Love / What are Polish Women like? Just started to date one. [256]


Interesting, what kind of different attitudes? Honestly asking, so don't worry I am not being sarcastic or anything.

Language / Need help with a Polish word/spelling Basia [20]

There is also -unia; -uniuś, -usiekending that can be intended as hiper, uber cute or very negative diminutive.
Asiunia, Bartuniuś, Bartusiek.
As I mentioned in post above there are lots of diminutive forms and most of them can be treated as either positive or negative. The most important thing is context.

Language / Need help with a Polish word/spelling Basia [20]

Negative diminutives: Michałek, Wiesiek, Czesiek, Anka, Joaśka, Aśka, Barteczek. These are only examples and there can be many other variants, because Polish language have large variety of diminutive forms (not only names). Michałek and Barteczek can be positive. Everything depends on context, intonation, therefore I don't think that there are any particular rules. Correct usage of diminutive forms depends on how advanced you are in language, this is case of "feling" language.

History / Romantic Aristocrat Stories from Poland's Past [16]

In 1820 Grand Duke of Russia Constantine Pavlovich married Polish noble Joanna Grudzińska, who was given the title of Duchess of £owicz. Because of this marrage Constantine had to renounce any claims to the Russian throne.

Po polsku / Polskie filmy, seriale z polskimi napisami to learn Polish? [14]

I know only about one Polish film on DVD that have Polish subtitles: it is "Katyń" by Andrzej Wajda.

News / Topless sunbathers acquitted in Szczecin, Poland [128]

I have a request. Can this thread be delated or at leat thrown to bin?

News / Topless sunbathers acquitted in Szczecin, Poland [128]


People! Really! This is nothing to brag about.

Genealogy / Looking for Pontus relatives [10]

I sended you adress on PM.

News / Topless sunbathers acquitted in Szczecin, Poland [128]


you really don't need to play in Mike's silly game who swear more or in fact who is more stupid. You can be above that.

News / Topless sunbathers acquitted in Szczecin, Poland [128]


Pain in the ass for somebody who apparently is sex and titts crazed.
Mike why not start this crusade in your own state

Language / Where to find perfective aspect of Polish verbs on the Internet? [4]

He meant "siekać" and he wrote it correctly in previous post. Stop jumping at his misspell and contribute to original question if you can.

News / Topless sunbathers acquitted in Szczecin, Poland [128]


and you are quoting biased media. Am I the only one who thinks that OP is missing something?

History / Anyone know the name, if true... .... Polish Royal heir [40]


Polish throne was not hereditary. The title "prince" belonged to sons of currenly ruling king. Other Polish princes bought their titles from e.g. Austrians. The Polish idea of nobility was that every noble is equal and he can't use titles other than titles of their state or military office/function. So in fact even if some noble bought his title from other monarchies, this title was not recognised in Poland.

News / Topless sunbathers acquitted in Szczecin, Poland [128]


I hope you also realize that almost every example you gave here and on your other thread also occured nearly a decade ago. Double standards?

Life / Why are Polish so conservative and religious? [240]


Sorry, didn't get right your every comment. That happends when you are talking on forums and don't have opportunity to see to what or who you are reffering and don't hear intonations, see gestures etc. Discussion can become difficult.

Life / Why are Polish so conservative and religious? [240]


"Extreme trolling" in my case may be your subiective impresision and you have right to have one, but where I lied. Could you quote?


Funny thing you especially stressed this thread. I think that every post counts, because in every post and thread we state our thougts and opinions that are relevant when you want to know more about a person you are discussing with.


Pretty embarassing statement on part of your liberal friend. That doesn't fit to the image of him that you want to force through. So would you now withdraw it?


Is Poland a country like that?

The same applies to English/American swearing in Polish.

Life / Why are Polish so conservative and religious? [240]


As if that was ultimate goal for everybody. Talking about tolerance...



You may want to withdraw that.
What I can see in his posts is


in its worst.
I can discuss bad points of being fanaticaly religious


but OP clearly lack in this department.


I don't know why you wrote that. Probably some kind of indirect attack. If so it was ucalled for.

News / Topless sunbathers acquitted in Szczecin, Poland [128]


How would you know that? You don't speak Polish.

Life / Why are Polish so conservative and religious? [240]

Since when being religious is a bad thing? So now Polish people on this board should boast how proabortion, proprostitution, prowhatever they are just too please some intolerant and uninformed OP. I wouldn't call him liberal since most his post show that he is not, his just intolerant, probably uneducated troll.

History / Anyone know the name, if true... .... Polish Royal heir [40]


No. There were 2 Polish kings who renounced throne: Henryk Walezy (Henry of Valois) in 1574. He left Poland and became king of France - Henry III. The second was Jan Kazimierz Waza in 1668, but his reasons to resign were more serious than complicated love life. You should look somewhere else for that royal heir, because, as Des Essientes already wrote here, Polish kings since late middle ages were elected. Polish throne was not hereditary.

History / Anyone know the name, if true... .... Polish Royal heir [40]



there was no Poland. Poland lost independence in 1795. Which Royal heir you are looking for: Russian, Prussian or Austrian.

Genealogy / Weryho-Darowski family [21]

Check your email.

Genealogy / Looking for Pontus relatives [10]

I can translate it. Send me PM or post it.

Genealogy / Weryho-Darowski family [21]

Vincent gave you link to instructions on your other thread. Send me that picture through Private Message or place picture into post.

Genealogy / Weryho-Darowski family [21]

I didn't get the photo yet.

Genealogy / Weryho-Darowski family [21]

It doesn't exist anymore. The owner names were:
Jakowczyk Franciszek
Węgorowski Leon
Adress of photoshop was:
ulica Różana 4, Toruń. (Różana Street 4, Toruń)


This photoshop still existed after war. I found information dating back to 1948. I don't know what happened with the shop later, but it probably was shut down by communists.

You can find some photos taken in that photoshop on auctions; they are considered as collectors items.

Genealogy / Weryho-Darowski family [21]

"Foto Jakowczyk Węgorowski Toruń" is the name of old polish photo shop in Toruń. In english it would be something like "Jakowczyk & Węgorowski Photo in Toruń". Jakowczyk and Węgorowski are surnames of the owners.

Language / Sorka means przepraszam [17]


I do realize that "sorry" is not a Polish word. But it became so popular and ingrained in Polish language, that it has now it's own Polish declension. Sory is very firmly established in Polish and used by everybody uder 40-30, irrescpective of class.

I'm not concerned with purity of language and I don't mind borrowing some words from other languages. It is sign that Polish language is living, constantly progressing. I would be much more concerned if proces of language developing was slowed down or halted. I also think, that there is something wrong with english speaking people critisizing Poles for borrowing foreign words, when almost half of english words was borrowed from latin.

Life / Russian Language - is it offensive if I speak it to Polish people? [69]

Russian Language - is it offensive if I speak it to Polish people?
OMG, it took 53 post to answer such "intelligent" question. The simple and only answer to everybody who want to honestly answer it is NO.

Language / Sorka means przepraszam [17]


Which one? BBC one?


In polish language, in most cases, you pronounce words just how they are written. The same rule applies to most borrowed words from foreign languages. Especially those, which are not part of fading fashion in language. So I would say that pronounciation sory (and derivative) is the right one.