Life / Polish dubbing in movies; why is it so that on polish television all the films are dubbed? [135]


I support this idea. It is quite clear that he deeply misses poland and this separation is troubling his mind. I can just picture him sitting in his flat in the UK on a rainy oops... i mean usual ... day staring eastwards out the window, tears running down his face, saying "moja ojczyzna, o jak ja teskne za toba." This painting depicts michal's troubled state:



Maybe he is shy, you should create the thread in his behalf.

Going back to the topic, Polish dubbing in movies = annoying. I can't watch any of these dubbed movies.

Work / Have been offered a job in Warsaw - should I move to Poland?? [48]


If you really are the social guy you say you are, you'll have no problems in poland. In fact being out going and foreign will make you quite popular, especially with the women. I always have a great time in poland and the bars/clubs are always a lot of fun.

As for snowboarding, your best bet would be to go down to the mountains (zakopane area) or slovakia/czech rep - tatra mountains. Not exactly nearby but poland is mostly flat.

btw, i'm just a couple of years younger than you.


Once again, michal tells us about how much of a prostak/wiesniak family he was born into and grew up with. Michal, you see uneducated poles (well any wiesniak of any nationality really) do watch TV in excess and rarely pick up a newspaper/book to read.

Work / Salary expectations in Poland [373]

My cousin is a gynecologist in poland making only 1500zl/month. Apparently this is a maximum salary for a medical professional in this country. However, he's not complaining; he lives in a mansion:) He setup his own private practice clinic in his backyard and this is where the real money comes from...

Life / Famous Polish people (that we have actually heard of) [224]

To the kraut ^^

In english literature he is known as being polish - this is what they teach here in canada at least. He (like all academics in europe at the time) published his work in latin and there is very little evidence of what language he spoke, polish, german or maybe both. Back in the late 15th c. - early 16th c. nationality was not very important yet, religion was. In poland some cities had germans who were loyal to the polish crown and some who were eventually assimilated in polish society. This happened everywhere in europe btw. It's possible that kopernik was a polonized german or maybe native german or maybe a native pole. There's no way to find out!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus
scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Copernicus.html

USA, Canada / Canadian wanting Polish Citizenship? [30]

If you have Polish parents you can get a passport no problem. Call a Polish embassy and they'll tell you what documents you need to show them.

Genealogy / Why are some Polish people dark complected, and others very light [511]

Over the centuries Poland received immigrants from far away lands such as Jews, Gypsies, and Armenians who are dark haired/skinned. And overtime they mixed with poles!

Language / Polish sayings [236]

Co wolno wojewodzie to nie tobie smordzie!

My dad always says this, its hard to translate though. Maybe someone can help.

Basically when someone does something (ie: eat dinner on the couch) and then you try doing the same, the person will tell you this. Maybe translates to something like this: What i can do you can't. Or just because i can do it doesnt mean u can. Bah i dunno.