Life / Famous Polish music and musicians [48]

Have you heard of Norden ? It's a Polish Viking Metal band, and i love their music !!
They have a MySpace with 4 songs on it, all great ;) Try "Light of Black Sun", great sound !!

myspace.com/nordenpoland

Gotta eat something ;)

Life / Famous Polish music and musicians [48]

I think you're right, but i love their songs anyway ;)

Genealogy / Are all Poles blue eyed and blonde? [451]


A bit much yes ;)

If ALL Poles are like this, so it's the same for Germans, as there are approximately the same percentage of population with blond hair.

But the country with the most blonds is Finland : 3 persons out of 4 (75%) are blond ;)
Scandinavian countries are just below that i think.
Then comes Poland and Germany with some other countries.

Genealogy / Are all Poles blue eyed and blonde? [451]

Red hair is a part of blond hair gene, but not so many of them in Poland...at least not as many as in the UK ;)

Genealogy / Are all Poles blue eyed and blonde? [451]


Aha, blond people are not that common. It's a kind of stereotype. I am myself blond, but almost noone else in my family is.


I guess...

Genealogy / Are all Poles blue eyed and blonde? [451]


Ok ;) But it doesn't mean every Poles are blond and blue-eyed. There are some but not "all".

For my part, i am blond, with green/grey/blue eyes, but i'm the only blond of my family (i'm half French and half Polish). My sister has light brown hair though... ;)

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

Wikipedia articles (in French, English, German and Polish) show Poland as a Central Europe country.

But we often hear in the British press for example, Poles are Eastern Europeans, and sometimes, Central ones...

I think things will change with the time. Wait for a few more years, and everybody will say that Poland is in Central Europe...

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]


I saw articles mentionning North Central too...

And even Northern Europe in its extended meaning

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  The light blue part...
  
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  A Dutch map of Northern Europe in 1601...
  

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]


Don't agree, for me Poland is Central Europe...


Don't want to "defend" Russia, but the extrem West side belongs to Europe by definition...

Polonia / Poles in Norway? Polish community in Oslo. [43]

I'm not in Norway (unfortunately, it's a beautiful country), but i heard that there are a lot of Poles since a few years. Maybe i can find an article about Polish community in Norway...

Estimation : 120,000 Poles living and working in Norway

aftenposten.no/english/local/article1445513.ece

Polonia / Poles in Norway? Polish community in Oslo. [43]

You're welcome ;)


Don't know, i can look for something but i guess the better you can do is contact the Polish embassy, they would inform you better than i do... ;)

And if you have learnt the article, you will see that the best place to see Poles is at a Catholic Church on Sunday ;P LoL

I gotta go now, but i found that ForumNorwegia, take a look, it may be interesting ;)
forumnorwegia.net/index.php

See ya, and good luck.

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]


The center of Europe is said to be in the area of Krakow ;)

But apart from the geography, the Poles have more a Western "mind"...actually it's a mix, for me...But i think that Western Poland is more westernized than the Eastern part.

Language / Polish slang phrases - most popular. [606]


"You are not stupid, you are crazy" ;)

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]


What do you mean by "tougher" ?...


Do you remember the US troops coming...for me, THEY saved Europe along with English, and some French, Poles, etc. more than the Russians.

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]


Hmm...didn't help the Poles a lot anyway...more cowards than saviours for Poland, but i must say they helped in the final victory (after having helped Germany...)...


Are you sure about the averages ? How the average life expectancy can be higher than those of men and women...?

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]


Falling ?? I don't think so...I remember than ten years ago, men life expenctancy was 69 (if i remember well), now it's more than 71...


...

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

Apparently ;)

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]


You should know that Poland is not an Eastern European country... LoL (the subject of this topic...)


What are you talking about ??! My grandma lived until the age of 79, a few months before being 80, and i have a great aunt who is 82 or more... ;)

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]


Thanks polishgirltx ;)

Polonia / Poles in Norway? Polish community in Oslo. [43]

Probably ;)

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

So let's say that the Western part of Poland is in Central Europe...but for me, the whole country is Central European.

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]


Yes, i guess.


So he's wrong, hehe ;)

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

True ;) Just to know everybody's opinions...

Language / I want to learn Polish. Where to start? [180]

About German and French, they are not easy languages. French is known for being difficult, and particularly the grammar. As osiol said, when we speak English, the vocabulary of French (and German) is not that complicated as a lot of the today English language comes from French and Latin ;)


And i can give examples of English words that come from French :

-Grammar : Grammaire
-Vocabulary : Vocabulaire
-Language : Langue, Langage
-Difficult : Difficile
-Complicated : Compliqué
etc.

Language / I want to learn Polish. Where to start? [180]


Yes, many nobles used to talk in French throughout Europe...

And actually, most of the French that came to English went via Norman language, i think...mix of Norse and French...


Nice one ;)

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]


I like your way of thinking :)


Are you kidding ? You're good ;)

Love / Polish Girls vs Russian Girls [813]


Minsk ?...capital city of Belarus ?...

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

No, Central. It's said that the center of Europe is in the Cracow area.
Eastern countries write more with the Cyrillic alphabet, while the Western (and Central) all write in the Latin alphabet.

;)

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]


I consider Greece as a Southern country.


Maybe, but in geographical terms, there is a difference between East and West, North and South...

:)