Genealogy / Do Polish people have big noses? [451]

My God, what boring conversations some of these Polish people have though! 'Oh. are you Polish. So am I! My husband is English though'... and so on..... and so on...and so on...we just stood on the side lines and listened in. More interesting than sitting on the park bench and looking at the passing clouds I suppose. Though now I am not so sure.

Genealogy / Do Polish people have big noses? [451]

For a start, I have never told a lie on this forum and secondly my wife does not have a big nose. Do you have a big nose, then? I bet you do!

Genealogy / Do Polish people have big noses? [451]

No, I was indeed in Woking Leisure Centre park and indeed the Polish womens noses were very big indeed!

Genealogy / Do Polish people have big noses? [451]

We were standing in a park next to Woking Leisure Centre yesterday and we saw some Polish people with their children playing on the swings. It was cold and the Poles always stand out by their strange plastic coats. The children too stand out as they are dressed from head to foot in thick clothing to keep the so called English winter out. We said nothing art all but I stood close by to listen in to their dopey conversations. Indeed, Polish people do have long noses and strange shaped mouths like two plates put together. An odd lot all together, if I was to be asked!

Genealogy / Kosiorek - looking for Polish meaning, relatives [12]

It might come from the word 'kosiarz' somewhere, a haymaker in historical times.

Life / Racism in Poland - the future [441]


Eastern Europe has a strong tradition in hating Jews as they are always an easy target. This is partly why Poland has become so economically and culturally backward as they have expelled all their talent, mathematicians, musicians, song writers and the like. The Poles like the the colour gray, a soules empty World devoid and empty of human emotion and spirit. In fact, I think that on the whole, the Poles actually fear human emotions and certainly they can not handle competition and enterprising young people of any form whatsoever.

News / What's the stupidest question asked about Poland? [414]


The collapse of Communism as seen in Berlin with the collapse of the Berlin Wall was really the main feature of the last days of communism in Eastern Europe not so much Warsaw and the Poles.

News / What's the stupidest question asked about Poland? [414]


Why did you not tell me, we obviously went to school together!

News / What's the stupidest question asked about Poland? [414]

The Poles are not paying back their debts or they would not be able to squander so much money. Obviously, international banks have written off the debts.

News / What's the stupidest question asked about Poland? [414]


It is different, Poland is poorer than most countries because the poles do not understand fiscal thinking and do not respect money. They never have and they never will. End of story.

News / What's the stupidest question asked about Poland? [414]


I would like to meet the Poland that can survive without foreign loans.

News / What's the stupidest question asked about Poland? [414]


Oh really, as far as I was aware, Poland is one of the most bancrupt countries in the World. What is the state of Poland's debts today? As far as I was aware, they still owe us billions in unpaid loans.

News / What's the stupidest question asked about Poland? [414]


With respect, the meat and oranges story was not my story at all but I do remember buying meat in Poland with ration cards, they did indeed exist, I even used one a long time ago in Gdansk around about 1984.

Time goes by so quickly and it is not worth while me visiting all of Poland all of the time to keep up with the latest trends but very little changes quickly in Poland.

News / What's the stupidest question asked about Poland? [414]


What is wrong with that? The Poles lack everything. When I was in Gdansk a little while ago, I agreed to go to the butcher shop and buy some meet. They cut me off a little white food ration slip with which I could buy the meet!

Language / Usage of Polish Instrumental Case? [22]

Yes, as an example, ja jestem anglikiem-I am an Englishman, is in the instrumental case.

Language / Having a really hard time with Polish cases [59]

There are plenty of good books on the market and Colloquial Polish by W Mazur is a very good buy should you not already have a copy.

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]


I am right and you are wrong. We spell the word generalize as generalize and in fact it was you who started this off by criticizing a Polish girl's spelling of the word. I did not start this topic of conversation. As for the bloody Serbian girl, I could not care two brass monkeys what you do. And in the same room, I would say the same to your face. You can idz do diabla.

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]


I have never used this type of spelling, mind you, I am not a very good speller myself so I will not get too bogged down in a debate about spelling.

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]


No, it is not your bad anything-it is his spelling here that is wrong-not yours!

Generalize is the norm.

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]


You are worried about this bloody Serbain woman and you can not even spell simple English words properly, come on get your priorities right here!

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

I never say generalize.

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]


I never generalize.

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

I am sorry if I am offending Polish women but my God, in my time, I have met some real cows!

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

Polish people can be very rude indeed, especially the women!

Off-Topic / Are Polish Christians here? [134]

Nobody in Poland is strict catholic because everybody in Poland steals so that is one of the Ten Commandmants out of the window for a start!

Travel / Vacation in Great Polish Masurian Lakes area (Mazury) [37]

June might be a nice month as it would already be summer but the children are still going to school.

UK, Ireland / Poles leave Britain to return to Poland [89]


It is an English expression for the Germans and comes from World War 2. The Germans produced a really good fuel container which the British had not seen before the desert campaign and the British started to copy it and so it was called a 'Gerry can'.

Study / Gdansk / Tricity; university - information [30]

In actual fact there are lots and lots of universities in Gdansk as well as many medical schools. I did visit once or twice the University of Gdansk Language department that is or at least used to be at Oliwa in those days. It seemed a nice place and some of the students dropped out of their studies. Apparently, as it was the university of Gdansk the certificate was not recognized overseas and had therefore limited value. Mind you, I am talking about the days during communism in the mid 1980's. In those days there were considerable numbers of Poles learning Russian in order to become language teachers in Polish state schools. I do not know of classes held in the English Language but I would have thought that you would be better off searching for English spoken classes in England. Why Poland?

Language / "Na" and "W" , when to use? [15]


Me? When did I write that?


In fact in true Slavic linguistic language 'do' meant as far as something and 'ku' taken from the Russian word 'k' indicated direction towards something. This use of 'do' all the time seems to me to be very lazy and I hate it.

Language / "Na" and "W" , when to use? [15]

It is also ja ide na poczte-to the post office, and ja ide na dworzec centralny-I am going to the main line station. Some nouns take 'na' and others take 'do' but after twenty two years I am not too sure of all the rules.