Life / What do Polish people think of the Asia and Middle East? [86]

@ali000

That one sentence you wrote is not about your experience more like a blank accusation, a sure sign of racism on yor part. Stating you have travaled around Europe in your second post does not help to back up your previous statement. It only reinforced my opinion about you, that the very thing you accused others to be are yourself.

Life / What do Polish people think of the Asia and Middle East? [86]

@Ali000
Oh please just be honest and say "I'm a Polonophob by nature, I can't help myself when I spew this nonsense every time I get the chance" instead of hiding behind the nick that's not really an indicator of your true identity.

Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

whereas the still homogeneous Polish has little non-Polish, i.e. non-SLAVIC, word stock from which to choose:-)

LOL. Not being fluent in polish is no excuse for writing a pure nonsense on your part. Ffs just look up your own examples in a dictionary for proper polish counterparts and you will see why it is so or simply ask a native speakers if you do not own one.

Life / In need of good Polish jokes about Polish culture, people, etc [238]

Two Germans are having a debate about Poles and the stereotypes associated with them:

You know, those Poles are not such thieves as they depict them to be. I stand here, two hours have gone by, Poles all around me, and I still have my gold watch that my grandfather gave me on my hand. Says the first German

Indeed, How nice. Says the other
It even has the original inscription: "Z okazji urodzin. Warszawa 1939". (For your birthday. Warsaw 1939)

Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]

You will find it here stankiewicze.com/index.php?kat=44&sub=811

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]

It's design that way to stress the word and make it sound like it's said in anger. Annoying to say the least just like we say Jankes or Mexicans who say Gringo.

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]


There's no such word as Pollack in Polish language therefor derogatory and offensive, changing the spelling brings out obvious negative connotation and it only exist in Anglo speaking world, there's nothing wrong with using proper spelling of this word which is Polak meaning a Pole. Contrary to what you claim here the word for a Pole Polak is still very much in use and acceptable in both languages the meaning of Murzyn nor the spelling of it on the other hand ever changed, it's original meaning is intact. Just like the word Polak in Polish language describes a person of Polish heritage the word Murzyn describes a person of African heritage, end of story. No racism here whatsoever.

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]


Did not mean it as an insult, just stating obvious fact, you simply can't hide ignorance. Your comprehension of your own native language needs polishing yet here you are trying to teach the natives their own language,

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]


Pathetic? 1960's height of civil rights movement, segregation etc. The only meaning was to insult certain section of the population stating that it's LIKE that you put it on equal terms. You argue for argument sake but in my eyes you're just too stupid to realize the significance of your own words, Don't bother explaining yourself, you wiggle like a litle worm now, can't even admit to what you've actually said, end of story.

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]


Yes you did, as a matter of fact yesterday on this very thread when you quoted Lenka.



This makes you a Liar no matter how hard you deny it.

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]


That's what you get when you substitute one chav location for another, haven't really climbed that social letter, have you?


Don't kid yourself, mixed marriages are still a very tiny percentage of households in Poland so by very definition your household is not typical Polish household is it. Can't comment on what is said or not in your house as you never invited me for a beer btw recent is a relative term so what is not to you might very well be recent to me, either way it can't be more than twenty years and more than half of your life spent in Poland for you to be an expert on what Polish people mean when they say .....


Nope, you grew up with this concept therefor you see it that way, As I have said.

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]


Again that's just your opinion isn't it?


So is the case in Polish, almost never used, perhaps in some obscure literature that most people hardly ever read.


Hardly, just pointing out that the western artist themselves are trying to make an imprint on Polish society which is starting to take hold on younger generation.


Somehow I'm not surprised such language and the meaning it carries is used in your household, than again you yourself are a recent immigrant to Poland so whatever meaning of the word that is used in your household in no way reflects on what is meant by it in typical Polish family.


Again if you read my statement carefully you would see I have acknowledge the fact that it is not, you yourself have used it in your quote to illustrate it as a contradiction LOL.

