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Joined: 21 Mar 2010 / Male ♂
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Dysonz   
21 Mar 2010
Study / German v.s. Russian, language usefulness in Poland? [54]

I speak a little of both - if I had to choose between learning either, I would choose Russian. Russian is a very up-and-coming language across the world now. The former Soviet Union is a sixth of the worlds land mass. Germany isn't. Russian will open doors - German won't.

You can speak Russian even in the east of Germany (to older people), and Poland, and the Baltics. We even found Russian speakers in Malta! Russian is useful!
Dysonz   
21 Mar 2010
UK, Ireland / Considering opening a Polish restaurant in the UK. [9]

I would think that Polish families here might prefer to eat at home - being cheaper and probably preferable (because she will know exactly what is in it) to restaurant food.

You would need British clients with disposable income to make any money. Therein lies the problem. We British are generally not too clued up on Polish food. The average Brit wont spend on what he doesn't know or understand.

Of the few who would drift in, English guys with Polish girlfriends and the odd curious culture vulture for example, there would not be enough of them to make it viable IMO.

If you could keep it relatively simple and Polish influenced rather than pure Polish, shashlik and salatka for example, people would understand that (they understand donner kebabs don't they?) and it might work that way.
Dysonz   
21 Mar 2010
Life / Are foreigners welcome in Poland? [267]

Please let me know what you think and if you have experienced any hostility due to you being a foreigner.

I have driven through (and consequently stayed in) Poland many times; seldom have I encountered any hostility. Yes, in villages, understanding of English is minimal and outsiders can be viewed with suspicion - but what do you expect?

I stopped by the roadside near BiaƂystok to buy some honey and a few groceries from an old couple on my way back last time. Communication was minimal but we got by with my dreadful Russian and a lot of sign language. We all ended up laughing........

I have found Poles in Poland to be mostly helpful and hospitable. But then again, I have found Poles in England to be mostly OK too. Maybe you get back what you put out?
Dysonz   
21 Mar 2010
UK, Ireland / English teenager refused service at Polish shop [87]

give me one good reason why I should employ you or any Pole above my own people

Because the British workers cant get their arses out of bed in a morning and will spend the day drinking tea, scratching their arse and complaining maybe?

(By the way- I am British)