USA, Canada / Bilateral Visa Waiver Agreement between USA and Poland [47]

Promise? LOL
The only solution to this is as stated by Amorbitpole. Tit for tat diplomacy always works the best.

Language / Polish Proficiency Test? [9]

Polish Supplementary School Council of America based in NY administers Regents exam of Polish as a foreign language approved by the Centre for East European Studies at Columbia University. RU is one of the places where you can take this exam. Their policy for the candidates is rather strict, you must be an American high school student and provide proof that you have been learning Polish language other than home environment for a substantial period of time or have completed at least primary education in Poland. Even if you do not qualify to take this exam I'm sure they would provide some kind of guidance. Good luck.

Life / Christmas carol singers - is this a Polish Christmas tradition? [13]


Another dumb comment made by a Yank. Don't kid yourself KKK is a hate group of Anglo-Saxon blood at least that's what those southern mutts claim, in order to be one you have to be a WASP, fat chance of that in a Slavic and Catholic country. One has to know what P stands for in WASP to grasp the meaning hence the dumb reference on my part. If by "pikey" you mean a gypsy you're also wrong. Your ignorant statement speaks volumes, face it you're just a grumpy cheap bastard with no respect for other cultures or traditions.

News / British teacher stabbed in Poland [116]

Get your facts straight, all articles state the same, they decided to party on a stairwell of the wrong building where the thugs lived not their own apartment. Unprovoked? My arse, Burst in? My arse.

Now the prosecutor is seeking witnesses to support the thesis of how two thugs attacked five slightly drunk, perhaps drugged and rowdy but otherwise polite and innocent people who decided to have a party on a stairwell of an apartment building they do not live in.

No one likes people who make noise on the stairwell of the building even more so if they themselves do not live there. Disliking does not give reason for beating or killing but unfortunately that's how it all ended in an altercation on the street after they've been told to get out and simply moved the party in front of the building. Somehow it's hard to believe they themselves are innocent in all of that and got their arse kicked just for the hell of it.

If you are looking for trouble you'll find it.

Language / How can I perfect my Polish grammar? [10]

Your grandparents' saga was perhaps typical to the Polish Jews living in shtetl, closed off from the rest of the polish society by their own choice, speaking their own language instead of the country they lived in very much so like Amish communities in US, together but separate. Struggling with polish language is really no surprise there. Look at a thread "polish ww11 era letters can't read" and other like that, where the poor farmers somehow managed to whip up a pretty long correspondence to communicate with their illiterate relatives in US. That alone should perhaps make you rethink you theory. Looking through Ellis Island records one does not find X in place where the signature should be either.

Language / How can I perfect my Polish grammar? [10]


Just tell me, when was the last time you came across an illiterate immigrant? Your grandparents story touching as it is, does not reflect the reality of the world now and not even back then. Your stereotypical immigrant from Poland was not poor but immigrated for political reasons. In the past 20 or so years an average immigrant even though looking for a job is still more likely to have more education under his belt then you. Lacking the language of the country one immigrates to does not make him/her illiterate.

Language / How can I perfect my Polish grammar? [10]

Wow! What a load of old bollocks, pure nonsense. Illiterate immigrants - indeed.
Are Yanks so far up their own arse they won't even bother to think before putting something like this in writing? After all it just shows your own ignorance of the world around you. Time to wake up and smell the coffee.

Language / Please help me understand Polish adverbs [30]


Here the dog is performing two different tasks (wącha - just sniffing around, węszy - he's tracking). Word to the wise, when you're talking about a person performing the very same task, wąchać is fine as he's just inhaling some kind of aroma but if you say węszy you give it a whole new meaning, at this point he/she is snooping.


Czuje się zapach po burzy, siana, świeżego prania, chleba a nawet psia kupe skoro mowa o psach. LOL

Language / Please help me understand Polish adverbs [30]


That's because spoken language expresses feelings as well, in this example think of it in terms of having reservation, indifference or reluctance of doing something that's when you'll use "dobra" instead of making a definite statement "dobrze". In English you often do that by inclination ie. "OK OK I'll do it" (reluctant) vs."Ok, I'll do it" (definite). In Polish besides the inclination it takes on a different form as well, "dobra dobra, zrobi się" (I'll get around to it) vs. "dobrze, zrobione" (consider it done).


Nothing sad about it, your intuition and observation is on the money, you pretty much answered your own question.

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.

News / Poland to sign FATCA, USA will get information about bank accounts [67]

Your statement is true however I was talking about Poland doing a tit for tat diplomacy here and perhaps make a few hundred bucks on every Yank that's rejected.

News / Poland to sign FATCA, USA will get information about bank accounts [67]


BS. VWP rejection threshold is set at 3% not 10. Poland has been under 10% for a while now, besides the rejection rate based on a potential of an applicant to overstay his/her welcome is highly subjective, based solely on an intuitive judgments of US embassy and consulate personnel. Time to take a closer look at 1991 Polish law made in haste dealing with US visitors to Poland and perhaps overturn it like Brazil did few years earlier.

