History / Karol Wojtyla, the man who become a pope (video) [58]

Wojtyla, like Francis, was bound by the rules of the papacy. Surely he did not defend child molestation!

History / Karol Wojtyla, the man who become a pope (video) [58]

"Manipulator"? I ?! Why pawianku, whatever gave you that idea?

History / Karol Wojtyla, the man who become a pope (video) [58]

@Paw, I said he was the people's pope, I never said which people nor that he was perfect!:-)

History / Karol Wojtyla, the man who become a pope (video) [58]

If you're referring here to the age-old sex abuse scandal within the Church, you're sadly correct!

Perhaps the entire point here is that Wojtyla was NOT a saint, nor did he ever pretend that he was....holier than thou.

He was in the truest sense the people's pope, who proved his metal often under the most trying of circumstances.

History / Karol Wojtyla, the man who become a pope (video) [58]

Karol Wojtyla was the first Pope in recorded history to publically apologize to to the Jews for centuries of anti-Semitic hatred and persecution at the hands of the Roman Catholic Church! As with many committed Christians, he struggled with his faith and tried his level best to reconcile his deep belief in Christian teachings with the wrongs perpetrated against many non-Christians in the name of the Church.Unlike Martin Luther, he didn't excoriate the Jews for not wishing to convert to the "superior" religion:-)

During the Second World War, he showed rare courage as a member of the Polish Underground Resistance while still a young priest, continuing to fight the scourge of Communism and dictatorship until his last breath.

NIECH ZYJE KAROL ("LOLEK") WOJTYLA

Po polsku / Staram się polepszać się po polsku :) [85]

Ale wedlug New York Times'a moze byc nawet w tym roku koncem wojny!

Po polsku / Staram się polepszać się po polsku :) [85]

Dzieki, alien!

Po polsku / Staram się polepszać się po polsku :) [85]

Paulina, robilem wczoraj blad! Hug jest ucisk.

Po polsku / Staram się polepszać się po polsku :) [85]

Co to oznaczy "ghost hug"?
hug = ogarnie
??

Po polsku / Praca i życie w Hiszpanii [4]

Portugalia takze jest popularna wsrod turistow.

Genealogy / What does my Polish name mean? [402]

A question about the family name KOSZARSKI.
Might the translation be BASKETMAKER'S SON, or something
in this neighborhood?

Po polsku / Praca i życie w Hiszpanii [4]

Witam pana,

ucz sie pan bezposrednio jezyka hiszpanskiego, zanim sie przeprowadiac do Hiszpani!
Kolega byl w jesieni w Barcelonii (Katalunyii) a zadny czlowiek mowil po angielsku.

Co jest pan zawodowo?

Work / Are Poles workaholics? [150]

Can't argue with ya there, jon.

Work / Are Poles workaholics? [150]

Perhaps because as immigrants abroad, they felt they had to work twice as hard.

News / News article on Poland absorbing Ukrainian refugees [47]

@Maf,
Kindly name a newspaper/-agency which IS an "objectively" satisfactory newspaper for information!
The Washington Post? The Boston Globe? The London Times?, DER SPIEGEL?.......?

News / News article on Poland absorbing Ukrainian refugees [47]

So far, however just wait and see.

News / News article on Poland absorbing Ukrainian refugees [47]

Yet who would be manning those factories you speak of, Rich?
Guess who, REFUGEES!

Work / Are Poles workaholics? [150]

In my experience, Poles always had the reputation of being most industrious! Still recall the name of my first Polish textbook from the Communist Era, "Pracowita Matka", praising the image of the hard-working Polish mother, in accordance with the propaganda of the period:-)

UK, Ireland / What English food would you serve a Pole? [172]

@Milo, mate you continue to expose yourself as little more than a troll!

@jon, Oh well, serving Shepherd's Pie to a guest's nothing to "stew" about, is it? LOL

News / News article on Poland absorbing Ukrainian refugees [47]

This I can well understand, they being Slavic brethren and all!
Apparently though, the Ukrainians have a less than savory reputation among many Poles for certain acts of violence perpetrated years ago.

UK, Ireland / What English food would you serve a Pole? [172]

Nice post. Thanks, jon!
Why though need the offerings necessarily be "posh", unless of course one is trying to make a particular impression on wealthy company?

UK, Ireland / What English food would you serve a Pole? [172]

England does have certain wines such as port and claret which, because of a colder climate for growing grapes, Poland doesn't have. If I lived in England and had a Polish house guest, I'd probably opt for typically English Stilton or Wensleydale and a nice claret:-) For an encore, perhaps some rare roast beef, maybe some shepherd's pie for a main course.

Language / Extremely Hard - Polish the hardest language to learn [226]

@Bobko,
Oh, come on yourself!
In terms orthographic consistency, SlovakMaster might well have you over a barrel, buster.

Polish is to be sure orthographically consistent, most of the time, yet as somebody who's also studied Hungarian, the latter has ZERO silent vowels and reveals a regularity in its consonants which beats even Polish:-)

Moreover, Hungarian's ever consistent pronunciation and regularity of intonation leaves Polish at the starting gate, I'm afraid,

Language / Extremely Hard - Polish the hardest language to learn [226]

...which among the Slavic languages has clitics (unknown in Russian or Polish!) as well as more tenses per se than in Polish, for example.

My forrays into Hungarian promptly ended when my teacher returned to Szombatvasarhely following the Covid outbreak! Compared with Polish, Hungarian has zero Slavic roots, although considerable cross-pollination of neighboring vocabulary from nearby Slavs. Polish of course has seven cases compared with the approx. fifteen or so in Hungarian:-)

Life / What should I get for a gift for somebody who's never visited Poland? [59]

I enjoy those alcohol-filled chocolates "Sliwki",
plum brandy, I believe, already mentioned by feliks
earlier:-)

Po polsku / Wymiana jezykowa polski-angielski [19]

Slicznie dziekuje za objasienie, Maf!

Po polsku / Wymiana jezykowa polski-angielski [19]

Wazne tematy zawsze sa najinteresujasze, prawda?

Life / Understanding Poland's Birthday Tradition [66]

I recall hearing "Sto lat!" in Poland following a loud sneeze as well.

Po polsku / Wymiana jezykowa polski-angielski [19]

Panie Michale,

juz wyslalem panu odpowiedz:-)