Genealogy / Polish Aircrew in the UK (Tulinski) [50]

Have you read "A Question of Honor; The Kosciuszko Squadron: The Forgotten Heroes of World War Two", by Lynne Olson and Stanley Cloud? If not, I think that you should.

You can find out more about this book here: questionofhonor.

Love / English Men vs Polish Men [207]


Beautiful people have much more easy in life, it's true. :) But when I open a door for a lady I honestly don't care if she is young or old, attractive or not. I also don't expect any reward for this. I do it just because I was raised that way and I think that it is the right thing to do. Of course, somehow, I find helping beautiful women more...ekhmmm...pleasing. :)

PS: Before going to the UK i had read an article in some polish newspaper warning polish men to think twice before offering their help to an English woman. The author explained, that English women are very independent and might consider this a very sexist gesture. In the end I found out that either the man that wrote this article had a bad luck or was just talking cr*p. :)

Law / Hiring a Polish Worker - Pros and Cons [107]


I think that you are exaggerating here. Hiring a worker with poor skills just because he is cheap labor doesn't make sense. It can be a suicidal act for the firm. Building up your reputation on a market can take years, and I don't see the point why an English employer would risk to damage it by lowering the quality of his service. I also don't think that this is the case with polish skilled workers. They are not in any way worse than their English counterparts.

You also have to realize that in the end it all comes to what the English citizens will choose to do. Either they will remain joint and several towards their country men (English workers), or they will take the advantage of the more economical opportunity(Polish workers). Which one would you choose?


Welcome to the harsh reality of the capitalism. If you are not competitive you are being made redundant. Sorry.


What’s up with that? Are you being jealous? If it's true (which I truly doubt)do you think that they are enjoying living under this conditions?

There's a thought for you: take eleven friends, move to Poland and live with them in a two bedroom flat! I bet the Poles will be sooo angry!!! That would be the perfect revenge! :)

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]

Mister AntiMonoPole#1, I think that you have a lot of explaining to do.

It seems that there are some imprecision’s occurring in your posts. In some of them you state that you are currently living in the UK. For example:



While in others you state something completely different:


Are you really a Pole, and have you ever been in Poland in your life, AntiMonoPole#1? After reading your lies, I'm starting to think that the answer to both of my questions is NO.

And in the future, if you want to lie, do it at least properly. :)

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]


So this is what you are doing for fun, eyy...? :) Damn dude, no wonder that you are lonely in a city of almost 2 000 000 people...:)


I agree. It's soooo you! Frankly, I don't think that any other word could possibly depict your personality in a more accurate way than Dumbass does! :)

Twoje zdrowie! :)

Love / Are Polish men shy and take things slow? [123]


The answer to your question is YES, we know how to dress, speak and walk. :)


Polaca, you don't have to like us, just LOVE us! :)

But seriously, what's there not to like about polish guys?

Life / Barking Dogs in Poland [65]

I would advise you to go and have a very sincere chat with your neighbor. If he is a decent person, he will understand and try to make things better.

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]


truebrit hit the jackpot here. Some Poles make serious faces, but serious doesn’t mean miserable. Do we all feel the significant difference between these two words? I know I do.

As for Obnoxious T. Dumbass and Lara, they seem to see what they want to see. It’s pretty easy, if you put the idea in your head that Poles are a sad nation you will only see sad people on the streets of Poland, totally ignoring the rest. It’s called self-fulfilling prophecy.

In the place where I live people that don’t smile back are considered rude. I don’t think it’s any different in the rest of the country.

PS: My friend recently told me about a situation that happened to her few months ago, on the streets of London. She smiled back at some black guy, and instantly regretted that move, because she spent next 15 minutes trying to convince him that it was just a pure sign of politeness, and not an invitation to flirt.

So as you see kidos, it doesn't always pay to smile back at people. :)

Language / Polish sayings [237]

"Najlepsze mienie - czyste sumienie." --- Your best/priceless property - pure conscience.
"U skąpego zawsze po obiedzie." --- At miser's place it's always past dinner. (I hope that there is a word “miser” in English:) )

"Dobry zwyczaj; nie pożyczaj." --- A good habit; Do not borrow.
"Nie szata zdobi człowieka." --- Clothes do not adorn a person. It basically means that it's not important how you look, but what you have in your head, and what kind of person you are.

There's one great saying used very often by elder Polish construction workers: "Po szklanie i na rusztowanie." --- One more glass (of vodka) and on the scaffold we go! :)

And finally my favorite one often said by my close friend: "Lepiej być zdrowym i bogatym, niż chorym i biednym." --- It's better to be healthy and rich, than ill and poor. :)

Language / "Poles" or "Polish people" - which is better to use? [200]


I always wanted to be referred as the Sexy Polish Prince of Promiscuous Rodeo, but sadly somehow people tend to ignore my request and call me just by my first name or my nick name. :( :)

And seriously, lets don't get ahead of the facts please. The word Pole is just a short version of the word Polish guy, and since it's more economical to produce it I will continue to describe myself with that term. You never know what the future will bring, but I never heard English people use this word as a insult. I heard that in the USA the word “Pollock” is considered to be a derogatory word, but not Pole. I appreciate your concern, but lets not get paranoid and neurotic. :)


What does the word "frowned" mean? :)

Language / "Poles" or "Polish people" - which is better to use? [200]

Ohhh...Besides "Polock" nothing else springs to my mind.


