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 [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 [1050]


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 [777]


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