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]


Contemporary use of the word has not changed, there simply was no reason for it. Unlike the western European countries and the US where a significant portion of the population consisted of minorities and the word was mangled in your respective languages to reflect that negative feeling toward certain groups of people where over time you assigned a negative connotation to it, this is not the case in Poland. The only negative use of this word that percolated to the society in general in the last 20 years or so is through hip hop culture, again an imported idea from the west mainly US. Most people were never exposed or lived in close proximity to minorities to simply develop this racist notion of yours that still dominates the general attitude of the Anglo speaking countries. Those that did were for the most part exposed to foreign students, again a class that does not presents itself in negative way, so what makes you think that this is all BS and an excuse. You simply have a preconceived notion of what this word is and you apply your way of reasoning to Polish language through mistranslation of your own native language passing it on to Polish language, as if. In my opinion this badly reflects on you. You want it so bad to be the case, that you unconsciously reveal yourself to be a bigot and a closet racist. Not only do you still think of minorities in the Anglo way but you want to impose your way of thinking on 40 million Poles and what this word might mean to them just because you think of it in those terms.

Love / My wife has been secretly sending money back to Poland [16]

Call me old fashion but the master of the house always pays his bill, there's a different name for a man that has women working for him. Perhaps it's time to reconsider your nick or simply stop Trolling.

Love / Age difference in Dating a Polish - Is it ok for Man 27years to date Polish Lady 39years? [19]


No matter how you slice it a 37 year old man with a teenage girl is disgusting, besides you being a sugar daddy or her having daddy issues is different in your sick mind? At least a 52 year old woman knows exactly what she wants and is fully aware of the relationship she's in, even if it's just about money, she's dating a 30 year old not rubbing a cradle for crying out loud and if she's fine with that I see no problem. I prefer dating younger woman myself but a teenage girl? This does not make you a Casanova quite the opposite, an over the hill dirty old man if you ask me, too bad you don't see it that way. You do realize you're an old boot yourself in her eyes.

Love / Adultery- Is it ok for Polish women [41]


It all depends on your point of view, do you consider divorce court a big deal? Usually that's how it ends.


You're well on your way of becoming full-fledged Pole then.


Temptation, temptation every way I look.


Ah, the fun of being tested, I miss those days.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]


Key word Militia, however the individual citizen still has the right to own and bear arms, any regulation passed by individual state shall not infringe upon that fundamental right, meaning it can't out right take away that right.

Love / My Polish wife's family hate me. Maybe it is because I'm black. Advice needed. [87]

Frankly your reputation precedes you, they tell you to bugger off seeing you can't honor your commitment, what happen to in sickness and in health? Who wants to be involved with a coward that runs at first indication of marital problems? One who takes an easy way out and gets a divorce. To me as well as to them I'm sure, you're not a man but a looser. What you perceive as westernization is actually that people don't know that well yet so they are still friendly towards you but when they find out who you are you'll blame it on the color of your skin, I'm sure. Why do people always blame everything and everyone around them but can't see their own faults?

Genealogy / Woloczyn or Wolosczyn: Am I Polish? Help [22]


Actually that would be Wołoszyn, fairly common in Poland. Wołoszyn is also a mountain massif in the Tatra Mountains in Poland which reaches 2,158 meters at its peak and it is part of the Polish Tatra National Park. If your surname is originally Slovak then it would be Vološin.

News / Do Poles in Poland really feel betrayed because there won't be any US Shield? [288]


That's your opinion, many do for whatever the circumstance. That's reality.

News / Do Poles in Poland really feel betrayed because there won't be any US Shield? [288]


Then why did you say it only effects the uneducated people? Point is that many recent graduates lacking the opportunities leave for greener pastures only to find work as manual laborers.

News / Do Poles in Poland really feel betrayed because there won't be any US Shield? [288]


I don't know where you come from but it sure as hell seems like it is, cheap labor force for the Western Europe and beyond.


It may sound as logical explanation but the reality is quite the opposite, language barrier is part of that sad reality but the real explanation is the purpose those labor markets opened up in the first place, to satisfy the need for cheap labor force, nothing else and that holds true for WE as well as US. In the US the problem is much more evident as the legalization of their stay there is almost impossible to achieve for many, therefore stuck in manual jobs.


Now here’s something I can agree with.


Take a good look around you, there are many Poles who fled the country during the martial law and their stay there is still not legalized as the system won’t allow them to do so. Perhaps they did overstay their visa under extraordinary circumstances but they settled there, started families, worked, paid their taxes and lived there ever since as model citizens. Face it, they don’t want you there and they sure as hell are not friend to Poland.

Genealogy / Polish & Prussian/German town name cross-reference. [100]

The Baltic Prussians are long gone.