O yeah! :)

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]


I know what you mean Dumbass. I also can't understand how people can take as a personal insult naming them “dumb” or “not human”. It truly remains a mystery for me. :)

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]

patrycja So what actually happened there?

Food / What is your favorite Polish Vodka? [653]

Besides the word "vodka" comes from polish "wódka".

In Polish language we pronounce "W" like english "V", and in english you don't have Polish "Ó", thus in the end, the international name for "Wódka" remained "VODKA".

If you want to pronounce it like Poles do, just say "VOODKA".

Food / What is your favorite Polish Vodka? [653]

"Wódka" is very similar to the word "woda", which means "water".
But there's also another name for vodka in Poland; namely "gorzałka" which means something like "burning water" or "burning liquid".

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]


I think that English people are also strong and take pride in their country and culture when faced by adversary and oppression. If I were you, I would cherish both, your Polish and English roots. :)

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]


Give them an enemy, and you will see, that they will react just like their forefathers. It has to have something to do with the genes. :)


Well, if you would give all you got and sacrifice your youth, health and all the precious things in your life in some cause for nothing, how would you feel? Theoretically Poland was on the “team” that won WWII, but practically we ended up even worse that west Germany, the country that started the whole madness in the first place. So yeah, I can understand why my grandfather became very skeptical after the war.


Have you been here around in the 80's? I certainly was, and I perfectly remember that the most frequent answer to the question "How are you doing" was "Lepiej nie pytaj" ("Don't even ask"), while now it's "Powoli" ("Slowly")...Do you see the improvement? I do. :)

Pozdrawiam.

History / Polish resistance group under II World war in Denmark [18]

Thanks Jola, that was very interesting. It showed me how little I know about the Danish resistance as a whole. Think I will have to look for some interesting books about it.

Genealogy / Are all Poles blue eyed and blonde? [450]

Dark eyes and brown hair. If I would tell you that I'm Romanian or Turkish, you would probably believe it with no hesitation. My brother's children have blue eyes and are blond though. :)

History / Polish resistance group under II World war in Denmark [18]

Wow, thanks for the respond. I'm definitely going to be looking for them, but I'm not only interested in the polish contribution, but also in the whole aspect of Danish resistance. Sadly, they don't teach as about it in schools here. :(

History / Polish resistance group under II World war in Denmark [18]

OK. But there's not much I can tell you.

I've checked the name Leszczyński, and according to this site

herby.com.pl/herby/indexslo.html, there were 23 463 people carrying that name at the beginning of the 90's (XX century), 1 535 Rymarczyk's and 6 842 Balcerzak's.

I don't know what else I could do for you.

History / Polish resistance group under II World war in Denmark [18]

It's one of the posibilities of your surnames origin. The ohter one would be: "leszcz" = "bream". And if your ancerstors were nobles, it very highly possible that your surname was taken from one of your ancestors possesions. For example, the owner of my home town Opalenica was named Opalinski.

Oh, and this is a code of arms of family Leszczyński from Wielkopolska.

History / Polish resistance group under II World war in Denmark [18]

This residence was build by Rafał Leszczyński in the 16th century. If I'm correct Stanisław was his descendant.

Love / Polish women are the most beautiful in the world! [1718]

Saw few in Poland. Not that I usually watch male butts... :) :)

Love / Polish women are the most beautiful in the world! [1718]

:) If I would saw something green coming out of his butt I would scream like a little girl. :( :)

Food / What is your favorite Polish Vodka? [653]

It's just a tradition. :)

Food / What is your favorite Polish Vodka? [653]

Well, it has a very significant meaning when it comes to cheap wine for example. The thumping the base of a new bottle on the forearm before opening helps distribute equally the amounts of so called "siara" (sulfur) in the bottle, so that the taste would be a little bit less awful. Some people may try to convince you that similar thing is happening wit the pure spirit in a bottle of vodka, but I think that it's just a tradition. :)


Is it better now Miranda? :)

PS: You don’t have to use forearm. I knew a guy that used to do this with his forehead. :) He wasn’t the sharpest pencil in the box though. :)


Also possible. :)

Polonia / Polish workers in Denmark [41]


Generally people that work in those "work camps" don't treat it as a serious, long term job, but rather like something seasonal that will help them stand on their own feet. Let us don't forget that skilled workers and specialists like for example doctors don't have these type of problems. Low skilled workers don't have the luxury of being picky when it comes down to finding a job. No work equals no food, and where's no food pride and dignity shifts back on the second place. Simple as that. After some time they either go back to their own country with the savings they made for this "slave job" or they are off to find another, this time a better job, leaving their places for other desperate new arrivals.

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]


Well, the idea was good though.

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]

Not really, but it's true that just by modifying the word "pierdolić" you can say many things. Actually what's the purpose of this thread? I don't get it. :(