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 [127]


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 [127]


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 [91]


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 [1049]


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 [773]


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? [195]

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? [195]

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? [195]


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? [44]

@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? [44]

@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? [44]

@Simon1

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

Language / Good Polish Music To Help Me Learn? [44]


I am a little bit biased so you have to judge Renata Przemyk for yourself - for me the lyrics are pretty clear but well I am Polish

Language / Good Polish Music To Help Me Learn? [44]


Maybe try Maanam - the singer Kora used to sing quite clear

Genealogy / Why are some Polish people dark complected, and others very light [511]

Poles are niggers, scum and subhuman - they can't be white simple as that

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]


you are wrong - it was all over the media here - but I don't blame you - you don't have contact with live Polish media

Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1049]


it is some kind of inventory description - it says: " painting on glass: Our Lady of Częstochowa the Bochnia variant" then "glass, oil paint, stained-glass(?? - maybe it's not what the writer meant) " then "painted by Janina Leń"

the other says almost the same except the Our Lady of Częstochowa is replaced by Our Lady of Kalwaria

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


those Poles are primitives even if they call themselves educated

primitives and haters

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]


in the whole body? never heard of it to be honest and I quite doubt it


fortunately they are a minority right now according to latest polls

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]


new DNA setup - new life , ok? won't you call a new born child a new separate life?


point to a single poster here with such an attitude - maybe I have missed something