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Joined: 9 May 2007 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 11 Sep 2016
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Speaks Polish?: Trying hard (sometimes) to learn...
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Polson   
10 Nov 2007
History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

Well, so if a large chunk of Russia should be considered European, then in 'geographical terms,' Poland should lie in Western Europe, shouldn't she? I wonder where in Europe, in 'geographical terms,' you would locate e.g. Norway?

The Eastern 'border' of Europe is considered to be in the Ural location. So it's only a "tiny" part of Russia which is in Europe...

Poland is for me something like a "North-Central country" as i saw a few times...
Norway is a 'West-Northern' country ;)

I wonder why? You seem to think that Eastern European countries are those where the Cyrillic alphabet is being commonly used, don't you?

No Cyrillic alphabet in Greece, am I wrong ? So, in my opinion, Greece is a Southern country.

It seems that, after all, the term 'Eastern Europe' is a racial term.

Not really. What about Western, Northern or Southern Europe ? Nothing bad.
Polson   
11 Nov 2007
History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

Greek alphabet was the basis for Cyrilic, compare the two and you will see that they are very similiar

Yeah i know that ;) But they are different anyway, and Greek alphabet is Greek alphabet, not Cyrillic alph.
Polson   
18 Nov 2007
History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

throught out european history poland has always been closer to eastern europe but thats not something that should be considered bad is it.

Not true, Poland has always been a mix of Western and Eastern cultures.

what are you talking about, poland is in direct physical contact with lithuania, belarus, ukraine, and slovakia is to polands south and czech republic is to its right

No. The languages have links, that's true, even if Lithuanian is a Baltic language...but I don't think we can assimilate one to another. So Irish people are the same than Austrian people ??...

Considering your nickname, noimmigration, i understand your view. But Poland is a Central European country, and i don't care if it pleases you or not.

Peace. ;) LoL
Polson   
19 Nov 2007
History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

The polish look slavic

What does that mean ?...

they dont look nordic like myself

What do you look like ? (And you are British, not Skandi ?) I may look like more Skandi than you.

And you could point out a polish person because they will have a f*cked up haircut, bomber jacket and horribly cheap and nasty camo combat trousers

So you think that all the Poles look like the 2 you have seen one day ?? It's totally wrong. Have you ever been to Poland ? I don't think so. I go to Poland every year, and sometimes you can't tell if this guy is Polish or German for example. When you don't know what you're talking about, please sh*t up.

+ you seem a bit racist.

maybe thats why the nazis gassed so many poles until britain came and saved the day

Go f*ck yourself. If Britain survived, you can thank Polish pilots that saved your British sky and land where you are now sitting in on your fat a.s.s insulting your history, f*cking ignorant. How can you keep saying such crap ?
Polson   
19 Nov 2007
History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

Poland did very little as they were overun by germans in 1939.

Have you been to school ? Germany was not allowed to rearm. They did. They was not allowed to invade Austria and the Czech Rep., they did. They had to respect the Danzig corridor as it was said in the treaty. They didn't.

Poland, France and Great Britain had an alliance. The one who would be attacked, would receive help from its allies. Germany invaded the Czech Rep., and nobody moved. People was too afraid to have another big war.

Churchill said about France and Britain : "they chose disgrace rather than war. They are going to have both"

Poland did very little as they were overun by germans in 1939

Poland had no army at that time. They just recovered their independence, and just started to rebuild the country. But at least, Poland never collaborated, unlike France.

Germany was always adamant that they never expressed wishes to go to war with britain

Aha you're naive ! First they would invade all the continent. Then, when they would be strong enough, they would have invaded you as well.

Germany has an alliance with Russia. You know what happened, Germany attacked Russia.

And you think poland made a huge contribution due to the handful of polish pilots lmao yeah right

The Poles contributed to the victory more than you think. They fought along English, French, Americans...Polish pilots helped Britain. Polish soldiers fought in Holland, in Norway, in many places. You know what : Britain has the chance to be an island, cause it was not as easy for the Germans to invade the UK, as it was for Poland. Poland who was attacked by both Germany and Russia ! They fought bravely, they knew they would loose. Britain wasn't attacked by Scotland or Wales, am i mistaken ??

now britain, germanyand france is saving poland by giving handouts in the eu. Polands economy is increasing becuase of the handouts we give

If Britain, Germany and France have such good economies, it's thank to US money ! After the WW2, the USA helped Western Europe a lot, while Poland was behind the Iron Curtain.

Show some respect for those who fought and died. Do you think Britain saved Europe ? Are you this ignorant ?

It's amazing how dumb you are. It's very sad.

Nazis killed Poles as they killed Britains. Germans were not all nazis, and today has nothing to do with WW2.
What about slavery in the Commonwealth ? Britain used to kill slaves, today slaves descents are living with you, and there are no problem.
Polson   
20 Nov 2007
History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

Thats central europe, not eastern.

