular in Poland? [14]


Nowadays there's neither left nor right for the metropolitan young, however traditionally gay men create all fashions and others just follow.


No, just the latter.

Life / Are hipster undercuts popular in Poland? [14]


They look fairly smart as modish hairstyles go. basically a variation on the dos et côtés courts with a nod to the 90s flat top.

Better than the Polish mullet you used to see (and still do in out-of-the-way places) where the hair is left thick on the back of the head.


These however do not look good. They exist only to compensate for inadequate genitalia.


Did you imagine for a minute that fashions, hairstyles and most music have any other origin? Who did you think styles the hair, designs, markets and sell the clothes and produces/promotes the music?

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]


There's so much to find out. The way the food has constantly changed and evolved is fascinating.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]


The problem is that there was only ever a vanishingly small amount of that, among the wealthiest aristocrats.

There were some interesting things that came later with trade, industrialisation and diversity, like Pierogi Lwowskie in the 1930s. Paradoxically there were also traditions lost during the 1920-1939 period of homogenisation.

I like the regional specialities (such as are left) like forszmak, things you only get in certain parts of the country.

History / Vilamovian language - now that's something interesting [24]


For Wymysorys, your best option is to contact the UJ.