News / Skins vs anarchists in Warsaw [93]


Ah! The words of a closet nazi himself with crowd control tactics strait out of their play book or perhaps a deep rooted communist traditions are bleeding through. Your paranoia and insecurity of opposing political view to your own makes you the same entity no matter what facade you put on the outside to disguise that fact.

News / Skins vs anarchists in Warsaw [93]


And the forth was taken in 2007 regurgitated by the press time and time again, btw wrong city and it was met with counter demonstrations, pictures were not posted here for obvious reason, it would diminish the point they try to make.

redink.pl

Love / Do Polish guys tend to take things slow with regards to sex? [44]


Very much so, I for one like to enjoy life's pleasures but if she's attractive and late for date with her boyfriend I wouldn't rule out a quickie. ;)

The only way for you to know what the problem is, is to ask him directly. Sexier outfit might also do the trick if you don't want to take a direct route, nothing slutty mind you, stimulating but classy, works on me.

Law / Getting a Visa to Poland, really that hard? [19]


Actually that is irrelevant in this process, what matters most to the official is keeping the quota for visa denial at 10% or whatever it is these days. It's like a crap shoot, wherever the dice may fall, they've always been found of lottery system in these matters.

Genealogy / Half Polish half Persian? I can't possibly be alone in the whole world with this mix? [34]


Better ask yourself if someone born in Israel without an ounce of Jewish blood in him or that of none Israeli citizen is automatically an Israeli citizen just because he was born there? Poland just like Israel follows the law of blood as the primary mechanism through which one may obtain citizenships, rather than jus soli like in US. US citizen laws do not apply to neither Poland nor Israel.

Language / The OPPOSITE of Polish diminutives [5]


Many languages have augmentative form for nouns. Spanish is no exception in Polish this concept is known as "zgrubienie".

Travel / Jastarnia Wczasy - no trains? [19]


You really do hate the bus. :) komunikacja.trojmiasto.pl/tramwajwodny.php#l530

History / Foreigners who fought for Poland [14]

Given that the trades and crafts were traditionally in the hands of Lowland Scots, is it safe to assume that the soldiers for the most part were Scottish Highlanders? :) Scots and Poles have a long history indeed.

Za naszą i waszą wolność.

Travel / Jastarnia Wczasy - no trains? [19]

Just checked, you're right the trains are running only till 2nd of September at which time they'll resume the work on the line, should be finished by January of 2014.

Travel / Jastarnia Wczasy - no trains? [19]

Trains to Jastarnia are departing from Gdynia.

History / Foreigners who fought for Poland [14]

Speaking of Zouaves of Death representing the French part of the Foreign Legion that fought for the Polish cause there was also a small group of Italians lead by Colonel Francesco Nullo who died on 5th of May 1863 in the Battle of Krzykawka. In May of this year there was a wreath-laying ceremony marking the 150th anniversary of his death at his statue in Warsaw.

mfa.gov.pl/en/news/wreath_laying_ceremony_at_francesco_nullo_statue

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Nullo

Life / The annual national pilgtrimage in Poland - all roads lead to Częstochowa [28]


Secular perspective perhaps, check the videos, seeing is believing.

Life / The annual national pilgtrimage in Poland - all roads lead to Częstochowa [28]

One would assume that after so many years of living in Poland you could have easily find those links yourself. If seeing is believing, YouTube might be a good place to start, all that is required of you is a rudimentary knowledge of Polish, there's no need for insults or empty accusations.

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.

Language / DOES POLISH LACK A WORD FOR STEPSISTER & STEPBROTHER? [15]

Here's a list of proper definitions by Grzegorz Jagodziński [grzegorj.w.interia.pl/popraw/zmnort05.html] - Terminologia pokrewieństwa i powinowactwa. Looks to me the riddle has been solved the same day it has been posted. LOL

History / How do Poles feel about what the French did during the first few stages of WWII? [30]


They sure were working hard at Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam discussing the future of Poland, supposedly dealing on our behalf and with our best interest in mind but not bothering to invite Polish representatives from the Polish government in exile to take part in at least the part of the discussion dealing with our future. Those closed door discussions shaped the future of post WWII Europe.


Not honoring the treaty is one thing, we can only speculate what the future might have been like, besides inaction affected us all the same but the true betrayal lies at Yalta, it's precisely that agreement that sealed our future for the next 40 some odd years. French did not partake in that shameful act btw. I hope that partially answers your question. Whatever spin Harry might put on those events and brags how hard the Brits were working to secure our so called free elections it still does not change the fact that we had to live that glorious future handed to us on a silver platter by the Brits while you were shaking in your boots, being scared sh*tless in fear of the Eastern bloc and a big bad bear you were so generous to just a few years earlier thanks to our good friends and allies the Brits and the Yanks. If you expect us to lick your boots for such generosity or keeping it all under the rug so to speak as the truth might hurt your feelings then good luck with that.

Life / Question about obnoxious drunks in some cities of Poland [15]

If you can't beat'em, leave!!