Language / Can you recognise the nationality of foreign Polish speakers by their accent? [43]


LOL There you go, probably Michals' relatives.

I’m just giving Michal hard time. He’s right, detection is no big deal, no matter haw good your Polish is we can hear it. Besides the easy ones like French, Russian or German to pick up on, there are not enough foreigners who speak Polish for us to make that distinction. It will happen eventually once you hear it more often, more and more of you are learning Polish.

Love / How Polish boy will show the symptom that he is love? [27]


He will look like a dead man. Basically his life and freedom as he knows it is over.

Food / Why carp for Polish Christmas? [157]


Thank God cows don’t bathe or we would really be in trouble. There's a lot to wash there.


They are just jealous that even our carp is good. Some people are afraid of sampling local cuisine, I even tried some alligator meat in Louisiana once, although I would never have Rocky Mountain oysters, some parts are just inedible but I heard they are prized in Spain "criadillas" huevos del toro. Poor cow.

Love / How Polish boy will show the symptom that he is love? [27]

But the marriage brings the end to both.

Food / Why carp for Polish Christmas? [157]


If that fails we can always make a fridge look like a cow, short of lovely glasses of course.

News / What Poland can't do right [113]


I’m afraid you’re mistaken; Krystal is an example of lady like behavior, brought to you by upstanding Jewish Lady from Chicago.

News / What Poland can't do right [113]


Lots of disappointed ladies in U.S, let me guess - he fell for a Polish Lady.

Food / Why is it that some Polish people refuse to eat anything that is not Polish? [120]



Wow; another whining Yank, what a surprise. You’ve been left at the computer without supervision again.

Food / Why is it that some Polish people refuse to eat anything that is not Polish? [120]


Nope, just pointing out the obvious. This reminds me of two Americans eating in a restaurant.
"Oy, this food is terrible!"
"It sure is! And the portions are so small!"
Yet not one morsel left when they were done. Was it the food, or the whining nature of the diners? You decide.

Travel / Is it safe to travel to Poland? [194]


Recruiting for the service in US Army, are we?

Travel / Is it safe to travel to Poland? [194]


Besides the free trip; think of the adventure, the experience you’ll gain, the thrill. Nice desert scenery or High Mountains if you prefer, unspoiled wilderness with occasional firework display. Wonderful architecture except for the areas you previously visited. VIP treatment (always traveling in convoy) there’s no need to be afraid of those pesky highway robbers. The thieves, liars and cheats; nothing to worry about (no one will fvck with you) after all you will carry a gun curtsey of your travel agent (complimentary). The accommodations to die for, friendly staff and the locals always ready to guide you entertain you and surprise you. Never a dull moment, three square meals a day and wakeup call service. All in all; action packed adventure in all inclusive resort with like minded individuals, daily excursions, helicopter tours and other attractions for those who are willing to experience the great outdoors. If you sign up today you’ll be able to stay at all of our resorts in the area.

At least that’s what I got out of it, how about you?

Genealogy / Is the Surname Yang Polish? [14]


Not at all, just look what OP wrote.


Trębaczów; a small village east of Wrocław. I’m sure there were many Asians there in 1890’s. There’s probably none there even today. Only a fool would suggest that it’s of Asian origin. It may even have Jewish connection which was dismissed by BB. Many Jews were given and assumed Jung as their last name presumably because they were young at the time when surname became obligatory. That sounds much more plausible than some Asian theory.

Food / Polish culinary dislikes [83]

My my mafketis, you’re so full of **** your ease are brown. Barbecue, grill and smoked meats are very popular in Poland; you might even say that smoking meat is our specialty. There’s more to cured or smoked meat then just beef jerky or pulled pork. Sweet potatoes or “Bataty” as they are known here, well some people like them some don’t, no one has aversion to them you moron, even in the US they are not eaten daily, most of the time you will have smashed potatoes as we do here and serve sweet potatoes on Thanksgiving or other special occasions and yes personally I don’t like them. Closest thing to the American Apple Pie is “Szarlotka” and contrary your claim liked by most Poles. Just like you were complaining about the poppy seed cake that it’s overwhelming for you I find American pie fillings, be it apple, cherry, etc. too much. I know you are used to it but I’m not and trust me; there is such a thing as too much of the good stuff. The only thing you are right about is the Wonder bread, that stuff is horrid.

