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Joined: 25 Nov 2008 / Male ♂
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Last Post: 17 Feb 2021
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From: Poznań, Poland
Speaks Polish?: Yeah.
Interests: law, business

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delphiandomine   
16 Jan 2018
News / If Russia liberate Scotland, what would happen with Polish workers in Britain? [60]

Scotland voted to remain in the UK.

Much to my displeasure.

But it was a fair vote, and one that could easily have gone the other way had the Yes campaign convinced elderly voters that their pensions were secure. The interesting thing is that if Scotland had voted Yes, the Leave EU campaign would have had a decisive victory.

polls show that the result if one were held now would be even stronger in favour of remaining in the UK..

It's an interesting time right now, because one thing that's become clear is that some Yes voters were voting that way to leave the EU, while previous No voters are now considering voting Yes to remain in the EU.
delphiandomine   
15 Jan 2018
News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]

in screechy feminized countries

One can only wonder why you willingly chose to live in one of the most feminine countries in the world in that case.

Still, your lack of experience with women is quite clear.
delphiandomine   
9 Jan 2018
News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]

independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/poland-eu-membership-support-for-membership-courts-rule-of-law-mateusz-morawiecki-juncker-a8149876.html

92% support EU membership in Poland.

Trump presidency forms a nice and much expected counterbalance

I'm honestly surprised that you trust a word the Americans say.
delphiandomine   
9 Jan 2018
Life / Are Polish roads really this bad? [237]

Where do I pay?

At the toll gates, you'll find them just after the S1 junction with the A4 and just before the junction for Kraków Airport, also on the A4.

Gasoline is easy, there will be plenty of places along the way, all well signposted.
delphiandomine   
9 Jan 2018
Life / Are Polish roads really this bad? [237]

Cash. It isn't very much

It was 20zł between Katowice-Kraków last time I went - 10zł each at the toll gates in Mysłowice and Balice.

Nice motorway actually at that point, but the Kraków bypass was a mess.
delphiandomine   
19 Dec 2017
Law / Polish Citizenship by Descent Question - Polish Citizenship Acts [36]

Pan Kaczynski:

Your lack of knowledge of Poland shows when calling him "Pan", a title not used in Poland towards him.

Incidentally, the Polish government has just correctly tightened up the rules on the issuing of the Karta Polaka, ensuring that a genuine connection with Poland is now required to obtain it. It's no longer enough to pretend to have some connection to a Polonia organisation.

One can only assume that the present Polish government has no interest in handing out Polish citizenship to people of unclear origin.
delphiandomine   
17 Dec 2017
USA, Canada / What I don't get about Americans vs Polish [56]

Poor snowflakes, still melting down over that devastating loss in Alabama. If the same thing repeats itself in the 2018 elections, the USA will be a sea of blue. Even Trump couldn't save the Republicans in Alabama, and his ideology has clearly been rejected by even Southern voters.
delphiandomine   
17 Dec 2017
Genealogy / What does my Polish name mean? [402]

Polonius, while I'm aware of the mess that they made on Ellis Island of surnames, what about the American tendency to completely mispronounce names that are still in their original form?

I've heard "Marchewka" as "Mar-chew-ka" for instance, among other travesties.
delphiandomine   
17 Dec 2017
USA, Canada / What I don't get about Americans vs Polish [56]

Were not libturds

Well, you're certainly not helping your case. Calling voters names because they didn't want to elect a failed judge and child abuser, well, doesn't that say it all about the sour grapes?
delphiandomine   
17 Dec 2017
USA, Canada / What I don't get about Americans vs Polish [56]

The election is over

That it is, and the loser Republicans still can't get over the swing in Alabama. It's going to be fun watching the Republican mass failure in 2018!
delphiandomine   
16 Dec 2017
Genealogy / Americans of Polish descent. How many of us are on Polish forums? [216]

Pope Francis IS respected by a lot of Poles.

Indeed, what really annoyed and angered a lot of moderate Catholics in Poland was the way that Francis was saying one thing and then the Church was trying to spin it in a different light. But look on the refugees issue - even the Church here itself has been calling to accept them, yet they're completely ignored by the holier-than-thou types.

