USA, Canada / Better life in USA or Canada? - expats opinions and your comparison [143]

I live near the Canadian border and my thoughts (not criticisms) on the Canadian north.

No dominant culture which is alluded to above. A fella I met from Liverpool (or was it Manchester?) who had relocated to Western Canada said his son still spoke with an English accent. Another guy mentioned that when he went in the service in WWII he was surprised when he met Ukrainian-American soldiers, that they were so well assimilated in the culture. He said in Canada the Ukranian immigrants didn't speak English well enough to serve in the Canadian Army.


Toronto I don't know about, but generally speaking Canada isn't somewhere people go to shop. Not much selection.


No humor. In my travels to Canada rarely if ever see Canadians bust out laughing.

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

To be absolved, the sinner needs to repent sincerely first - and, if at all possible, endeavour to make up for their sins. ;-)[/quote]

Good Catholic girl. Sins and sinners, they're everywhere.

USA, Canada / To move back to Poland from the USA or not to move back....that is the question [119]

Move to Poland, if you don't you'll always regret it. If it works out great, if it doesn't you'll learn to appreciate where you're from. You could always go back. Just expect to spend a bit of cash. Every time I've moved it cost me money. If you can afford it, I'd keep my house in the States and wait to see if a permanent move to Poland is what you really want.

Work / Average monthly salary in Poland is around 1000 PLN (few hundred bucks). [387]

For those arguing about the average vs median wage in Poland and whether it's enough to live on, as the English say "the proof is in the pudding". There is a huge Polish diaspora, this doesn't happen in a vacuum.

Language / Do Poles prefer US American or UK English language? [147]



It's not ghetto speech as much it is a separate American English dialect from the region of the South where they originally came from. America has different accents but dialects are rare, i can only think of three: Appalachia, South Louisiana Cajun and Southern Black. There may be more that I don't know of.

News / Komorowski won Poland's presidency vote? [125]

enkidu


Exactly, there are no liberals in America. They simply do not exist. In America it's the Far Right Nutjobs vs everybody else.

Real Estate / Relocating in Poland - what's the best area? [56]

Anywhere in Switzerland.

History / Polish historical myths - to break or not to break them? [257]

There are Blacks in Chicago with POLISH last names. Those Polish Buggers get around.

UK, Ireland / Oxford Polish bride 'heartbroken' over arrest - accusations of sham marriage [126]

Marriage is neither holy nor sacred. It's simply a civil contract.

History / Poland in the eyes of London - before WWII. [60]

Ironside


Of course, countries act in their own interest (or they should act in their own interest) what do you expect?

Maybe the problem with Poland is it doesn't act in it's own interest?

Food / How to cook Frozen pierogi? Boil or Fry? [90]

plk123


Cast iron is great. Spreads the heat evenly. If it's properly seasoned, they won't stick. But ya gotta buy quality "Lodge", not the cheapo imports. I forgot, ya gotta have kielbasa with 'em too.

Love / Polish men what is the worst thing a girl can do upon first impression? [360]

Allison


NOT Act herself.

Food / How to cook Frozen pierogi? Boil or Fry? [90]

plk123


Think cast iron


I'm from there but now I live in that "Great American Hinterland". I like homemade, fact is I've never liked store/deli bought ones. Just not the same.

News / Hollywood's War with Poland. [150]

MareGaea


True and It's embarrassing. The fact is the Polish community in the United States is highly successful. Some people on this board depict us as some sort of downtrodden minority. I don't know where they get this stuff. Most Americans of Polish ancestry are part of the professional managerial class, they integrate into American society and are virtually invisible.

Food / How to cook Frozen pierogi? Boil or Fry? [90]

Living in Chicago we always ate our pierogi's fried in butter, never boiled. Filled with all kinds of stuff, but my favorite was sauerkraut. Least favorite was prunes, yuk. Used to add mushroom soup as a kind of sauce. Also never eaten alone but with a meat dish either polish sausage or polish ham. I got my english wife to make 'em and we have once a year of so. Good stuff.

Love / Can 'engaged' soon to marry Polish men say I love you to their female friend? [62]

EpicMe

He gave you the password because he wanted for you to see he has another. He doesn't want to get married. Don't belabor the whole affair, find another. Furthermore dating foreigners is a lot different than dating locals, for the simple reason you don't know their intentions. Also learn the lingo. If you're not going to learn the lingo, stick to yankees' ... or english.

