News / Does Poland support the idea of Slavic unity? [142]


slavic paganism, especially traditional folk music, plays a huge role in uniting us slavs.

being a polish pagan myself, I hold a strong bond with my fellow russian and ukrainian pagans here in Toronto, unfortunately no Poles...yet.

We've been trying to recruit more slavs in and around Toronto for a few months now, mostly through online ads.

alexmac, I fully support your belief, as do MANY slavs in Europe and abroad.

Please don't waste your time on these forums... they are filled with way to many non-Poles/Slavs!!

PM me some time. :)

S£AWA, BRACIE!

S£AWA, S£OWIANOM!!!

Food / Kaszanka and haggis? [34]

I eat both regularly here... both are money WELL SPENT! :)

History / Cult Poland PRL TV Ads and Cars [12]


LOL....wow, that commercial is SOOO awesome!!! :D

Life / Are Poles mentally more Eastern European or Western European? [170]


as I stated before - believe me, I know what I'm talkin about. :)

and milky..

if that's what u think, then u should pull them out of their sockets ASAP!

thanx u ~ <3

Life / Are Poles mentally more Eastern European or Western European? [170]


simple, north-eastern europeans are mostly slavic.

being polish-jewish from my dad's side, and belarusian/polish/russian from my mothers, I can safely tell u how similar our overall way of thinking really is.

We share a far stronger bond in the east, especially because we share the same slavic culture.

Where I specifically live in Toronto, there are many more russians and ukrainians, and even serbians, than Poles, and I interact with them almost every day.. believe me, I know what I'm talkin about. :)

btw, many posters on here are really full of horse sh**.... "you're canadian, what do u know?.... you don't pay taxes in Poland, you have no right to talk about this and that... blah blah blah..."

LMAO!! stop making me laugh... xD

Life / Are Poles mentally more Eastern European or Western European? [170]

what a stupid question...

obviously eastern european, along with our close-knit ukrainian, belarusian, czech, slovak, and russian counterparts.

News / Some say modern Poland is split into A and B; The "Old", and the "New". [14]


you say that as if I HAD A F***IN CHOICE!

I was 4½ yrs old... my mother, along with my 2 brothers and I immigrated out of Poland in 1990, assumingly shortly after the drop of the iron curtain... I always ask her to this day why she did it - why she moved me away from my beautiful homeland and into this disgusting hell hole Toronto. She always gives me that same bs answer, "for a better future for you and your brothers".. blah blah...if I could've decided back then to stay, I would have without a doubt. At times, she also feels remorseful.

We are the only ones living in canada, some family in US, and majority still live back home.

and another thing, Poles living in canada, particularly in missisauaga and toronto tend to be very patriotic about their homeland, considering that majority of us were born there and immigrated here at a young age.

Seems like we care more about the state and wellbeing of Poland than most Poles back home do. Tsk..

News / Some say modern Poland is split into A and B; The "Old", and the "New". [14]

I guess Poland A would refer to the eastern and western borders, particularly north-east Poland. Most of my family originates and lives in and around the Podlaskie/mazurskie/pomorskie regions, and they are all generally poor, lack basic english skills, and are very devout catholics and orthodox.

Quite frankly, I value those residing in Poland A because they are the backbone of the country. They highly retain our beautiful culture there!

I can`t stand those from Poland B at all! Way too westernized!! It`s disgusting. Especially those wishing to bombard beautiful homogeneous Polska with that western-influenced multiculturalism BS!

For the love of God people - IT DOESN`T F'in WORK!!

We Poles living in Canada see really just how stubburn Poles back home are.

Electing a transsexual and Black MP?! WTF?

What are they trying to prove to us westerners? That they've supposedly 'got with the times' ?!

As if...you don't see Canada with any tranny MPs.

Sadly, I have a feeling that most of the Poles on here, if not all, are all probably from or for Poland B.

Bash all u want - I'm a proud Pole living abroad and one day I wish to go back home and rasie my children there. I will not watch my homeland be destroyed by immigration!! :@

Language / Polish language would look better written in Cyrillic Script? [212]

my cyrillic is based on present-day russian... excact same spelling rules except they pronounce their soft C's, D's, S's, and Z's quite differently than the polish do. Also, they don't have RZ sound like Polish does. So their word for rzeka would be spelt река, but pronounced like 'rika'. Also, no modern cyrillic alphabets use the Yus symbols any more, considering they no longer contain nasal sounds in their words. Since polish still does, we would have to bring them back from the dead. :D ... the use of ą and ę in cyrillic just doesn't look right.

and the hard signs at the end of words does look nice but it went out of use after 1917...

realistically, modern day Belarussian writing resembles almost exactly what polish would look like written in cyrillic, except for their letter 'ў'....

another thing is that Nikolay I's example is based on old russian cyrillic with the used of letters ць and дзь to resemble ć and dź - which is what Belarusian uses today, as what as Polish in latin... but ć is softened form of T, which dź is softened form of D... so using ть and дь is tecnically more accurate. Czech and slovak used the proper forms of these two in the forms of Ď and «.

