Genealogy / My father is half Polish and half Ukrainian is this a common mix in Poland and Ukraine ? [11]


you should get a Golden Shovel for digging up a decade old topic.

ad rem- relationship like that were quite popular till second world war.

Law / Weapon Law in Poland: what kinds of knives are legal? [35]

the only knives banned in Poland are the knives hidden in the objects that do not look like bladed weapon, like combs or belt buckles etc.

there are restrictions on that if you go to the events like concerts or sport events of course (and rightly so).

News / Should Polonia and expat Poles lose voting rights in Polish elections? [74]

vast majority only visits Poland from time to time.
As I wrote previously- after years living abroad and with no clear intention of coming back to Poland one shouldn't vote. UK has a quite streightforward rules about that- you live more than 15 years abroad, you lose your voting rights (until you are living again in the UK). I'd say 10 years would be a better cut-off period.

instead of that i'd love to see Poles to be more interested in the politics of countries they have chosen to emigrate to.

/// crap it cut the quoted post of amiga500

News / Should Polonia and expat Poles lose voting rights in Polish elections? [74]

tbh i'm all for blocking the voting rights of those who live abroad for years (or even their whole life!). they are not going to face the consequences of their votes, so why should they vote?

News / There is no Poland without the Church! [178]

aye, it will.
there will always be handsome altar boys to seduce.

but seriously- it's current marriage with PiS politicians will not work for it well.
judging from how much power it used to have, and how much power does it have now- one cannot ignore that they are in steady decline. apart from italy and poland krk isn't really that much important anymore.

News / There is no Poland without the Church! [178]

"Well" is clearly relative.

When PiS finally spadnie z siodełka than KrK will be in a massive troubles.

Law / Can you change your name in Poland without a citizenship? [4]

your friend has to change his name changed in the country he is a citizen of first.
later, if he becomes polish citizen, he can change it here in USC

News / Should we think about joining part of Ukraine to Poland? [34]

one Podlaskie is enough

UK, Ireland / A Polish national getting a UK Passport [5]

You have a right to UK citizenship, which you will need to get before you are entitled to a passport.
Once you have your UK citizenship, you can apply for a passport.

Technically, he doesn't. He still has to apply for it and it may not be granted. Luckily, he wont have to take exams, as people over 65 yo don't have to take them.

However, if one asks me, living somewhere for almost a half century and nof having citizenship of that country is...weird

History / POLISH AND RUSSIAN FRIENDSHIP WILL LAST FOREVER [513]

there is no friendship between Poland and Russia.

there is a brotherhood.

After all, one can choose friends, but one cannot choose the family

UK, Ireland / Help needed in registering a surname change in Poland [8]

First, do you have Polish or Polish and British passport?

In any case you need to use a sworn translator to translate the deed poll into Polish and then go to the USC (urząd stanu cywilnego) in the place where you used to live and fill out an application for the name change. You need to have your British paperwork (passport if possible, but the driving licence etc will do too) with you as a proof you are, indeed, using your surname. It may take a week or five but eventually you will be given an updated birth certificate which you will have to use when applying for new Polish passport.

It is quite important you state here your citizenship status, or if you are (legally) British citizen or "just" Polish

Law / Polish Police and Their Tactics [181]

Considering that you can be arrested for taking photos of them in public then i wouldn't try to run. From the other hand they are strong only when they counter adolescents and women, so good luck anyway

Love / Am I The Only One Who Doesn't Find Polish Women Attractive? [93]

@Strzelec35
Wait... Has she linked her photo somewhere?

And personally I prefer some more exotic ones... Asian or African

News / In increasingly chaotic world, diaspora of Poland moving back to Poland an masse? [71]

quite a lot of Poles living in the UK have no intention in assimilation. they don't know the local culture, and they don't care about it. watching Polish TV (now it's a rarer view, but you can see Cyfrowy Polsat not too rarely in the British towns), eating Polish food and meeting Polish friends, mating with other Poles as well.

on the end they end up not being in any way 'local' in locals' view, but they will be somehow too changed to be 'local' in their local towns.

News / Poland - A True Bastion and Defender of Free Speech [250]

Still arresting people for offending the religious feelings of others?

Work / Learning Polish in Olsztyn... crazy prices for private lessons. [27]

Well, you should have materials for learning it.

linguajunkie.com/polish/best-polish-textbooks

Work / Learning Polish in Olsztyn... crazy prices for private lessons. [27]


haha, nice thread necromancy.

but ad rem: what materials for learning Polish do you have?

News / Thousands of Polish women attend Czarny Piątek rally in Warsaw [780]

Forcing women to birth defected children that will die in pain in few hours is a disgusting type of barbarity.

If someone supports such ban on "religious reasons" than its another reason to tell that religion to gtfo

News / Why Poland has no problem with terrorism [64]

@jon357
Nowt will happen to him

Language / What does Janina translate into in English? [27]

It doesn't matter if one is a perfect translation or not. It's the name that's on the documents or not. That's all that matters.

News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]

there is an AMA with Długopis taking place on wykop.pl wright now

News / Should Polonia and expat Poles lose voting rights in Polish elections? [74]

Someone who haven't been living in Poland in the last 10 years (or at all!) should not have the voting rights. they don't pay the taxes (as they live elsewhere), and- most importantly- wont face the consequences of their choice.

it's a bit different story if, for example, someone has emigrated to earn money for business/house etc and is coming back after a couple of years (or so)- then I think they should be allowed to partake in the elections only if they already know they will come back to PL (i.e. they already have dates) in foreseeble future (but not 'one day').

Po polsku / Jak to jest z tą tolerancyjną UE? [24]



1. ChRL jest komunistyczna jak PiS jest 'prawy i sprawiedliwy'. czyli tylko z nazwy
2. caly swiat tam swoja produkcje przeniosl. wszyscy chcieli sie bogacic.

USA, Canada / Church recommendation in or near Traverse City, Michigan? [20]

wtf is a 'polish friendly church'? do other churches have signs 'no poles allowed'?

and why does he even need one? can't he pray outside- or does his god listens in buildings only?

Language / Can I buy the Polish language certificate B1? [12]

are the previous three languages (ok, two, I believe you know your native tongue) also learnt in the same way as you want to 'learn' Polish?

and if you think Polish is hard... well, do not look up hungarian. or chinese.

Language / Cultural disparities shown through Polish and English languages [171]


Unlike most European languages, English doesn't have a single body that decides 'what's correct' and what's not. Poland, sadly, has RJP which decides which forms are 'proper' (even if they are in wide use) and which are not.

Also, the decades of building national identity made people consider different forms of language as inferior, it's fought against in the schooling system ("use proper language!") and considered socially backward. even today big part of Poles do not consider Kashubian as a seperate langauge, but as a 'corrupted' Polish. Their attitudes towards Silesian are even worse.

Love / My Polish bf cheated on me with a black girl [45]

well... one cannot eat caramel all the time. mixing it with a dark chocolate is a good thing.

Work / The level of English of Polish teachers of English. What do you think of it? [101]

"I want to tell you, że"

is my favourite quote of my English teacher. freshly after the uni, never been to the english speaking country (it was some time ago, before cheap flights).

god thanks i've re-learned English after arriving to the UK.

Language / Cultural disparities shown through Polish and English languages [171]

there is no reason to boast about supporting the falsified hypothesis.

Life / Why oh Why do Poles drive so incredibly poorly [100]

That's a funny thing: the practical exams are hard AF and yet the process produce one of the worst drivers.