Travel / From Krakow to Auschwitz (transportation) [29]


actually Kraków is not that far from Auschwitz - it's only about 80km - that's why it is a popular destinations for tours from Kraków - like the tours advertised on the website

Life / Polish movies with English subtitles [87]

Have you downloaded them as a divx?

If you buy them in an on-line store (say Merlin.pl) they should have English subtitles - they are dirt cheap

oh well - Warszawa is not available through Merlin.pl at the moment

Work / How much is the average living cost in Poland for foreign student? [46]


basic blood tests (so called morphology) is lower than 20 zł, basic urine analysis circa 10 PLN - there are however plenty of specialised blood and urine tests and these can be quite expensive (even 40 PLN for a single blood test)

Work / How much is the average living cost in Poland for foreign student? [46]


she said she is going to be provided with travel expenses within Warsaw

Work / How much is the average living cost in Poland for foreign student? [46]

trains in Poland are quite cheap - the travel from Warsaw to Kraków can cost you as little as 60 PLN (zloty) - you can book online here

intercity.pl/en/site/for-passengers/information/journey-planner.html
- there are also some weekend offers

bus connection is even cheaper but takes longer

Work / How much is the average living cost in Poland for foreign student? [46]


185 euros for food should be enough if you prepare most of your food yourselves - there used to be places called milk bars- bar mleczny (not to confuse with sweets) where cheap meals (mostly meatless) were served but I have no idea if these are still around (they were subsidised) - food is not more expensive in Warsaw if you buy from chain stores like Biedronka or Lidl - you should be able to afford a night (or a couple - depending on how much you are going to spend) out a month for this money too

Language / Your perception of the Polish accent [145]

I was taught British or rather BBC English at school. I thought I was quite good at mimicking the accent. I was shocked when I first arrived in London that people in the streets mostly speak some strange dialect I could hardly understand instead of the BBC English. Then I managed to learn how to differenatiate some accents. I still believed I don't speak with an accent (i.e a Polish accent) - then I worked with a guy who was born in Ireland but immigrated to London when he was six - I could hear that he had noticeable Irish accent or at least traces of it - so I told him that he spoke with an accent - then much to my surpirse I was met with an answer that I too speak with a strange accent

now after some time I actually shifted my accent to more American (perhaps MidAtlantic) I no longer swallow the final r's and also pronounce words like better, daughter the American way. - I am pretty sure I still have a 'strange' accent though

Polonia / Polish satellite TV abroad [40]


what is the point of pushing the Polish language onto the child - if he's reluctant he should not be bothered I think

Genealogy / Woloczyn or Wolosczyn: Am I Polish? Help [22]


I think the suffix in question is -in/-yn not -szyn --- the -in suffix denoted genetive in the past (it is present in place names for example Zosin, Anin, Teresin)

Genealogy / Woloczyn or Wolosczyn: Am I Polish? Help [22]

the thing is there is even a place name Wołoszyn (a summit in the Tatra mountains) - the surname is perfectly Polish too - Wołoch is a old word in Polish describing people of

Romanian origin (or speaking a Romanian dialect) - Wołoszyn is just an extention of this word - there are nearly 6000 people bearing the name in Poland - hardly possible they all originate in Russia (immigration of ethnic Russians to Poland was never big)

Genealogy / Woloczyn or Wolosczyn: Am I Polish? Help [22]


if it were Russian is wouldn't be spelled with W and sz

Genealogy / Woloczyn or Wolosczyn: Am I Polish? Help [22]


Polish and proud ;)

Genealogy / Woloczyn or Wolosczyn: Am I Polish? Help [22]


yes it is a Slavic surname and most probably Polish (Czechs and Slovaks use different spelling with carons(haceks)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caron

however your origins may be Vlach in a distant past (there must have been a reason the first bearer of the surname was named this way) - I just don't understand why it should be a disappointment to you

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


it is a Belarussian or Ukrainian surname originally and a patronymic one - my guess is however Matyka is not a given name but a nickname (Matyka = Hoe)

there is however a possibility (but i think not very probable) that Matyka is a corrupted form of a given name Matthew (Matyj)

there is a new excellent thread on Polish and Eastern European surname suffixes by our long time user Paulina - read here https://polishforums.com/language/ethnic-backround-suffixes-surnames-72736/

News / Polish PM Tusk- dictator or not? What Poles think? [455]

there are multiple reasons - I don't run a list with his wrongdoings but there have been plenty - he does not defend Polish interests enough in the EU that's why for example he destroyed Polish shipbuilding industry - he pressed for the lowering of school age to 6 years against the will of majority of parents - he is a PR stunt monkey not solving problems for real

History / East Prussia - German Poles who lived in pre-second world war in this area [6]


Mazurians were not Poles - they just happened to speak Polish before the Germanization was completed hehe


btw do you know in what circumstances was the plebiscite held - Poland was at the brink of being defeated by the invading Red Army - I don't know the mood among the Mazurians then but I believe this could have been the reason they didn't want to join Poland

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


I believe this is just a German (as those who recorded people's surnames were Austrian officials) spelling of a Ukrainian name £ukowicz - the surname £uckowicz does not make any sense -

btw the town of £uck was not even part of Galicia - it was a part of Volhynia and as such it belonged to the Russian Empire and not to Austro-Hungary

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


£uk is onion in Russian and I guess also Ukranian - £ukowicz means a son of £uk where £uk is a nickname-

btw they couldn't speak Russian - Russian was not spoken in Galicia - Ukrainian was

Life / Thread dedicated to Polish and other Slavic children [53]

there is too much cult being built around the Warsaw Uprising now - we know now that the decision for the uprising was a grave mistake

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

yes all of them are Polish

Life / Where to buy flowers in Poland (Wroclaw / Krakow / Nowy Sącz)? [10]

pocztakwiatowa.pl/en/

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [676]


you look Polish meaning you wouldn't really stand out in Poland

Love / Polish Pet Names For Girls. [156]

my guess is ufoludek :) but I may be wrong

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]


but they cannot be trusted, yes?? especially when they say that the word murzyn is not racist

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]

Magdalena thank you for you brilliance and patience

btw John you are doing the PC a great disfavour in Poland - unwittngly for the most part

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]

all discussion with you John is useless - you don't know how to discuss fair - you employ an ad hominem tactics every time someone disagrees with you - good bye - duś się we własnym sosie

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]

this is the source of the problem - bad dictionary translations - with an intention to match word to word which does not always work

the person who put this translation in this dictionary is an idiot: en.bab.la/dictionary/polish-english/murzyn


you are completely wrong - Poles will never say angielski instead of Anglik or Angielka - this is only in your imagination

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]

the problem is not with the Polish language but with the English language which lacked a neutral word for people of black skin

there is no good replacement of the word murzyn in Polish language anyway - czarnoskóry is not a good word in Polish - czarny is even worse

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]

said Mr Language Trend Setter

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]


he was surprised because in Polish the word mulat is neutral and book word for a person of mixed black and white race - just like the word murzyn - and I won't stop using the word murzyn just because some foreigners have the misconception that it is somehow racist - and I believe most Poles will do just the same