News / Polish prosecutor 'shoots self after news conference' [93]


Morphine will do that to you :)
Poor bloke,no one gives their side arm a blow job for a bit of attention.

Work / The level of English of Polish teachers of English. What do you think of it? [101]


....and is poor English in itself....." a false sense of importance" would be correct :)


Yes,but clearly not "native", this is where the problem lies. They never get the subtle cadence right and there is always at least one missing "the" . ;)

Polish teachers or even just Poles who speak a good level of English and have a bit of paper to prove it just will not listen to native speakers,in fact,will point blank tell you that you are wrong,thats what galls,to be told,for example that,"no,there is a W in sword so it must be pronounced" is kinda funny,but also,kinda annoying. :)

History / What proportion of the Polish population collaborated with the Nazis? [125]


You do realise Hungary and Romania were official allies of nazi germany dont you?

History / Polish conscripts to German army [132]

I dont think any Polish WW2 veterens come on here TBH but you may well find a veterens assosiation or 3 in Canada,and there is one for sure across the border in Chicago , you can be sure that you will find people happy to talk with you.

History / Polish conscripts to German army [132]


Thats one more piece of bread a day than the germans gave to Russian POWs :(

Funny that, around here Poles worked alongside locals in many trades,infact,on one side of Doncaster most of the GPs (Doctors) were ex Polish Airborne medics :)


Erm,not to pick on you,but, please dont give the impression Poles were somehow forced to live in these camps. They could choose to stay there till 1970 but most,like your father,managed to move on quite freely.

It does bug me that so many people seem to focus on the negative when England had no obligation to allow any Pole to stay,anymore than persons of any other Allied nation.


yeah,sorry, I forget sometimes which site Im replying on and forget not everyone has a working knowladge of 1940s acronyms ;)


Yes, of course you are right,many did fight for the Allies as well as the Germans. One old boy I used to know here in England had started his war in the Polish Army then found himself in the German Army followed by the Russian Army than finally with Anders untill he transfered to the Airborne brigade ! :)

erm,actually,thinking about it, did I know your Dad? :) ( If he lived in Donny,and was called "Tom"....)
PS, France and Holland would hint at 2nd Armoured Division maybe?

Like I said before, any specifics, any unit names or numbers you can give will help,alternatly try the Sikorski institute in London,will take an age but they should be able to help you ,all the best with your search .

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


Lets face it, the ear bleeding arse we have to listen to in the UK on "Pop" radio (god im getting old) is hardly the best of British is it? You just have to look around I suppose,but,to be fair, the only non traditional songs I knew in Poland tended to be by Moldovans(Moldovians?).


Lols, Im begining to like her, good girl :)

History / Polish conscripts to German army [132]


Including those found in NW Europe these "turn coats" ( not that most had a choice) who never actually served AGAINST the germans but were put on Polish army pay roles in order to keep them from being DPs who would have been forced back to Poland ,made up the vast majority of the so called fourth largest allied army.

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


Singing a traditional Russian song,in Russian lol
(btw,is that a Dude? Kinda working a Danny LaRue look there)

Food / British food products in Poland? [334]

And those sausages..............yuck........maybe close to blasphamy but they really are the most vile and rubbery sausages in Europe (discounting School dinner sausages).
Mind,an old Butcher once told me that the only food Butchers will never eat is sausages :)

Food / British food products in Poland? [334]


I really cannot believe that anyone would leave Poland and demand a dozen Polski Skleps in every town in Britain to buy 3 day old bread ,gherkins and lumps of fat.....

History / Polish conscripts to German army [132]

If you are looking for more than just a vague answer to your question Im afraid we will need more details.
Do you know which branch of the german forces he served in? What Division/regiment?
Where abouts in Italy did he find himself captured by the British? When?

If you dont have the specifics some books can give you an idea,for instance Anthony Beevors " Stalingrad" will give a flavour of what it was like to serve in Russia with the German Army.

Life / If I'm agnostic, deist, atheist - can I say that to Polish people in Poland? [72]


Matey,when I was seven my country went to war,our head of state was a woman named liz and our prime minister was a woman named maggie............hundreds died,fact.

I live in a post imperial country who's largest period of expansion happened under the control of a woman,called vicky, a few hundred years earlier a bird named liz 1 had been in charge during a period of mass burnings of catholics oh and a little thing like defeating the last ever papal crusade in 1588 with "the body of a weak and feeble woman....".

While I dont entirely agree with natasa's post post pre post feminist stand ( ;) ) I will say that who ever seeks out political power has more in common with others of the same nature than just the contents of their underpants.....what I mean is that male or female those who seek power are essentially the same.

Life / If I'm agnostic, deist, atheist - can I say that to Polish people in Poland? [72]


How wrong you are,every 28 days would be like the apocolypse......

