History / How do Poles feel about 10th anniversary of 9/11 [40]


This ^^^

There are probably fewer than 600 people in the world with my surname, yet someone with that surname died in the Twin Towers. It's unlikely, but it's certainly possible (due to the rarity of our name) that we could even have been distant relatives. That really brought it home to us, and made it even more personal than hearing that (tq Wroclaw) six Polish nationals died in the disaster.

UK, Ireland / Any Polish looking for work in Birmingham UK? [17]

This thread is nearly a year old, guys... lol.

However, considering what Birmingham is like, I wonder if this was an advert for "jobs which blacks and Asians won't do"? lol

Food / POLISH RECIPES! [287]


Whenever I see this, I think it looks like a Polish name, lol

UK, Ireland / Any Polish looking for work in Birmingham UK? [17]

Ouch :)

Cruel, but fair. ;)

Another job which Birmingham (and Bradford) Asians won't do: Motor Insurance Enforcement Officer. lol

Love / Help - evil Polish girl after my partner. [39]


^^^^
This.

OP: There are legal issues here, yet you're posting details (and your location/occupation) on a public forum?? Either get real, or stop trolling.

Food / POLISH RECIPES! [287]


My point exactly, lol.

Polish shops near me never seem to have this soup; fortunately, there are plenty of shops locally which do :)

Travel / Any Hooters in Poland? [28]

Polish music means one thing: Decapitated FTW!

Work / Most Attractive Maid? Is a picture required with some job applications in Poland? [8]

I bet that Asik's well fit but she's not a mod haha

Life / Poland: worst teeth in the world? [98]

If you believed the cr*p you read on here, you would think Britain has the worst teeth - well, that's what they keep telling us on here, anyway!

News / 4th Polish Republic may re-emerge [244]

Poland no-respect: No respect Poland

Food / POLISH RECIPES! [287]


It's not a coleslaw thread though, lol.


It's the Jewish version of a Polish soup, zupa szczawiowa.

I live within a few minutes walk of half a dozen Polish businesses, and twice as many Jewish stores. For some reason, certain Polish foods aren't that easily available in the Polish shops (I'm sure that some of them are just a front for some "other" kind of business hehe, since when did Poles just live on packet soups and cakes anyway? lol) so I get the rest of my "Polish" food from the Jewish stores. It's not as good as my mum used to make, but it will do; it's not something I eat every week anyway.

I make most of my own food, but a few Polish dishes aren't worth the effort, as the ready-made or packet version can be as good, and sometimes just as cheap. This is one of them ;)


Indeed. I use a packet version for my placki/latkes; as you say, it's less work. The best brands also have a flavour which is very close to the real thing. I would never buy "instant" English food, but for some reason, Polish/Jewish packet foods have really nice flavours. Telma Krupnik is better than my mum's! lol

Life / Poland: worst teeth in the world? [98]


Spot on. It's the same over here, to a degree - walk around somewhere like Richmond or Chelsea and you won't see many people with bad teeth, then go to some chavvy former mill town and it's full of people with no/bad teeth. Less money, plain and simple. Even NHS dental work costs a fortune these days. I would prefer to have decent teeth than a crateful of beer and a pocketful of soapbar, but each to their own ;)

Though the point about Poland does ring true to some extent. It reminds me of something my (Polish) mum once said - "the reason Polish women never smile is because they're hiding their bad teeth" lol. Cruel, but to some extent, fair. However, my former Polish-born partner had perfect teeth, so it's definitely not everyone. :)

Work / How is the living standard in Poznan? Does 5200 PLN enough for a decent living? [32]



It doesn't bother us. It's more that we find it rather worrying that someone can graduate from an English university, yet make more than ten mistakes in a post as short as your first one.

In response to your question: it's more than the UK minimum wage, yet many people in Poland earn half of that. You'll be better off than you would have been while working in a shop in the UK.

Work / How is the living standard in Poznan? Does 5200 PLN enough for a decent living? [32]


I'm not an English teacher, or any kind of teacher for that matter. But I was always near the top of the class in English, and I'm from a multilingual, non-British family. I wouldn't claim to have perfect English, though.

You clearly haven't been in Warsaw for very long if you don't realise that Poles are notorious for correcting even the slightest grammatical mistakes!

Some of us were educated before the "liberal" dumbing-down of UK education took place, so it's hardly surprising that we pick up on these errors. I left school at 16, went to college not university (well, not until much later anyway) yet a *graduate* has poorer English than I have - especially as the media keeps telling us that people like me (from families where English is not the first language) are held back in education, and particularly in English!

It's not "internet talk" - many of the posters here use internet language, yet their posts still make sense. If it was someone who admitted that they came from an Asian village I wouldn't have commented on their English (mistakes would be expected), but someone who claims to have graduated from a UK university??