Look on Google images for GRILLO-WĘDZARNIA and you will see what Polish BBQ looks like, of course most people don’t have them on wheels.

Language / Perfective vs Imperfective - grammar [150]

"zdawał sobie sprawę" meaning he knew what he was doing, or he was conscious, aware of his actions while "zdał sobie sprawę" means he had realized what he had done.

In the first case he is aware of what he is doing while he later becomes aware of his action and the consequence it brings in the second case.

USA, Canada / REFUSED A HOLIDAY VISA TO THE U.S CAUSE IM POLISH [323]


Don’t be ridicules, why would anyone who is educated would want to live illegally in US when they can legally work anywhere within EU. Being illegal puts you at disadvantage, you’re not able to get a job in your own field for one, probably get some menial job that pays crap, no benefits, no rights whatsoever, no prospect for any kind of a carrier and open yourself to all kind of abuse by those that hire illegal’s; like not being paid for months on end etc, not to mention that you will not be able to travel back to Poland in case of emergency. Like it or not that’s the reality for those that work on a black market. For those people, America is not the land of milk and honey and it’s not very appealing to anyone be it educated ones or not. At any moment people can be deported and at a single moment in time lose everything they worked for including your family if you started one. Face it America is not all that. You are just propagating the myth and what is fed to you by your mass media and that’s all it is One Big Fat Myth. Think for yourself once in a while, why would anyone including a complete moron say; “Hey sounds like a deal to me”. Ridicules!

History / Have Poles blood on their hands? :) [496]


Good point Joe.
That’s exactly the Hollywood version of history; if an average Joe sees it on TV, it has to be true. If Jews were not the only victims and disparity between Poles and Jews not that great they would not make so much profit out of holocaust, and what better to illustrate that point then Poles eating szynka, Polish children smiling, playing on the playground without a care in the world, sporting the latest fashion of the time with a big chimney in the background. This can easily be achieved in front of green screen with American children as happy Polish children who were promised to be treated to McDonald's Happy Meal after the successful take. As for historical truth and accuracy; who cares? They do have the artistic license they can hide behind, justify it as their interpretation of events to illustrate the point, spread their lies and propaganda while driving the point home in the minds of dumb down American audience that can’t distinguish between the world of reality and fantasy unless you try to educate them to which they reply “Not true, I saw it in the movie”.

Food / Is carp indigenous to Israel? [39]

Isn’t Tilapia also known as St. Peter's fish. Surely this has to be indigenous to Israel.

Food / Is carp indigenous to Israel? [39]

The Sea of Galilee has small indigenous fish species which supposed to evolve from big carp common in the Sea of Galilee.

Food / Is carp indigenous to Israel? [39]


The St Peters Fish was a joke, the small fish which I don’t know the name was supposed to be a kin to carp. I know I was reading about it long time ago but don’t know much more then that about it.

History / Have Poles blood on their hands? :) [496]


Why not? Since the Jewish version is not interested in truth and justice but rather its greed driven. Their only concern is how much compensation they can ask for. Anyone who questions anything is just an anti-Semite anyway; the ones that do accept their view as gospel are just an ignorant bunch too lazy to look up the facts and ready to accept whatever is presented to them so it won’t make a difference anyway. But the fact remains, you can only discover the truth by yourself; otherwise you just accept someone else’s opinion anyway, so what difference dose it make whose’ version you subscribe to, a lie is a lie if you know it or not.

History / Have Poles blood on their hands? :) [496]


I’ll take it as a complement. So telling someone he should not blindly follow someone’s opinion but rather discover the truth for themselves is anti-Semitic these days, interesting! You have not even bothered to read the whole statement. How is it anti-Semitic? Care to explain it? I call it as I see it, you might not agree with it but that’s the way it is. The greed part in my view is spot on; it’s a pattern repeated over and over again, first there is a smear campaign followed by a payout few years later. This tactic works for you very well but it equates to no more than extortion.

History / Polish hatred towards Jews... [1290]


Yes, and the years 1700-1799 are considered the 18th century however final partition of Poland-Lithuania was nut until 1795. the 4 years you speak of can hardly be viewed as a 18th century.