I agree§ I'm talking about nowadays, not about 5 centuries ago. And today Poland is a Central European country (in my opinion, in most of Poles opinions ;)
Polson   
20 Nov 2007
History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

As far as the almost non-existant Northern / Southern debate goes, I'd place it in Northern Europe (but maybe Central)

North-Central...or rather Central-North... ;)

As far as the Southern debate goes, there are lots of lovely women there

I must agree.
Polson   
24 Nov 2007
History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

you might not be able to for whatever reason [...] but these nationalities are pretty easy to diferentiate

What are the differences, at first sight ?
Polson   
24 Nov 2007
History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

understand that this is a generalisation but a favourite passtime of mine for years has been people watching and guessing nationalities...

Haha i see ;)
I know some Polish friends, you wouldn't be able to tell they are Polish. They could be German, French, English, etc. it'd be the same. ;)
Polson   
24 Nov 2007
History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

look at hair, hight, skin pigmentation... work your way from south to start with, the differences ar more noticable

Yes, i know there are differences between Meditteranean people and Icelanders for example. Hair and skin color, height, etc.
Do you want me to study the Darwin theory ;) LoL
Polson   
24 Nov 2007
History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

but can you see differences between italian and spanish...?

Everyone is different, i think it would be hard to tell...some are easy to differentiate, and some others are more difficult.

in your profile photo you look as tho you have blonde hair (black n white photo so hard to tell) - this isnt a hair colour i would automatically ascociate with france

Hehe ;) True i'm blond. So what country (countries) would you associate blond hair ? (i may know what you are going to answer...)
There are some blond people in France, but not many, i must say.
By the way, 1 French out of 3 have origins from another country...

:)
Polson   
24 Nov 2007
History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

lol - and everyone is equal but some of us are more equal than others ;-)

Haha ;)

what your origins are i wouldnt like to guess from a small black n white photo...

LoL, some friends say i am a Viking ;) But they are quite ignorant...i'm blond with green/blue/grey eyes (i know it's "special"), etc, those few criteria make them think i'm a Viking (the Vikings were not a people, they were sailors, conquerors, warriors, merchants, etc. LoL)

its not just physical features that set nationalities apart - the way they dress and conduct themselves also set them apart

So, the culture shows the difference, right ? ;) Cause Poles born abroad are quite similar to the "natives" ;)

have you not been in the city centre when its flooded with tourists mid summer and looked at people immediatly knowing they are not from france...?

Their language...English, Spanish, German, Polish, Italian, etc. LoL
Polson   
2 Dec 2007
Life / Poles - the Nation of Liars? [478]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA , polish people as free as westerners HAHAHAHAHAHA

Yes. Look behind you noimmigration to see if there's no MI6 agent pointing a gun at you ;)
Polson   
2 Dec 2007
Life / Which nations do Poles like the most / the least? [150]

It is situated in Rome, but it is governed independently as a sovereign state

I know ;) I just wanted to give the location :)

selfish bastards, cowards(in terms of XXth century military history), who got overrun by muslim migration and became a completly different country then they once were...

What ? Qu'est-ce que tu as contre la France, Ronek ?? ^^
Polson   
2 Dec 2007
Life / Which nations do Poles like the most / the least? [150]

Why is not Norway on the list?

Yeah, i was wondering too...as Norway never really attacked Poland (that may explain why Sweden is not in the list either, even if most of people do like Sweden...).

Norway was ruled by Sweden and Denmark before recovering its independace in 1905 (or around this time...), almost like Poland who was ruled by Germany, Prussia and so on and who became independent in 1918...

Today's relations between Poland and Norway are really good :)
And both cuisines use a lot potatoes...hehe
The reason may come from the last football game between Poland and Norway : 3-0 for Poland...but even in that case, Poles have no reason to dislike Norway (which i'm sure is untrue, Norway is a great country).

Okay so let's begin a PF list of favourite countries :) LoL
Polson   
2 Dec 2007
Life / Which nations do Poles like the most / the least? [150]

A list of the most unpopular countries may actually have some overlap

Hehe ;)

Japan :P

LoL, Japan may be nice to visit, but i wouldn't live and work there......i can't stand their way of life, and work...robots ^^ LoL
Polson   
2 Dec 2007
Life / Which nations do Poles like the most / the least? [150]

Svalbard (or is it Spitzbergen?)

Both are okay, and guess whose it is ?...Norway ;) Hehe

How northerly can you get?

I love North !!!! I could go their anytime you want ^^
Hmm...can i borrow you some money... :P

Poland - I'd be in trouble for not mentioning it

Hehe, yeah, that was a good idea ;)
Polson   
2 Dec 2007
Life / Which nations do Poles like the most / the least? [150]

I can see where you're coming from........................but they regard westerners...with distain...........................and the Chinese/Koreans as less than vermin.....

Hum...really ?...

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You should take your keyboard to a doctor quickly cause it seems it have some serious "dot repeating" disease ;)