They do, but she must want to live in Poland for some bizarre reason. Each to their own though! lol

Life / Poland: worst teeth in the world? [98]


It's not necessarily better here. I've never had any problem finding a good doctor, but dentists??? OMG, thay are like gold dust, and paying privately doesn't even guarantee better treatment.

I used to have the same dentist (NHS) for 15 years, but then I moved, and my most recent dentist was doing more harm than good - constant excuses about why they can only put temporary fillings in, saying there's "nothing wrong" when I've been in pain for months, instead of doing the job right. I think the problem is that they have too few paying patients, as most of the people attending the practice seem to be on benefits, so it costs them too much to do the job right. I've found another practice (recommended by someone), but I suspect that it will cost me a lot to put the damage right. I'm considering legal action if my new dentist finds evidence of negligence. I've had my teeth damaged by a poor dentist in the past, and it took the good dentist mentioned above nearly 10 years to fix the problems - I'm not going through that again, this time I'm doing something about it if I'm advised to do so. Working NHS patients pay 80% of the actual cost, and many things have to be done privately, so I'm entitled to expect value for money, especially as most of the people who go there seem to get the same treatment for free.


Wrong. Bad dentists can do a lot of damage to otherwise reasonable healthy teeth and gums. See my post above. The initial problem (20 years ago) was caused by a dentist who refused to treat an infection - I had to go to hospital to get the infection treated, and suffered years of problems as a result.

UK, Ireland / We live in the UK; my husband is not legal in England [47]

I'm no Russell Grant, but I can confidently predict that you're not exactly going to have a long and popular stay on PF. I must be psychic... :p

Life / Poland: worst teeth in the world? [98]


Does "without painkillers" mean "without anaesthesia"? My mum says that used to be an option back in the day, to save money, but these days??


Surely you must have read the lame "Polish women are <fill in stereotype here> " threads? At least you can learn something new on this one ;)

UK, Ireland / We live in the UK; my husband is not legal in England [47]


My dad "invaded" this country long before that, and he was always legal, frajerze.

Travel / Cheapest eating places in Warsaw? [27]

We have "pie & mash" shops in London, which are similar in many ways, but with a somewhat limited menu (pie, mash, eels, and not a lot else really lol), but they serve their purpose. Cheaper than McDonald's or KFC and a lot more filling.

Work / Advice on Teaching English in Poland [709]


I'm not going to judge your English, but...


If your English is really so minimal, how do you know what an "uneducated English accent" is?

If you've lived in Poland all your life, and your English is (as you admit yourself) "minimal", there's no way that you could tell the difference between an "underclass/council estate" accent, and a standard "local accent". Having a local accent doesn't make you uneducated; it's more to do with the amount and type of slang/dialect used, and how poor the grammar is.

Or do you really mean that the teacher dressed like a "wieśniak" or "dresiarstwo", and that makes him "sound uneducated"?

Travel / Cheapest eating places in Warsaw? [27]

Much better than that American rubbish, certainly :) Whenever I'm in Shepherd's Bush I just have to go to Cooke's :)

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

You can **** off noimmigration, we're a Central European people, not East European; stop believing what you read in The Sun.

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


Born in England to Polish parents.

I believe that the term used on here for people like me is "Plastic Pole", but anyone who says that to my face will "dostanie w mordę" lol ;)

Life / Articles of Jamie Stokes concerning an ex-pats life in Poland [10]


:)

He forgot about the distant cousin, Fritz - he generally preferred to live away from the rest of the family, but occasionally decided to impose upon the Lech family home, but was forcibly expelled eventually ;) However, he was well-liked, as he invented the motor car, and this led the Lech family to invent Polish car crime :)


Plenty of hyperbole in writing over here. You should read some of those old "Boy's Own"- era rugby stories, where each scrum is not just a set-piece, but a miniature re-enactment of the battles of Omdurnan or Spioenkop, and each "drop-goal" is not just a winning kick, but a bouncing bomb flying down the Ruhr.

Mind you, Welsh rugby stories were even better - mixing sex, rugby and mining. All that "... and as Gareth clings to the ball like he holds Myfanwy's heaving bosom behind the Welfare, and dives to score the winning try to a roar which resembles so many roof-falls at the coal face" stuff. haha

Work / How is the living standard in Poznan? Does 5200 PLN enough for a decent living? [32]


Well, I suppose if she doesn't get enough, she can always dress up like some blachara and get a part in some dodgy local hip-hop video or something lol

Travel / Cheapest eating places in Warsaw? [27]


He lives in one of those "gated communities" by the river :D

I know, I laugh as well :)

Travel / Cheapest eating places in Warsaw? [27]


Aww, bless.

You'll learn, eventually ;)

Genealogy / Polish looks? [1462]


Oh come on... you already know the answer to that one :)

Travel / Is panhandling a common sight in Poland? [24]


Closer to $8.00 a gallon here (£1.33 a litre) :(

Life / Poland: worst teeth in the world? [98]


Typical Polish blame culture! lol