News / Should countries be boycotted for offending Poles? [60]


So have you if you honestly think there was no betrayal. If you were honest you would say that by the time the war was over we were flat broke, we did whatever it took to salvage what was left of the empire even if it meant betraying our allies in the process.

PS. Funny how it all worked out, few years down the road the empire was lost and all you got was a royal screw, knowing Brits you probably enjoyed it anyway. Now you have to live with it but don't pretend as if nothing happened or come up with stupid excuses because it suits your point of view.

Language / z Tadeusz Brominski. The first z has me confused. [5]

An article written by someone – artykuł, napisany był przez ...............
No z, z means with. In this context Polish works the same way as English where you say either with someone (z kimś) or by someone (przez kogoś), no difference.

Proy Roku – In this case rok takes on genitive form (kogo? czego?) hence u at the end. Perhaps if you think of it in terms of the different times of the year it might be easier for you to grasp this concept and pose the right question (different times of what? Of the year) where (pory) means different times and the question (of what) tells you what ending you should use for the year.

Study / Study about law in Polish? [4]

I'm confused, are you asking if you can study law in Poland as a foreign student or do polish law allows foreign students to study in Poland?

The answer to both is yes but both polish nationals as well as non-polish nationals who enroll in the law program are subject to the rules applicable to polish nationals and the instructions themselves are in Polish, so unless you plan on making Poland your home and practice law in Poland this would be a complete waste of time for you.

Life / Hey, Nice Airport Wrocław! Or! Day #1 for an American Ex-Pat in Poland. [128]

My guess, a better quality horse. :)

History / For what the Germans owe Poland one trillion U.S. dollars? [299]


An outdated stereotype still lingering in uneducated mind of the western masses.


Even if that's the only view you have of Poland than can you imagine the impact that would have if the powerhouses ever restricted their labor market and force the migrants back in order to please the popular view of their individual citizens? In a short term, a knockout.


Whatever the outcome of Cyprus that absolute leadership of Europe you take so much pride in and brag of will seriously be undermine and that's just the beginning of their troubles, further erosion will most likely fallow.


Sooner than you expect but keep holding on to your outdated stereotypes if it makes you feel better of yourself.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2818]


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.

Language / "No tak"; The Oddest Phrase In Polish For This American [75]


You mean bezrobotna, :) Don't take it the wrong way, all I did is to expend on your thought. Good example btw.

Language / "No tak"; The Oddest Phrase In Polish For This American [75]

When I hear "nu" Ну, погоди! Always comes to mind for some reason. :)

Language / "No tak"; The Oddest Phrase In Polish For This American [75]


Ona od dawna już nie pracuje. :) No tak, chyba już czas znaleźć jakąś pracę. Mam nadzieję, że pomożesz.

Travel / Do I need an invitation to enter Poland as a tourist? [53]

Citizens of the Venezuela are exempt from visa requirements if the purpose of the visit is truism. So no; you don't need an invitation.

Life / (Kosi kosi łapci) - Polish folk song my grandmother sung to me [3]


It's just Americanized form of (Kosi kosi łapci). You can find it here on this forum under kids' rhymes or nursery rhymes in one of the older threads. Everyone that ever asked for this always mangled the words beyond recognition but they all asked for the same song. If you can't find it here you can [mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=672&c=70] - here, with explanation.

Law / Here's an idea... I have multiple last names after marriage! [5]

Your passport is your identity; everyone is going to assume that what is there is your real surname. Perhaps you should have exercised a better judgment when obtaining it. Your English is good so you should have known better how the rest of the world operates. Get a new passport, problem solved.

Life / Are there many crypto-Jews in Poland? [67]


More and more of them are leaving the sinking ship that is America coming back here still hiding their true identity, for historical reasons, I'm sure. LOL

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?

News / Poland Unemployment: Nobody protests, because people are leaving [30]


So, how do you evolve on the verge of total economic meltdown? When the society reaches the very bottom where the effects are felt not only by those that find themselves in the midst of it all but also by the outsiders who find themselves sharing in that burden then the revolution is a very attractive option to all and it serves as the spring board that rebuilds individual societies from the ground up. The previous model or status quo no longer applies as no one believes in the very principals it was based on. The current crisis is ongoing and worldwide, no end in sight. EU leadership no longer believes in shifting the resources from one region to another to keep it one cohesive unit indicating they no longer can afford to do so, expecting those that are on the very bottom to pay for it all. When the vast majority has no prospects for the future, no job opportunities in the short term there's simply no way out for them. Take away their savings, further cuts in the social net they expect to survive on then this scenario is very plausible. They will simply turn their frustration at those that are at the helm and rightly so.

