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Polonius3   
23 Sep 2015
Genealogy / My theory about my family history - thoughts? Piatek surname. [7]

PIĄTEK:

Aren't Gypsies Christian to start with? Why would they have to convert?
Re the surname's origin, you should not overlook the toponymic option. Someone might have got nicknamed Piątek because he hailed from some such village as Piątek, Piątki, Piątków, Piątkowo, Piątkowa, Piątkowiec or similar.

There seem ot have been nobles amongst some Piątek descendants. For more info please cntact: research60@gmail
Polonius3   
23 Sep 2015
History / Time for Slavic Commonwealth around Poland as center [223]

Very impressive compilation of Serbia's real or imagined potential. I'd be all for it if it ever truly came to pass. At least your zeal, passion and determination cannot be questioned!
Polonius3   
21 Sep 2015
Genealogy / "Choroszucha" - Jewish family name? [19]

Choroszucha

CHOROSZCZUCHA: derived from Ukrainina chorost (kindling, twigs, firerood) -- in Polish chrust; a choroszczuch would be used to describe a male gathering firewood in the forest (usually the poorest of the poor) and choroszczcha would be a female gathrerer or the choroszczuch's wife.
Polonius3   
19 Sep 2015
Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]

POCION: nearly extinct in Poland; probably derived from the East Slavic first name Ipatij which has given rise to such Polish surnames as Pocion. Pociej, Pocioł and Pocian.

PIETROWIAK: One of numerous patronymic nicknames-turned surnames derived from the first name Piotr (Peter); otherspin-offs include Pietrzak, Piotrowicz, Pietrasik, Piotrowiak, Piotrak, Piotrowski, Pietryga, Pitra and many, many more.
Polonius3   
19 Sep 2015
News / Poland's PiS party members and crime [346]

PiS lovers

Dunno about anybody else, but I'm still waiting for the POO brigade to agree to an investigative commission on the tape scandal. And it's not so important who did the taping but what those recorded bigwigs actually said. People should know what kind of bandits and connivers have been misruling the country for the past 8 years.
Polonius3   
15 Sep 2015
Po polsku / Co uczysz się ostatnio w języku polskim? Norma językowa? [35]

Merged: Norma językowa?

Może ktoś wtajemniczony może odpowiedzieć na te pytania językowe?

**Polską normą zawsze było oddzielanie pełnej liczby od ułamkowej przecinkiem, np. 3,2% Teraz często widzi się na tym miesjcu kropkę: 3.2%

**Czas zawsze był podawany 15.05, teraz pojawia się niekeidy 15:05.

**Pewnien dziennikarz w TVN mówi z amerykańska: pięć do drugiej zamiast za pięć druga.

**Mięsa nie mielimy - powinno być mielemy.
Polonius3   
14 Sep 2015
Food / Smalec in a Jar - how to make it better? [19]

bits

Skwarki is where it's at! These time-honoured crunchy golden-brown morsels of salty-porky flavour with some of the hot drippings included have been Poland's omasta or okrasa (garnish/topping) of choice for centuries -- over pierogi, noodles & dumplings of every kind, over groats, potatoes and root veggies. Also great to fry eggs in and, of course, as a cold spread on bread.
Polonius3   
13 Sep 2015
Law / Is it illegal in Poland / Schengen zone to transport refugees inside? [22]

lots of refugees

Anyone know what the at-the-border screening process is like? So a swarthy, bedraggled person turns up at Polands's border with no documents. What happens next? Do they have people fluent in Arabic and other likely languages to assist border officials? If the person says he lost his documents or had them stolen, how do they determine whether he's a bona fide refugee or just an economic migrant trying to piggyback his way in?

Do they send him to a refugee centre? If he providces false personal data, how can the Polish immigration officials verify it?
Polonius3   
13 Sep 2015
Food / Smalec in a Jar - how to make it better? [19]

suggestions

Everything you get in a supermarket has been chemically treated. It's best to make your own. Just buy a slab of słonina (pork fatback), dice it and render it, ie melt it down in a pan over flame. Stir until nugets are golden brown, then remove from flame, add 1-2 finely minced onions, a peeled finely diced apple and several buds minced or crushed garlic. Salt & pepper to taste and (optional) add a teaspoon or 2 rubbed marjoram. Stir and return to low heat until onions is just golden. Be sure the garlic doesn't burn because it'll impart a bitter taste to your spread. When cooled to room temp transfer to jar with twist-off lid and refrigerate until needed. Great on rye bread with an ice-cold nip of Wyborowa or Soplica to help digest it. A brined cucumber (ogórek kwaszony) is also nice on the side. Smacznego! - Bon appétit!
Polonius3   
12 Sep 2015
Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]

Cynar

Three thigns:
1) Excellent analysis of Cynar surname!
2) The Cynars may well be related by blood to those surnamed Cynarowicz, Cynarski, Cynarowski and similar, as these could have originated as patronymic tags to mean "Cynar's son".

3) In English-speaking countries a Cynar may have to go through life getting Anglo-mangled into something like "Signer".
Polonius3   
10 Sep 2015
Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]

Siudut

The name itself looks to be Ruthenian but that does not mean all its bearers were or are. There are people in Poland named Szulc, some even spell it Scultz or Schulz, who would protest if you called them anything thing but Polish. Remember that in the late Middle Ages the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, at one time Europe's largest land empire, incroproated the Baltic states, Ukraine, Belarus and swaths of Russian territory. Many of those people got Polonised early on and intermarried with ethnic Poles so that today they have only the tiniest trace of non-Polish blood. Onły DNA testing could probably show if you are genetically Polish and to what extent.

For more info on your surname, please contact me.
Polonius3   
9 Sep 2015
News / Degenerate "rainbow" eyesore to disappear from Saviour Square (Plac Zbawiciela) in Warsaw [297]

csw.art

The sso link doesn't work but the CSW museum is not a bad location. It's an out-of-the-way site for most locals and tourists. And why not have a gallery of decadent-pervy quasi-art? After all, there's a house of stalinesque horrors (statuary, portraits, etc.) in Kozłowka.

Polish Rainbows.

Who cares about your obsessive rainbow. Go dance round it holding hands with your fellow-alternatives. The rainbow is but a kitschy artefact -- here today, gone tomorrow. It is what it has come to symbolise that poses a threat to society, so let's dicuss that a bit rather than obsessing over a pile of twisted scrap metal.