Most of the actual Catholics have mixed feelings about him. Definitely he is respected less than the previous Popes.

The only ones that respect him less are the ones who read Fronda and such like, because they know better than the Pope, obviously. A lot of moderates respect him far more than Benedict.
delphiandomine   
16 Dec 2017
Genealogy / Americans of Polish descent. How many of us are on Polish forums? [216]

it was a major own goal

A massive own goal. A religion teacher friend of mine told me that in many schools, the classes cease to have any relevance for kids after the First Communion, and that many religion teachers are simply incapable of controlling classes. She gave examples of teachers trying to threaten 15 year olds with the devil - with the predictable result that kids just laugh in their faces and all authority is lost.

It's clear that the Church just wanted the massive subsidies from providing those classes, nothing more. If it was about religion, then it would have carried on in the same way as before - in churches.
delphiandomine   
16 Dec 2017
USA, Canada / Poles and Americans, what do you think, are we friends or enemies? [190]

Yes, pretty much. I have no idea why he's attacking you for telling the truth about how you lose contact, but he's got a long history of doing just that.

Still, nice to see a Canadian telling a real Polish person what is and what isn't Polish.
delphiandomine   
15 Dec 2017
Genealogy / Americans of Polish descent. How many of us are on Polish forums? [216]

Like in much of Spain and Ireland these days, it's more about the traditions than about the belief.

Even among practicing Catholics, their knowledge of what the Pope is actually saying and doing is minimal, hence why so many Poles are ignoring the call to accept refugees from the boss man himself.
delphiandomine   
15 Dec 2017
USA, Canada / Poles and Americans, what do you think, are we friends or enemies? [190]

Watching a Canadian insult a Polish person that was born and educated in Poland is quite hilarious, I think.

Still, not a bad way to confirm in the minds of Poles that North Americans are not their friends. Of course, assuming that anyone actually intends to read the drivel above that seems to be nothing but one big personal attack on posters.
delphiandomine   
15 Dec 2017
USA, Canada / Poles and Americans, what do you think, are we friends or enemies? [190]

official celebrations

What official celebrations?

See, if you were here, you'd know that no-one cares about the Polonia in the US. Poles in the UK - yes, they care, because these people maintain strong links with Poland. But Polonia in the US/Canada? Blah, non-issue, no-one cares.
delphiandomine   
15 Dec 2017
Genealogy / Americans of Polish descent. How many of us are on Polish forums? [216]

General perception of USA in England is positive

I think it really depends. The gun crime issue is something that we don't understand (how difficult can it be?), but then there's a lot of respect for American innovation and achievements.
delphiandomine   
14 Dec 2017
USA, Canada / Poles and Americans, what do you think, are we friends or enemies? [190]

The EU is crumbling

In your dreams. The EU is strong as ever, no matter what some American dreams of.

America is becoming more prosperous every day.

Strange. Other Americans on this forum feel differently, not least about the failing of the dollar and the rise of the Chinese.

Of course we would!

Hahahaha. Yeah, just like you helped bomb the hell out of Christian Serbs on behalf of Muslim Kosovans.
delphiandomine   
12 Dec 2017
Life / Why do so many Polish strive to be accepted by the West? [78]

You say I'm focusing on the bad sides of communism, what were the good sides?

Now now. Some families lived very well during that time, which explains their anger and rage towards the post-1989 system. I'd mention names, but it's probably a bad idea these days.
delphiandomine   
12 Dec 2017
Life / Why do so many Polish strive to be accepted by the West? [78]

I absolutely agree SigSauer, which is why anyone associated with it should be immediately removed from public life, including their children too.

It's drastic, but needed to make sure that it cannot influence public life.
delphiandomine   
12 Dec 2017
Life / Bilingual kids in Polish schools [30]

I can imagine!

I didn't actually know that Montessori used first names only - it really is much nicer (it's normal in Finnish schools, for instance), but as Maf says, you'd just lose all respect from Polish learners if you did it in an environment where they're not used to it.

With parents, it depends on whether I like them or not ;)