History / Polish hatred towards Jews... [1290]

No, even after the second partition Poland still existed as a country, smaller perhaps but still there.

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


Please, don’t tell me that you’re smart enough to run a successful business but can’t learn Polish language. It’s only a language like any other; if we can learn English surely you can do the same. You always have an option to hire someone that can do whatever you have to do to be successful in Poland, otherwise I’ll take it as I can’t do it it’s too hard for me (I’m not smart enough!) get it?


Who’s everyone? You and your alter ego, please.

History / Battle of Grunwald 1410 The biggest medieval battle. Germans smashed. [174]


Just because citation is missing that's no proof that Serbs did not participate in that battle.

If we take a look at Polish army at that time it was mainly recruited from local population as conscripts by "Pospolite Ruszenie" which was the duty of every free man (meaning the land owner) of joining the army at call to arms by the King. The call to arms was performed by "Starosta" who issued a proclamation on behalf of the King in his district and each nobleman, knight and land owner had to join Kings Forces for a period of time at his own expense. He was also obligated to recruit few extra soldiers from his land holdings but the rest of the time they were free to take care of their farms so there was no regular army to speak of. This law only applied to the campaigns within kings' realm. Any service performed outside Kings Realm they had to be compensated by the King, provided with food and in case they were taken hostage it was the Kings responsibility to pay the ransom. Army recruited in this fashion usually consisted in 1/3 of nobleman serving only at the time of need.

Very small contingent that can be called a regular army meaning serving King all the time was mainly consisting of mercenaries from within the kingdom, Poles as well as our southern neighbors, Czechs, Hungarians and Serbs. Besides Polish nobleman and Knights mainly formed Heavy cavalry units. Although Polish knight at that time had a lighter armor then western counterpart because of the conflicts with Tartars he still carried a lance, 120cm sword and 30cm dagger protected by articulated metal armor.

At that time there was no home grown Polish light cavalry units. That what one might think of as light cavalry were the servants of the Knights, equipped with lance, sword, some with bow and some with crossbow protected by leather armor. Bulk of the light cavalry units were from the borderlands of the kingdom as well as from Lithuania. The rest of the light cavalry were from the southern kingdoms, of those the Serbs, Hungarians, Moldavians, Wołochowie (sorry don't know the English term for them) as well as Tartars were particularly valued because of their experience fighting Turkish light cavalry units.

We know that the Serbs served in light cavalry units at that time so it would make perfect sense for them to participate in this battle given that they were at the service of one of the Polish nobleman and all of the Polish Lords participated at that battle, after all it was one of the biggest battles in the medieval Europe. Even Sienkiewicz in Krzyżacy mentions them.

History / Battle of Grunwald 1410 The biggest medieval battle. Germans smashed. [174]

Forget Sienkiewicz read what's above, besides although his novels are fictional don't you think he had to be knowledgeable in history and do some research before writing his books? It's odd that in the passage I quoted he accurately mentions the numbers of banners participating in the battle just like Długosh who wrote about it as a historian.

History / Battle of Grunwald 1410 The biggest medieval battle. Germans smashed. [174]

Like I said Forget Sienkiewicz, that’s just a footnote to what I have wrote.

History / Battle of Grunwald 1410 The biggest medieval battle. Germans smashed. [174]

No but that does not mean a thing, even Długosz giving the account of the battle wrote the region a given banner was from the Lord it belonged to and maybe if your lucky a name of one or two more famous Knights. Much like today nobility at that time liked to be in the limelight and take all the glory, so we have house of this house of that etc, etc.

History / Battle of Grunwald 1410 The biggest medieval battle. Germans smashed. [174]


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_D%C5%82ugosz


I'm not a historian but I'll bet that a lot of voluble historical sources disappeared during the partition of Poland. Besides not many historians could write anything about Polish history that would not be viewed with suspicion by the governing Power. So stop this nonsense that there's nothing that exist as a source. It does not exist for a reason. I'm sure Kiser or Hitler would allow anything to be published that glorified Polish past. Not ot mention Czarist or Soviet Russia, get real.

History / Battle of Grunwald 1410 The biggest medieval battle. Germans smashed. [174]


So are the documents and books, you could have seen them burning on the streets of German in 1930’s.