History / Is there any part of Polish history that's at least a bit glorious? [239]


there is an official EU report that calls for drastic cuts in EU cohesion funds and other forms of subsidising "new Europe" (you think it somehow was created against the will of German leadership?) - search for "Draghi report"
also the current Brussel administration negotiated a free-trade deal with Mercosur - if it is accepted, European (read: mainly German) manufactured goods will be free of tariffs in big part of South America and their (Argentinian, Brazilian) agricultural products will reach our markets duty-free - the last part would obliterate Polish agriculture - how is that not German-centric?

History / Is there any part of Polish history that's at least a bit glorious? [239]


how is your government not "Germany first"? can you explain?

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1300]


well, that's not true - most of Polish electricity comes from burning coal - and me and millions of Poles use coal to heat their homes in the cold season - and guess what: I don't give a fork

History / Is there any part of Polish history that's at least a bit glorious? [239]


yeah, sure, you must know what you are talking about - so give me some good example


the reputation of the judiciary among Poles was mainly affected by their own doings (and they are still adding to that "wonderful" legacy) - PiS government only made that public

btw AFAIK your judges are created by land justice ministers - in Poland there is a special constitutional body elected from judges themselves that presents the president with candidates for judges

Classifieds / Kebab business [43]


I was making things larger than they actually are, I think - I only heard of sharia police in one of East London neighbourhoods - but well grooming gangs were a reality in the UK

Classifieds / Kebab business [43]


yeah, and then they establish sharia police in their neighbourhoods (because ya know: freedom)

History / Is there any part of Polish history that's at least a bit glorious? [239]


well, it is kind of steorytipically German isn't it (if you searched old posts in this forum dealing with their beloved cooperation with Russia, like the Nord Stream projects you would see how enthusiastic they were - especially Bratwurst)


internally they did incredible damage, like what damage precisely?

History / Is there any part of Polish history that's at least a bit glorious? [239]


like what damage, if you don't mind going into details

History / Is there any part of Polish history that's at least a bit glorious? [239]


yeah, breaking the law is good when the EU approves (I understand you know literally nothing about Poland especially about the time since the "democratic opposition" took power)

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1300]


you don't remember what was written here about both Nord Streams here by our fellow German posters? do a quick search then (in short: they wanted it, so they have it - also the new German governing coalition hasn't declared anything about the future of the Nord Streams)

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [680]

an afterthought: "bo ja wiem" can indeed mean "I don't know" (as a statement) (it looks like I don't really know my native tongue)

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [680]

"jestem samochodem" is simple and intuitive :P - "jestem" is shorter than "przyjechałem" (or "przyszedłem" because people can also be asked "piechotą jesteś?") - and "jestem" underlines the simple fact that the speaker is there :P - and "samochodem" is abundantly clear because "przyjechałem samochodem" is obvious enough - what is unfortunate is that in Polish if you want to say "I am an engineer" you need to use the instrumental (i.e. inżynierem) to sound natural and native

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [680]

" bo ja wiem" doesn't mean "I don't know" (at least not in the most plain use of "I don't know") - it means more like "I have my doubts" (I understand that native English speakers use "I don't know" to tell they have doubts/bad feelings about something)

USA, Canada / What I don't get about Americans vs Polish [56]


actually, United States of America is the most favorably seen country among Poles

Language / Do Poles prefer US American or UK English language? [185]


I don't have much experience with fellow Poles speaking English, and maybe I am judging all the stuff through my personal lens, but from what I can gather, although what is taught in Polish schools is British English (say, Received Pronunciation), most people after a while turn to the American variety (probably because of much greater exposure through various media)

Law / Moving back to Poland - Healthcare [112]


Russia will not be able to attack Europe for some good next couple of years - also why would it anyway? to steal cars in Poland and Germany? I'm not saying we in Poland should disband our army (or even reduce it) - we should keep it just in case - AFAIK European politicians want to restart Nordstreams as part of the peace deal with Russia (so it has no interest in going warlike again) - however Trump might not be happy with such a development since he dreams of selling American natural gas to Europe to mitigate the trade deficit the US has with Europe (especially Germany)

News / How will Polish-American relations change if Trump is elected president again? [635]


they give out Nobel peace prizes as a form of encouragement for politicans to pursue peace, now, from what I can gather (see the Nobel prize for Obama) - also Hitler won the Nobel peace prize once before the second world war - deal with it

Law / Moving back to Poland - Healthcare [112]


it strange that Putin talks like a Russian babushka ("ja by predpoczła" indicates female person speaking)

Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1049]

Beloved sister and brother-in-law

I write this couple of words and send you [the photo of] our family [not sure of the following:] only not all of us (???) [the following is clear:] because one daughter is married in the reclaimed lands [clearly this was sent after 1945] .. this other (???) is with her and the little one there is her granddson who is 3. When he [the grandson] wrote the uncle, the uncle sent him some nice clothes.

[the following sentence is probably a plea on behalf of the grandson (or rather in the name of the grandson):] Dear aunt, I, lovely Staś, ask you to send me some shoes your granddaughters don't wear anymore, so I can have shoes for the winter.

Stay in health.

Władysława i Franciszek Domralski(?? - not sure about the surname)

News / Polish coal will be back [141]


district heating systems in Poland ultimately run on coal for the most part - just a remark

Food / Poles have a more loving attitude to food than here in the UK [169]


heh, that was funny

Life / Racism in Poland - the future [558]

I have to apologize to people who read some of my input on Canada - I might have misunderstood some things I heard in youtube videos - I said in one of my posts that rent in Toronto trippled or quadrudpled when Trudeau was in power: it isn't true: the figure is like a bit over 50 per cent - the person speaking about Toronto situation probably meant house prices which almost trippled between 2015 and 2022 - however since 2022 house prices were on the decline

Life / Racism in Poland - the future [558]

was the UK booming in the recent years? since the rent prices rose by 25 per cent in the UK on average in the last 3 years

Life / Racism in Poland - the future [558]

also in 2023 8 million immigrants lived in Canada as permanent residents who constituted ca 20 per cent of the population

Life / Racism in Poland - the future [558]


yeah, and accumulated inflation was 27 per cent - and for example between 2021 and 2022 groceries got more expesive by about 10 per cent - so in essence the poor paid the price

Life / Racism in Poland - the future [558]


if it really was "9 long years of hard work" then it probably wasn't work for the good of Canadian citizens - 'cause they seem not to approve of it

News / Will Poland help defend Greenland against US Imperialism [333]

btw I have just read it: 57 per cent of the inahabitants of Greenland want to join the US: thehill.com/policy/international/5081836-one-poll-finds-majority-of-greenland-respondents-support-joining-us/

Life / Racism in Poland - the future [558]

I thoruoughly think now it makes no sense talking to you

oh, I'll just make one more comment - if a politician does a good job people keep voting for them and that's it - seems like Canadians don't think Trudeau did a good job

News / Will Poland help defend Greenland against US Imperialism [333]


that is sadly my opinion too

Life / Racism in Poland - the future [558]


it seems Canadians don't concur looking at how Canadian conservatives are bound to win a landslide vicotry in the elections that will take place sometime this year on a platform of "returning to common sense"

btw after 8 years of PiS in power about a third of the Poplish population declaring willingness to vote would gladly choose PiS again (even at their highest PiS only managed to gain 42 per cent of votes in an election)