Food / Polish kishka [76]

but, no blood/no pork is a contradiction of kishka/kaszanka. It's all about blood and pork :-) and kasza.

Po polsku / Dziś widziałem budowlańców. Zjechali się autami na angielskich blachach. [8]

Ale, o co kaman?

News / Is Poland headed for a civil war? [30]

well, the wages have increased (a bit) again in the 3rd quarter. Inflation is negligible.....

Law / Polish Citizenship for a foreigner whose parents was born in Poland [174]

The fact that the father is 100% polish is not important. What is important is whether he currently holds polish citizenship. If he does, the kid can get one as well. And a passport as well if it is desired.

Law / TAX ON DEPOSIT INTEREST IN POLAND [4]

Yes, all banks withhold 19% tax on interest at source. What you see advertised is gross interest rate.

Law / Polish Citizenship for a foreigner whose parents was born in Poland [174]

IF the child's father has polish citizenship then, yes it is doable.

Travel / Where we can enjoy rock climbing in Poland? [11]

Do visit the Sherpa store at Zelazna 59, in Warsaw.

Work / Salary for an architect with 3years experience in warsaw [37]

your straight answer is here: 3K PLN /month is a starving salary, unless you're from India or China. Sorry to be blunt that way.

News / Why is Poland developing so slowly or in the wrong direction? Who is responsible ? [317]

LOL, now and before WW2? wow, what a senseless comparison. Glad to be in Poland, here and NOW!!!

Work / Salary for an architect with 3years experience in warsaw [37]

One of my friends, THE architect in his 30-ies, who's never left PL even temporarily, earns in excess of 50 grand per month and his apartment faces the £azienki park :-)

Love / I WANT HER BACK EVEN IF I HAVE TO CROSS THE OCEAN WITH A BOAT AND GO WALKING TO LÓDZ [58]

Real polish people would mostly frequent polish-speaking forums. Wouldn't that make more sense? However a few local weirdos (like me) do visit this site from time to time....

Life / From UK, finding my feet in Warsaw, Poland. [20]

You are a brave girl Donna. Good luck!

Law / Opening a Polish Bank Account by a foreigner in Poland. Recommendations. [299]

The fact you can open a bank account without being a perm. resident has little to do with anti money-laundering practices. But if you deposit at least Euro 15,000 in cash into such an account you can be sure your name and a transaction will be reported to a polish regulatory authorities. Now if you wire it from another account (from UK, PL, your debtor, etc. ), it's okay as this money can easily be tracked.

Language / usage of taki/taka/takis [11]

Peter-Olsztyn:

re:"Takiś mądry?" This looks the same as a previous example but it is not. "takiś" here contains a contraction. What has been contracted is the word "jesteś", hence the ending letter "ś". The long form of this question would be: Taki jesteś mądry?

good luck to all

Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4501]

I would say Woźniak most definitely comes from woźnica. There were plenty of those in the old times wherease woźny was a rare "animal".

Love / Unmarried couples in Poland = pathology [310]

Polonius3 I concur with your opinion. You and I should therefore support gay marriage to remedy the situation thus diminishing this pathology. Just a thought.

Language / Are the context of these Polish sentences correct? [101]

All expressions in paretheses are pitiful automatic or word for word translations and they do not make sense at all. If you want to learn another language you have to start with a good grammar book. Do you even have one?

BTW, "Kieliszek" can be used for vodka, liqueur and wine. "Lampka wina" indeed also means "kieliszek wina" it just sounds more colloquial. On the other hand the word "flaszka" means "a bottle" and likewise is a more colloquial form as it stems from a german word "die Flasche" = a bottle.

Work / Poland teaching contract withdrawn at last minute, thoughts? [10]

1800 after tax? God gracious... most poles in UK earn twice if not thrice being totally menial, so to speak :-)

History / What was better in Poland under communism? [67]

**** the communists.... it was all so bad........

History / What was better in Poland under communism? [67]

People felt more secure about their future? What a joke!

Nothing was better under communism, thank God it's long gone...

Life / Things we enjoyed as kids in Poland [140]

f stop made my day now :-)

Law / Exchange €2000 to PLN what is best way? [11]

Kantors in shopping malls are ok. As are those in the main streets. No fear. I would use an ATM, but that's just me as I'm lazy :-)

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

LOL.... Robin1980... you're in for a surprise :-). More typical is to say "Poproszę" - also a future tense. Go figure.... ! :-) Sometimes I am surprised I at all manage to speak this vernacular language of mine. Never thought it sounds so difficult, but it indeed is, based on how y'all react to it!. Just in my case it comes natural..... Thank you Mom and Dad! :-)

Life / 2 months to go - I will be a Polish citizen and try to find a better place to raise my kid. [67]

So much ill will, anger and outright hatred..... this guy will not end up well.

Life / 2 months to go - I will be a Polish citizen and try to find a better place to raise my kid. [67]

Wow, that's one poor kid. Hopefully his mom will shelter him from all that venom.

USA, Canada / Poles and Americans, what do you think, are we friends or enemies? [187]

Totally irrelevant.

Language / seen / saw usage [18]

Do not use "zobaczyć" for this purpose. When talking about a movie use.... :

Widziałeś ten film?
Oglądałeś ten film?

You can add "czy" in front of those above, but it is not absolutely necessary here.

The verb "zobaczyć" implies: "have you succeeded/managed to see?"

czy pan zobaczyłeś - should be: Czy Pan widział (ten film)?
kiedy masz zobacz - now, this construction is totally incorrect, it should rather be:

Co widziałeś?, Co Pan widział?

or when relating to a movie: Jaki film widziałeś/oglądałeś?

Language / because - what are the diferences between "bo" and "ponieważ" [10]

You would be okay.

History / Poland - problem for Germany? (historically continual hostility of German state on Poland) [154]

Ask Germans on some german forum...... Here we have little to say about what constitutes a problem for Germany. Cohabitation with Germany works well - from polish point of view.

Language / Question about podoba sie [23]

Lyzko:

Często szybciej zauważam błędy innych od moich własnych (błędów).

It sounds better that way.....