News / Israel furious as Poland signs law to limit property claims [200]

Rich, you're a certified nut job.

Life / What do Poles think about Austrians? [12]

The latter was the rational used by German revisionist historians such as Andreas Hillgruber to justify the Nazi extermination of the Jews!

Classifieds / I am from Yaounde, Cameroon searching for a job in Poland [11]

Most anyone thinking straight could well imagine somebody ambitious from Cameroon willing to find work to enhance their career in Poland than the reverse!
Apropos of nothing, Cameroon used to be a German colony, by the way:-)

Life / What do Poles think about Austrians? [12]

Perhaps that's slightly over the top. Nonetheless, Vienna continued to be the transit/visa center until well after the the beginning of the Cold War, let's not forget.

Furthermore, the movie "The Third Man" was made in '49 and is considered by many to be an accurate depiction of post -War Austria at the time.

Life / What do Poles think about Austrians? [12]

I base the above solely on the fact that the Austrians saw themselves as indeed a "buffer state"!
First of all, they were and remains SOLELY Western, once again, thoroughly pro-democracy, anti-Communist on the whole (one of several reasons the current generation renounces Kreisky, both because he was a Jew as well as staunch leftist even if popular at the time with Catholic trade unions:-)).

The partition was seen by them as a bullwark against the potential fate which befell Poland, Romania, Hungary and that-time Yugoslavia.

Life / What do Poles think about Austrians? [12]

That was only because of the Warsaw Pact, pawian:-) Politically, Austria had little choice.
Sure, it might have refused and wound up under Soviet domination like the rest of the Eastern region!

USA, Canada / Poles Living in the Chicago Area [343]

I happen to agree with you, Paulina. We are a relatively young nation compared to yours and still looking back yearningly to our European forbearers.

Real Estate / Buying a residential flat/apt in Poland as a foreigner [24]

You got it!

USA, Canada / Poles Living in the Chicago Area [343]

Good to know.

Real Estate / Buying a residential flat/apt in Poland as a foreigner [24]

A Polish colleague informed not too long ago, post-Brexit, that most local banks have notaries on staff much as is the practice here in the States.

USA, Canada / Poles Living in the Chicago Area [343]

Which one would that be, Tyskie, Zywiec or Warta?
:-)

Study / Can Szkoły policealne certificate be a substitute for B1 language certificate [10]

A potential false friend indeed.

Study / Can Szkoły policealne certificate be a substitute for B1 language certificate [10]

I concur here, Rich.

USA, Canada / Poles Living in the Chicago Area [343]

You bet it is, mate!

USA, Canada / Poles Living in the Chicago Area [343]

It also explains that Germanic influence.

USA, Canada / Poles Living in the Chicago Area [343]

Derived from "Speck", obviously, or "bacon".
Noticed many such dialect/regional words and expressions which derive from German,
but especially in the area of Silesia.

Study / Learning TV directing in Poland? [6]

The Polish equivalent of Hollywood is "HollyLODZ" because it's cheap to produce there.

Classifieds / I am from Yaounde, Cameroon searching for a job in Poland [11]

Yaounde, do you plan on learning Polish?

Life / What do Poles think about Austrians? [12]

Not unless you want to be the comic, Ironside.

Life / What do Poles think about Austrians? [12]

Both are staunch Catholics and practice the time-honored handkiss.

Language / Polish opinions on foreign languages? [54]

Many thanks.

Language / Polish opinions on foreign languages? [54]

At last:-)

Language / Polish opinions on foreign languages? [54]

As both a teacher and erstwhile learner, I can only concur, personally as well as professionally!

Language / Ethnic backround of suffixes of Polish surnames [54]

I'd forgotten that, thank you.

Language / Ethnic backround of suffixes of Polish surnames [54]

"-ou" is also Czech as in "Na Sledanou!".

Language / Polish opinions on foreign languages? [54]

Often, foreign language instruction consists of principally grammar-translation! It's not only boring, it's impractical.

Off-Topic / Where are you from? [59]

Not unless the PEGIDA or Gauland's AfD have a say!

Off-Topic / Where are you from? [59]

No Muslim candidates in Germany's current election. Cem Ozdemir, are you sleeping the next one out too?

Language / Polish opinions on foreign languages? [54]

Quickly yes, well, no.

Off-Topic / Where are you from? [59]

Folk songs were beginning to fall out of favor among younger Germans as far back as the '8O's! Heard an older man whistling "Wenn wir marschieren..." at a bus stop in Hamburg and somebody summoned a policeman. That was in 2OOO-:)