Genealogy / Lubuskie Region / Rąpice Cemetery [19]

It simply means (In Rapice) be it born, lived or was buried in Rapice, the meaningful information lies in what precedes it in the epitaph on the gravestone. If you have a good quality photo of the gravestone perhaps someone can help you if you post the image here.

History / "Westerner's" most ridiculous beliefs about the time of communism in Poland [73]


Bollox, That’s probably it’s the only character he knows from the British cinema of that time. The reason for that is because it was embraced and produced by Hollywood but I’ll bet he never heard of Simon Templar also played by Roger Moore (The Saint) very popular in Poland and shown on polish TV in late 60’s early 70’s. Another example that comes to mind is The Avengers with Diana Rigg and Patrick Macnee also appeared on polish TV at that time. Contrary to his simplistic view American presence on polish TV was not limited to the ever so popular Westerns but included other genre as well. Detective series like Kojak, Colombo, not to mention the war movies the likes of The Guns of Navarone, The Dirty Dozen, Where Eagles Dare etc. all showed by state run Polish TV almost as soon as they were released. Chances are that whatever his parents’ watched at that time so did ours.

Life / Polands new immigrants from the West. [36]


Land of opportunity? Latest Poland’s official unemployment rate is at 12.5% and steadily rising compared to the 20% in 2003. One has to keep in mind that a significant amount of Poland’s labor force moved on to greener pastures when some of the European countries opened up their labor markets for them and that’s at the time when the world’s economies were in a reasonably good shape. Where do you see this opportunity you speak of?


Worlds’ economies are in turmoil, labor market is just the reflection of that reality. The greed of the banking institutions as well as that of the corporate world trying to save a buck or two in labor costs is what got us there in the first place. This problem will persist for quite some time into the future. I don’t see Poland or any other European country being able to absorb the labor force from abroad to make enough of the difference to keep the masses quiet for much longer or get us out of the mess we all find ourselves in. Imagine how angry the crowds will be upon their return when they come back bitterly disappointed by the empty promises of the likes of you who promise them a land of milk and honey where there is none. Although shifting the labor force from one European region to another worked to a certain extent in the past it’s no longer the case. I see chaos and mess protests in the near future engulfing all of Europe, Europe bickering and ethnic tensions rising, all due to the lack of work and opportunity which will be EU’s downfall (a good thing in my opinion). Poland is in the same boat as the rest of Europe, no worse off than some perhaps but a far cry from the land of milk and honey that you paint it to be.


Keeping unemployment rate at reasonable level is not the same as creating new opportunities for domestic labor force let alone for the influx from abroad. In that aspect neither the previous nor current government of Poland do a squat except for exporting its labor force abroad where it was needed at that time and relieving the pressure on domestic front appeasing their masters in the process and boast about their achievements while haply relegating themselves to the role of a obedient vassal of the EU’s empire instead of being a full partner state and seeing themselves as equal. Not very persuasive PR campaign even to a desperate foreigner seeking work. If the **** hit the fan today, Poland is in no position to absorb its own citizen labor force currently residing and working abroad let alone a foreign one.

Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]


Yes you are. Faith and traditions are essential building blocks for the society to work for the greater good of one’s homeland, even the ancients knew that. The former is just a bit modernized version of the latter conveying the same massage. Many people today, especially the politicians are eager to see Poland only as one of the "lands" in secular EU equating the first with Catholicism and second with Paganism making them both seem as an outdated concept in the process, but is it?

Love / What strange/unnerving/funny things do your Polish wives do? [153]

Provided there's still one left as the shelf space allocation in the fridge for simple pleasures in life is also at short supply. Can't live without them but living with them presents its own set of challenges.

Love / What strange/unnerving/funny things do your Polish wives do? [153]


I don’t really mind rearranging the room, even if I don’t like the new layout. It’s kind of hard to miss the new location of 60” TV or bed but what gets under my skin is the kitchen, every three months like clockwork the cupboards are rearranged. To find a spoon, beer opener or coffee cup can be a real challenging to put it mildly. By the time you get used to the new location it’s rearranged again! I think they do it out of spite.

Life / What's wrong with Poland? I don't see anything. [121]


Explanation is rather simple; they’ve been called Pollacks all their lives so they have this need to fit in. Unfortunately bashing is the only way they know how to emphasize how patriotic they are about their adopted country. It’s low self esteem on their part; they simply mimic the behavior of their friends.

Jeśli wejdziesz między wrony, musisz krakać jak i one.