Law / Bank accounts taxed by up to 10%. Can it happen in Poland? [150]

More like theft not Tax. Another bright idea by the incompetent fools, the bloody bankers and governments will end up like Marie Antoinette and her husband. Do they not realize that people can only take so much?

News / Poland Unemployment: Nobody protests, because people are leaving [30]


Bloody revolutions soon will be a common sight all over Europe.

USA, Canada / Why do Americans (and Canadians) hate Polish people? [226]

Dumbest rationalization I ever heard, from a yank no lass, somehow not a surprise either, one kind of experts that from your kind.

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.

Life / Men in Poland in the forest? Just men? [133]


I’ll say, judging by the wages she is willing to pay she must be ……….. ;) LOL


No doubt in my mind, the only section that’s not covered in dust.


Not too many takers I see, your futile attempt to seek them out in the forest is clearly not working, they rather spend quality time yet still have enough money to buy cheap booze to pass the time. Have you considered changing your strategy? Raising the ante perhaps? To make it worthwhile for them.


Business can’t be all that good for you and your wife. How can a ditch digger making 1zł afford English lessons for his kid? Besides, why would an unemployed simple folks (as you have described them) want to study a foreign language? Your story is not making any sense; looks like you’ll be moving on very soon.

To summarize


perhaps come up with a better story.

Life / Men in Poland in the forest? Just men? [133]

Really? I speak from the experience as the native to the region in question; you on the other hand are confused as what constitutes a tradition. Complain all you want, the venom, bile and insults are coming from your end, not that I would really blame an ignoramus like you for that as you seem to be confused about lots of issues, I suppose the recent phenomena of the social behavior of chives in Britain have a very long standing history and tradition behind it. Honestly do you think you are fooling anyone? As Iron pointed out to you the customs from the middle ages that may have been true back then as the result of extreme poverty of the region and peasants’ in general does not makes it true today neither does reading Chłopi projecting the life of peasants to present times picking a region at random, as if. Remember Reymonts’ novel was first published at the beginning of the last century and even then much of what he was writing about has long time vanished from the day to day reality of that time. I know I have given you too much credit here, there’s a fat chance in hell you ever read anything in your life. You simply let your imagination take the best of you and your wife is encouraging it knowing your secret perverse sexual fantasy and knowing what consequence it will bring if you ever act on it. Hoping that after a good beating you will snap out of it and from that point on you will only fantasies about her

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PS. If you are a yank by any chance then explain to me the long standing tradition of teenagers congregating in the forest preserves, parks, what have you, often standing in circular pattern as they take a quick swig from a brown paper bag or passing a bong or joint around, or that of the winos gathering around the parking lot of the liquor stores doing the same thing, squatting by or sitting on a guard rails. Why only man? What are the roots of that tradition? Odd.

Life / Men in Poland in the forest? Just men? [133]


You’re so full of it your eyes turned brown. I myself have been born and raised in that part of Poland, spent more time there and visited more people on all sorts of social occasions than you ever will, never seen it myself and never even heard of it. I don’t care what you may or may not think of this region of Poland but I can honestly state that you and your wife are full of $hit.

There are many traditions that have been cultivated here perhaps longer than in other parts of Poland like (zapusty, śmieciarza, sobótki) and some unique to these parts as well that you might find peculiar but what you’re talking about is pure nonsense and fiction. You also seem to confuse bunch of teenagers drinking and gathering of żule with traditions which to me at least suggests you're not that bright.

Life / Men in Poland in the forest? Just men? [133]

How quaint, a German commenting on a region of Poland with no real knowledge of that region.

Life / Men in Poland in the forest? Just men? [133]

Dreadnought, if you’re implying what I think you do and you’re into this sort of thing just join them and try to get some, you’ll get more then you bargain for. You’ll quickly find out how friendly they are with those that play for the other team. LOL

Life / DUI first time in Poland [13]


It all depends on how big is your glass, if it can hold the contents of an entire bottle it means he had a couple of bottles not couple of glasses, perhaps your definition is screwed up? Devil’s in the details you know LOL.

Chyba z gwinta.

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.

UK, Ireland / Websites for Poles to benefit from Britain! [210]

That pretty well sums it up, however the frustration is slowly building up on both sides the migrants as well as the locals, soon you will see that what's happening in ME will also be the reality in many of the European countries.

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.

News / Price for the US ambassador position in Poland? $2,300.00 [10]


I imagine there’s quite a few, they are usually recruited from a professional diplomatic core serving a term of 3 years and then we have those like Lee Feinstein who are solely recruited from the political camp of residing administration, a term of 4 or more years depending on how long his backer is capable of hanging on to the most desired address in US.


Israel perhaps, or is this post too delicate for someone of his caliber.