History / Lusatian-Sarmatic obsession of Poles [153]

Why do you think that being interested in the past of Poland is an obsession?
Poland's history is exciting and any kind of obsession does not surprise me, especially "Lusatian/Sarmatian". Ancient Sarmatians represent mentality of the majority of Polish people.

History / The Two Saddest Nations on Earth... Poles and Jews [243]

The saddest nations?
The wisest and signed with a pain.

Have you ever heard about a book written by Nicholas the Lage "The atlas of Jewish world"?

It's incredible and so widely impressive.

I bought one day a story written by Dinur Yehi'el (pseud. Ka-tzetnik 1356330) "House of Dolls" - (polish title is "Dom Lalek") and till this day I remember "emotions" that were inside me.

I do not recommend it for children.

I like the Jewish culture and literature very much.

History / Why Poles love Russia [105]


just WOoooW
The show is incredibly and unbelievably great.

News / Polish PM Tusk- dictator or not? What Poles think? [421]

I don't think he is a dictator.
He looks for me as a person with a strong character and intelligence, but he is not very charismatic IMO.
He knows how to behave in particular situations, and he is good at it, but I expect more from Polish PM.
He seems to be trustworthy, but I expected from him to be more "serious". I would called him a "light" politician but I don't think that it is a good word for a Polish PM.

Life / Any good Polish films to watch? [112]

"Brzezina" - "A birchwood forest" (director: Andrzej Wajda)

"Panny z Wilka" ("The Maidens of Wilko") -nominated in 1980 to an Oscar
(cooperation of Polish and French production)

"Biała sukienka". I liked "A white dress" very much A light story about Polish catholic mentality but presented with a great sense of humour and distance.

Po polsku / Apel o pojednanie z Rosją [30]

Zastanawiam się po informacjach w dzisiejszych wieczornych "wiadomościach" czy (oby nie) nie miało to negatywnych skutków. Dawni rosyjscy dysydenci wystosowali list do Polaków z ktorego wynika, że nam jakoby nie zależałoby na wyjaśnieniu prawdy, ktora jest zawarta w czarnych skrzynkach samolotu - twierdzą, że Polakom zależy na pojednaniu, a nie na prawdzie. Wg byłych rosyjskich opozycjonistów Rosjanom nie chodzi o wyjaśnienie przyczyn katastrofy. Taka była konkluzja ich listu.

Bliskość z Rosją? Może tak...
Ale zrozumienie na tzw. wysokich szczeblach?...

Ponadto sugerowano w tym liście, że sytuacja związana z ostatnimi katastrofami może ( .....) odbić się niekorzystnie na polityce zagranicznej Polski.

Oby to wszystko nie rozeszło się po kościach. Oby Polacy trzymali rękę na pulsie...
Oby odpowiedzialni i mądrzy ludzie zajmowali się tą niezmiernie trudną obecną polską sytuacją polityczną.

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

I've heard about Jan Chryzostom Pasek at high school. He was learning in Rawa in "Collegium Jezuickie'.
He was the author of "Pamiętniki" and he lived at the end at XVII century. He was fighting by Stefan Czarniecki's command against Swedes and Rakoczy.

Genealogy / What are common Polish character traits? [417]

Havok


I wanted to ask you, because I've noticed that some people have a negative attitute for being sarcastic. I like being it.Why don't you like sarcasm? Or is it just my opinion?

Sarcasm is a great treat. It causes healthy laugh.


This is in many cases true.
I don't understand why do people wait sometimes too long. Don't call it "tending to think please". I like thinking. Especially about going to a dentist.


Why compulsively?
I will add to your list sensitivity and fragility.

Love / Are the Polish the most suspicious people in Europe? [73]

We are not suspicious.
two people and out of luck ;)
Wow...
But watch out, I used to kill threads, so ;)

Life / Poetry and Poets of Poland [58]

For a lover of classical poetry Jan Kasprowiczmight be interesting:

English page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kasprowicz

Language / -ski/-ska, -scy/ski, -wicz - Polish surnames help [185]


By and large: surnames with suffixes: -ewicz, -owicz are paternital male surnames ("otczestwa") derivated from Russian language, ex. Abramowicz: "Abram's son"

poradnia.pwn.pl/lista.php?id=1601

Life / 3 reasons why you hate Poland. [1049]

Little Frog

You will find people who generally hate most things everywhere. They are usually rebellious teenagers.

Life / 3 reasons why you hate Poland. [1049]

Bzibzioh


Couldn't agree more. Besides, criticizing isn't always negative; it leads to new points of view. Criticism is just a criticism. Some agree with it, some don't. Some will shout, some will be quiet. It's just our choice; we can find bad sides or we can try to look at matters objectively. However it will be often subjective in some way.

Language / Terms of endearment in Polish [222]

Kaneda


£adny kotek, ładny kotek ... brzydki, brzydki...
or:
Kotku, kotku, ...nieładnie, nieładnie...(when you want to scold somebody caressly).