Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]

There's a Slawowice (near identical pronunciation) however that was never in the Russian part of Poland; in fact it was in German Silesia and called Schlanowitz until 1945.

It's possible that there is or was a village with a similar name (possibly/probably a tiny village) much further East, perhaps somewhere with more than one name (this does happen). Another possibility, a small one, is that he had grown up there but had been born elsewhere.

I think the first possibility is more likely, that there was somewhere further east with that or a similar name. Was he Jewish? Could it have been Slavuta or the Slavutski region?

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And of course they'll lose sponsorship, ticket sales and all the hotel/restaurant revenue it brings to Opole through an absence of big names. Another PiS mess.

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Now, singers, including some very established names, are pulling out of the annual Opole Festival due to it being politicised.

Travel / Pot in Poland for tourists [285]


A friend who's a policeman has often said he'd rather walk into a room full of pot smokers to a room full of drinkers.

Unlikely to be legalised any time soon here in Poland though.

Having said that, when I'm in the Netherlands, I see plenty of people showing Polish ID cards when buying.

Food / What Polish foods do foreigners generally not take to? [140]

That exists in one way or another in many places, Po. One of those things that tastes ok providing you don't think too much about what's in it.

Calling it 'head cheese' isn't likely to attract many takers. Brawn will do.

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Perhaps to an odd minority. For most they are pillars of the community, PO currently higher in the Poles' polls than PiS.

Food / What Polish foods do foreigners generally not take to? [140]

I had some czernina today in Płock. It was probably the worst czernina I'd had - really acidic as if they'd emptied half a bottle of vinegar in. No dried fruit either, something that good czernina usually has. I've had middling czernina before (some restaurants add ground liver to get away with using less duck's blood) but never as bad as this.

If a visitor had it for the first time at that restaurant, they'd be put off it.

Travel / Pot in Poland for tourists [285]

They sell all that stuff here, and seeds are now sold fairly openly in Warsaw - this surprised me when I passed a shop selling them. People do grow, often outdoors in remote places, sometimes indoors. I don't think people bother much about masking the smell in tents - an empty house near me obviously had some growing; the smell was very strong and getting stronger until it suddenly stopped, presumably when they harvested it.

It really isn't worth the risk though - the penalties for growing even one plant are high, and remember there are no borders between here and the Netherlands so dealers may as well get it wholesale there and drive back.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Ah, the sheer niceness of PiS-faschos.

And who is 'Schecter'? Do you mean Poland's most distinguished newspaper editor and jailed ex-dissident, known to berather choosy about who he employs.

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All of them good.

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Now now...

Any such information would be easily verifiable (like Kaczynski's relative who was the prosecutor that called for the death sentence for Witold Pilecki)

So not much point in lying.

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No. No it hasn't.


He claimed it. She has denied any knowledge of the person. No reason to doubt her of for her to lie since it would be very easily checkable.

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No, I don't believe we should lynch Kaczynski or Macierewicz.

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Really? According to the article, it says accused. Not convicted.

And nothing to do with either the suicide of the crazy tourist Magda Żuk, or any elected politician.

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No, it isn't. She has said that she's never heard of him and that the surname is a co-incidence. Worth mentioning that there are thousands of people in Poland called Kopacz.

Just as Jaroslaw Kaczynski isn't the aunty of the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski.


Don't be silly

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Nope - people you would have approved of, like Witold Pilecki.

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And you're the one who claims there is. And a relative of a certain pair was a prosecutor who called for the death sentence on certain well known wartime figures.

Plus the other relative who was minister of 'justice' at the time.

No wonder they got the villa, the posh school etc.

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You mean Kaczynski? Yes, he did. Worth remembering that some of his relatives worked as prosecutors during the very darkest period of the PRL.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

More political scandal. The conservative politician who claimed 40,000zl in petrol money without having either a car or a driver:
wprost.pl/kraj/10054946/Nie-ma-prawa-jazdy-ani-samochodu-wzial-40-tys-zlotych-na-paliwo-Posel-Kukiz15-sie-tlumaczy.html


Yes. People who use phrases like

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Now Po. You didn't really dodge that one very well. Perhaps you, as someone who claims to be a practising Christian and a vocal Pis supporter considers your


to be the tired and hungry refugees, or nice Mr Khan with the corner shop. Or the gentleman in Warsaw whose cafe was graffitied by an elderly man.

Really, you should be ashamed of using the phrase


I'm surprised Admin allows that to be on this forum too.

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Exactly. You prefer the type of politics reflected by your comment

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So you aren't a supporter despite praising their meagre 'achievements' and anti-democratic outrages at least thrice daily. Who knew. And as the chief apologist for the PiS junta here, I suppose it shouldn't be much of a surprise that you say:



Of course. You aren't entitled to. But it's hard, given your constant vocal support to imagine you voting for the opposition.


The Southern Poverty Law Center and the Ośrodek Monitorowania Zachowań Rasistowskich i Ksenofobicznych would doubtless be concerned enough to record that unpleasant phrase appearing online, albeit under a pseudonim.

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And you did indeed say


An interesting take on humanity from a supporter of PiS' political catholicism.

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So you've admitted that in fact you do stand by your phrase


despite claiming to be a practising Christian.

Not a great advert for your set of values, is it?

It tells us all we want to know really.

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He has however claimed openly to be here in the forum on many occasions. Then calls people "vermin".

Perhaps it's the difference between Christian and christianist.

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I asked you two questions. A simple yes/no answer is all that's required:
1. Do you think that using the phrase


is compatible with your much-vaunted christianist values?
2. Would you relish hearing PiS politicians saying it in public.

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So that looks like:

1. No
2. Yes

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So, Po.

1. As a practising Christian as you have claimed here to be (though all evidence from your posts points to the contrary), do you stand by your phrase:


2. And would you relish hearing PiS politicians saying it in public.

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Not a very good advert for either a political outlook or a religious affiliation...

UK, Ireland / Why Polish girls working in UK as escort more than other Eastern European girls [89]


Very few. Most do normal jobs. That phrase is no longer used, by the way. It no longer has the legal meaning it once did.


Largest population by far in the post-2004 EU states.