Same reason why serbian/croatian use ć and ћ in cyrillic,,, their ћ is just like russian ть.

hence serbian браћa is just like russian братья (pronounced like bratja), and polish bracia.

i'm not good at explaning this stuff.. :P

Love / How to make a Polish guy happy? (we're moving to Mexico) [51]


hmmm.... hard to say.

i hope ur bf isn't a druggie cuz that will be a SERIOUS problem in mexico! :O

Genealogy / Are all Poles blue eyed and blonde? [450]

although the scandinavian countries technically house the highest percentage of light hair/eye citizens, I think Poland ranks #1, or even Russia for that matter - that is, if you take their much larger populations into account..

Language / Polish language would look better written in Cyrillic Script? [212]

being half russian and having been taught the cyrillic script by my mother, I use it quite often to write polish, especially to my polish cousins living in russia.

I find that the cyrillic script suits Polish perfectly... and makes it look a tad bit more 'exotic'..

Я власне волѩ писать по польску уживаѭц альфабэт цырылицки, бо выглѭда интэрэсуѭцо. :D

Food / Black pudding & kaszanka [30]


yes.

in fact polish and german cuisine is almost exactly the same.

same meats, breads, cheeses - different names.

that's all.

Love / Polish women are the most beautiful in the world! [1718]

u forgot to mention their slavic-cultural charm, which you americans definitely lack.

Life / Polish mentality towards Pakistan [108]


mostly.

DON'T TRUST OR DO BUISNESS WITH THEM, POLACY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WARNING!!

Law / Want to live with same-sex partner in Poland? Long-term residency. [15]

better fly her/his butt over to canada, particularly Toronto, and get married.

We have a big chunk of the city 'reserved' for the LGBT community. :D

Language / How should "Polish" be written? Maybe Polski? [27]


lol another good example..

Language / How should "Polish" be written? Maybe Polski? [27]

JonnyM

all of my office co-workers couldn't pronounce the word 'Polszczyzna'

they also have a lot of trouble pronouncing the name, Agnieszka..particularly this jamaican lady who keeps coming back to my desk and asking me to pronounce it for her. lool!

Language / How should "Polish" be written? Maybe Polski? [27]

how much?

I need grocery money for this week :D

Language / How should "Polish" be written? Maybe Polski? [27]


and no Pole can pronounce their 'th' and 'ph' sounds, or even the english 'R' correctly... myself included.

the word 'reward' is a nightmare for me to pronounce, and i've been learning/speaking english for 20 years now. lol :D

News / Polish People STILL denied US Entry [96]


meanwhile 1,000 mexicans just jumped over the border in Cali.. xD

Language / How should "Polish" be written? Maybe Polski? [27]

a Polish man/woman = polak/polka ... Polish people = polacy

the Polish language = Polszczyzna or język Polski

Polish bread = chleb polski

:D

Genealogy / My ancestors from Poland were ethnic Jews [10]

you most likely do.

I never knew about my dad's jewish family (that is, his grandparents and their ancestors) until my mom told me around 5 years ago, or that his grandmother was also a 'wiedźma'. :)

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]

ooooooh quit your whining!

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]

well, we Poles here in Toronto simply call them, along with south Asians, brudasy.

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]


lol my thoughts exactly.

If u look up the word in a polish-english dictionary, it translates to nigger. :P

Genealogy / What are common Polish character traits? [417]


with the recent influx of hispanics, who are mostly roman catholics and VERY religious, it is only going to grow larger in the years to come. :)

History / What proportion of the Polish population collaborated with the Nazis? [125]


I don't think anyone in my family would know considering that they never came back from the war. Oddly enough, I do believe they were jews as well. lol

my grandma kept some small old photographs of them in their SS uniforms, which she gave to my dad before she passed. :(

History / What proportion of the Polish population collaborated with the Nazis? [125]

two of my great uncles were SS soldiers. :)

Life / Polish and Czechs [191]


lol exactly...