History / Poles as Iroquois of Europe [42]

The Iroquois developed a confederation of six tribes that were very powerful. The confederation was known for it's democratic institutions. The Iroquois were noted as fierce warriors but cannibalistic The would eat the body parts of the defeated Indian warriors. They'd make a feast out of it. I don't quite understand what Bismarck meant when comparing the Polish to the Iroquois.

Language / Is the term 'Polak' derogatory?? [254]

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True, Americans are ambivalent about Poles. They're invisible. Most Americans couldn't find Poland on the World Map.

Language / Is the term 'Polak' derogatory?? [254]

ShortHairThug,


Nope. In Chicago where I grew up, People of Polish origin either referred to themselves as Polocks, pollacks, however you want to spell it, or Polish. The term Pole was never used. The only derogatory term for Polish people that I know of was "DP" short for displaced person. In other words DP would stand for someone just off the boat.

Polish jokes come from established Polish people making fun of Polish people just "off the boat". Making fun of their ignorance about the "New World". Poles poking fun at other Poles. Polish people do have a sense of humor, though a bit different than the English or American. Other ethnic groups did the same thing.

Nigger is a low class black and is meant to be derogatory. Pollack or Polak is not a derogatory term.

Love / Polish men what is the worst thing a girl can do upon first impression? [360]

JustysiaS


Men don't do that.

News / Majority of Poland's kids physically unfit, claims PPA. [41]

SzwedwPolsce
[quote]In many parts of the world people starve to death. In other parts of the world people are literary eating themselves to death.[quote]

People don't eat anymore in the States than they used to, it's just the wrong stuff. When I was a kid it was meat and potatoes, now it's pasta, pasta, pasta and High fructose corn syrup in everything. Too many sugars and carbs.

Life / Anyone else suffering from mosquito bites in Poland? [52]

Amathyst


Mosquitos in the UK??? Me wlfe didn't know what a mosquito was til she came to the states. Mosquitos need 55 degree temps @ night to breed, to cold & damp in the UK, at least I thought.

Life / Anyone else suffering from mosquito bites in Poland? [52]

wildrover


Not beans, eat garlic. Garlic keeps them away.

History / Why Poles love Russia [105]

skysoulmate


Question: is Norweigan sentence structure the same as English??

Love / A Polish womans relationship with her mother in law. [44]


Typical Roman Catholic. Murder is an illegal killing. Abortion is not murder unless it is illegal. Don't confuse what is legal with what is moral.


True. Habitual drug use may cause irrational behavior.

Study / Studying in Poland in English [35]

If you're going to study at a European University you learn the language of the host country. You won't get to know the country without a working knowledge of the language. You'll be forever on the outside looking in. If you're still stuck on English, than study in England. Don't be ignorant.

UK, Ireland / The number of Anti-English Poles... [228]

The English aren't lazy, they're just not going to work for a bare minimum wage. It's the same in the States, the illegal immigrants are employed because it's cheaper and increases the companies profitability. Since no one is working and getting a decent wage that provides a disposable income, one wonders who is going to buy the products that these companies put out. The moral of the story is that these businesses are cannibalizing their own markets. A flawed business model.

Genealogy / Polish Surnames Anglicized? [48]


Makes perfect sense to me. Why have such a difficult Polish name if you're living in America?

I'm sure whenever groups migrated they changed their names to fit their circumstances. Heck I am sure that a lot of people didn't even have surnames until the last two or three hundred years.

UK, Ireland / The number of Anti-English Poles... [228]


We have Ex-English living in the States. For instance English nurses or secretaries are very highly regarded. I've never heard someone say the English are lazy.


The difference being is that it is their country. The English can deal with the English, but the English cannot deal with is all the poverty and unemployment of Eastern Europe.

History / 'Poland: A Knight Among Nations' - Book about Poland by an American Author, dated 1907 [51]

ALL CHIEFS AND NO INDIANS!

Continuing from the book:

"Unity is not a Polish virtue. Neither is subordination for the common weal. Every one must lead. There have always been plenty of Princes, Marshals, and Generals in Poland: of obedient privates, very few."