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


you never heard of Luxleaks scandal - the leaked documents state that Poland (among many other countries) loses 10 billion euro in taxes because companies transfer income to their Luxembourg seats or branches where they pay preferential rates of tax (like 3 per cent) - read more man

it's not only Luxembourg that allows corporations to evade tax - as you would probably believe Wyborcza here's some wyborcza for you -

wyborcza.biz/biznes/1,147582,16957216,Luksemburg_nie_jest_jedyny__Korporacje_unikaja_opodatkowania.html?disableRedirects=true

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


the government had complete control of the public broadcasters when PO-PSl were in power as well - PO-PSL good, PiS no good?


where is it an obligation for the state to get subscrription of the press critical to a given government - were PO-PSL government any better in this field?

if the government should not have any hand, act or part in the press it should not subscribe any press - agreed?

where do you see silencing of the press in Poland? give examples please

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


how do you think press is being limited in Poland Atch?

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

we had this in Poland - it didn't work

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


you want 5 or 7 parties' goverments like it;s goind to happen in Holland now?


we will find out on the election day

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


You don't mind me reminding you that you predicted before the last election that PiS had no chance on governing alone?

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


how do you actually ascribe 19th century nationalism to Ziemkiewicz though - because...?

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


what do you mean by company with JKM - he used to be UPR spokesman (the JKM party) but it was long ago - their ways parted since then - nationalism is all well and kicking -and in the place you wouldn't expect it to be - look here - //gloria.tv/video/FdbJNuUJFcj24qyR7foQhKTGZ]

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

what are your thoughts on Rafał Ziemkiewicz mafketis? I know it is completely off the topic now in the thread but I am curious - I hope you know who Rafał Ziemkiewicz is maf.

Food / Origin of the pierogi [118]


I guess you were not there in the golden days of Miś - it was always crowded yes but the food was extraordinary especially for the price - I would have starved if not were for Miś

Food / Origin of the pierogi [118]


Bar Miś just next to the Wrocław university rectorate had better pierogies - but I haven't been to Wrocław in years so I don't know the situation right now

Genealogy / Polish & Prussian/German town name cross-reference. [100]

what does it mean?

News / Poland's PiS party members and crime [346]


wait a second - so you claim that judge Andrzej Rzepliński was not trained in PRL?

History / What do Poles think about Turks? [761]


Nationalism is everywhere in politics - politicians in their countries only care about their own states - Poland has experienced enough of it to learn to act the same way

News / Good news: Poland's PiS to rule at least 12 years -- Morawiecki [78]


and the teachers in question or rather their trade union was supporting Zjednoczona Lewica coalition who also proposed getting rid of gymnasiums - it looks like the stance of the ZNP (związek nauczycielstwa polskiego - the main Polish teachers' trade union) depends who is proposing the change

Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1040]


one is "Szlag by to trafił" ;) - Szlag comes from the German word Schlag which means blow,hit


it is often spelled as 'szlak' because of the same pronounciation of the words - most people are unaware of the origins of the word and confuse it with 'szlak' (trail,route)

Genealogy / Want to find a person [762]


it can be either mobile or a land line - you need to use an international code for Poland if you are calling it - which is 0048 - so you dial 0048589752233

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


save for the accent which in Polish typically falls upon penultimate syllable so Plevnage

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


the Polish pronounciation of the name (it definitely looks Polish) is Plevnage (-age as in garage)

the surname looks like it could come from the word plewa (chaff) with a -arz suffix that denotes profession (compare malarz(painter),drukarz(printer), piekarz(baker))

but perhaps this etymology is wrong - I haven't ever met the word plewna but I wouldn't be surprised if it is some Hebrew term

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


it's not "czuk" that is used to describe progeny but "-uk" (Kowaluk - the son of Kowal (smith), Bateńczuk - son of Bateńko (I think Bateńko means daddy in Ukrainian but I can be wrong)

as for Szańczuk - the core is probably Szańko (maybe Szańca though) - but this is as much as I can tell you about it - I have no idea what it could mean (my wild guess Szańko is a diminutive of Stanisław) - there is a Polish surname Szańca though (just checked it) - maybe it is of Ukrainian origin - I have no idea what it meant though - it bears resemblance to the word szaniec but I guess it may be completely misleading (szaniec means bulwark - but it is of German origin)

I think you would be better of consulting some Ukrainian English language forum

History / Is there a list of those in the Polish Army during WWII? [193]

hmmm I wouldn't even know where to look for such information - I am not well versed in such things - maybe you have found your granddad and his previous surname - I can't really tell you

what is the surname of the surviving Stefan in those files (presumably your grandad)? - maybe this can shed some light

History / Is there a list of those in the Polish Army during WWII? [193]

oh well I haven't thought about such possibility to be honest - and I can't really tell what might have been the reason - Ukrainian surnames are typically accepted as Polish with slight pronounciation changes and plenty of Poles in Poland bear them without a trace of discrimination based on their Ukrainian origin - the same with surnames of German origin

History / Sensational : the biblical Philistines - were they Slavic people? [8]

Ziemowit this 'translation' is simply rubbish - and if Slavs migrated into central Europe from somewhere it was from northern Ukraine (as proven by linguistic history of proto-Slavic language (borrowings from Gothic and East-Iranian (pontic) languages as well as affinity with Baltic languages)

Phillistine might have (which is rather unprobable) been an Indo-European language but definitely not Slavic

History / Sensational : the biblical Philistines - were they Slavic people? [8]


you seriously believe this 'translation' - man Slavs have been non-entity before about 5th century AD

History / Is there a list of those in the Polish Army during WWII? [193]


Malik is a perfectly Polish surname, I don't think it had been changed

Law / German/Polish Citizenship. Is my father German or Pole? [17]

contrary to American or British law German law is a blood law - you have to have German parent to be automatically considered German

Language / Good Polish Music To Help Me Learn? [41]

@Simon1

another Edyta Bartosiewicz song - this time with lyrics in the video

Language / Is it possible to master the Polish language fluently for a non-Polish speaker? [120]


it is very difficult for people whose native language is not Slavic - Polish language is quite irregular - even Polish youth often struggle with more obscure aspects of our language

Language / Good Polish Music To Help Me Learn? [41]

@Simon1



this singer is not perfectly clear so this might be a bit of a challenge for you - but music is nice ;)

Language / Good Polish Music To Help Me Learn? [41]

@Simon1

perhaps Stanisław Sojka is not the clearest of the artists - but this video has lyrics so it should be of great help