Life / Polish movies with English subtitles [87]

Its on utube matey.

youtube.com/watch?v=mM1zyQ_zffM

Life / Stop buying contraband in Poland! Really? [24]

When Ive heard a Pole talk about how she smuggled george orwell books through the berlin wall and back into Poland in the early 80s it doesnt exactly surprise me people are happy to buy a few Ukrainian cigs :)

Life / Stop buying contraband in Poland! Really? [24]

Atleast they dont try to tell you that buying a knock off DVD from some fella down the market is funding international terrorism lol
Ladies,dont buy that hooky Gucci handbag,if you do Al Quada gets a new AK 74.......
BTW, If anyones interested Ive just come in possesion of a full set of front landing gear for some airplane(only used once), drop us a pm if interested.

USA, Canada / Polish-American criminals [70]

Seems a bit of a "sad" topic for a thread,(as in, oh dear....here we go again...) but scanning through and seeing Martha Stewerts name along side serial killers and peado's did make me chuckle :)

History / Poland: Her heroes and her traitors [221]


Not true re "entire", many were working for the underground.

Life / Poles speaking English - examples [245]


Fantastic Tactics, I doff my hat to you sir, challange a Dyslexic non Graduatist to prove you do not need to be an English language graduate to speak perfik engerlish...

TBH, Ive listened to a lot of the posted example.....you are all making a mountain out of a mole hill, as a native speaker we just adjust our ears to different accents anyway as the following links may prove;

youtube.com/watch?v=8k7VoFiagfs

youtube.com/watch?v=U4yeqSgNxiE

And a guide to the scouser alphabet,keep ears peeled for the letter C ;)

youtube.com/watch?v=sBYlXfjKru4

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

...and filthy looks if you didnt take your plate back to the kitchen...................bless em, they made me feel right at home those indominatble ladies of a certain age in Mokotow :)

Language / What were the first Polish words and phrases you have learned? [63]

" Ja nie jestem communistum, ja jestem Polski zolnierze"

yeah, er, dont ask lol :)

Life / Poles speaking English - examples [245]


Tommy rot!!!
Besides, is it not better that Polish Politicians concentrate their efforts on Polish matters and not learning another language.
After all,as people have said,thats why they have translators,experts who wont,hopefully,missunderestimate the submarines of the speach?

Life / Mishmash facts about Poland and Poles [142]


and at far less risk when left alone with old priests..................

sorry, but that was just too much of an open goal to walk past :)

Life / Mishmash facts about Poland and Poles [142]


as long as she waxes for the Wedding photos...........

Life / What is Poland's fastest growing ethnic group? [57]

Its them bloody normans i blame for everything. Yesterday was a Black day in the history of these isles, October the 14th 1066 the Anglo dannish army of Harold Godwinson fought a day long battle on,erm, battle hill.....erm, against the mercenary forces of Duke Wiliam the bastard who under a Papal banner invaded these islands and then,ironicaly for some one under Romes protection,went on to spawn generations of invaders of Ireland......

(yes, that could have gone in the other thread, but Im sort of stream of conciousness tonight ;) )
Like Britain Poland can pretend to its hearts content that its native ethnic mix is some simple to define affair,with one main big one and one or two nice native minorities..........utter tosh, if Poland was the Devils playground with armies criss crossing it through out history britain was the bit at the end of the world every bugger ended up in at some point or another and plenty of "mingling" with the natives went on whether welcome or not ;)

Life / What is Poland's fastest growing ethnic group? [57]


I hadnt noticed I was dwindling TBH :)


google Lebensborn or wiki.. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebensborn wasnt calling *you* a Nazi, but the last bunch who went to Poland looking for Blonde haired Blue Eyed types were.....FYI, those are not Slavic traits, Poland is a Slavic nation.


Erm, read a bit, come back,then start with the politics :)
There is far more to Poland than Politics and a five year spot in the mid 20th century :)

Life / What is Poland's fastest growing ethnic group? [57]




...to hang non whites from the nearest tree or lamp post...............


No, in case the news is taking time to filter across the Atlantic; The Nazis lost.......

Fek, the banjo players are out in force today...............

Life / What is Poland's fastest growing ethnic group? [57]


yups, operation Rolling Thunder, one big accident (just to bite at your obvious irony.....that brit test,the one that said I was american,maybe...maybe....)

BTW, The image you are thinking of...........sorry, I just googled ( "napalm girl" girl finds her straight away...:( )
Just confirmed what I thought, Phan Thi Kim Phuc was bombed by SVN air force, not Americans.

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

He does however perfectly describe a corner 40 minutes drive away :)
God Bless isolated country market towns, plenty of cans of tyskie suddenly scattered in parks and on pavements,but overall a slightly better view above ground level :)

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

Not my corner, tallest building around here is the Fire Brigades training tower, ironic as there are no tower blocks in its operating area..............