UK, Ireland / Why English do not like Polish? [417]

Im467, you're funny. You could have written that about any immigrant group. Just change the wording around, eg Afro-Carribean, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi etc etc and you have yourself a template to have a go at anyone. Poles aren't perfect but we're no worse than any other groups that have settled in the UK in the last 60-70 years.

Off-Topic / I am Polish and I am offended. [52]

I am fairly new to this forum but I do not see what is wrong with defending Poland's reputation against those who wish to denegrate it. Even the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs takes the issue seriously as this statement clearly shows. msz.gov.pl/The,New,York,Times,corrected,statement,about,the,rise,of,Nazism,in,Poland,51314.html

Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [512]

If your father was Polish surely that means you're also Polish. My father also settled here after WW2 but I consider myself Polish as do several of my friends who also have Polish parents but were born here.

Love / Do Polish people like Scottish people (friendship or relationship with a Scot)? [56]

I never said I was impartial ;D

Love / Do Polish people like Scottish people (friendship or relationship with a Scot)? [56]

Believe what you want. Being half Scottish I think I have a better understanding of Scottish history than most people outside Scotland. Whilst the Braveheart film was very much Hollywood script it was based around historical events, even though they were inaccurately portrayed.

Love / Do Polish people like Scottish people (friendship or relationship with a Scot)? [56]


Being oppressed and exploited by larger and more powerful neighbours, we like a drink or several ;) and our football teams always flatter to deceive.

Love / Do Polish people like Scottish people (friendship or relationship with a Scot)? [56]

My mother is Scottish, does that answer your question?

History / Which countries are Polands friends, which are Polands enemies? [75]


What bits were those? Anything left in good working ordered was often stripped out and packed off to Russia.


Just because you choose not to believe the truth doesn't mean I'm lying. If you care to do some research you'll find easily enough what I have written in my post is true.

History / Which countries are Polands friends, which are Polands enemies? [75]

The fact that their friends in the Red Army had destroyed what the the Nazis hadn't meant that the country was still going under massive reconstruction well into the 60s and early 70s so it's no wonder there was plenty of work around.

History / Which countries are Polands friends, which are Polands enemies? [75]


It is not complete bollocks. After the war the British government did everything it possibly could to persuade Poles to return back to Poland but with the Communists murdering senior members of the AK and also leading figures from the Polish government-in-exile people were reluctant to go back. Many did go back and many of them were arrested, persecuted and intimidated by the Communists that they left again. Those who stayed in Britain ended up being forced to live in "displaced persons camps" many of which used to be prisoner-of-war camps; the Poles who used to guard the prisoners became the inmates themselves. Eventually, after the passing of the Polish Resettlement Act of 1947 over 200,000 settled in the UK but in the next few years 50-70,000 left the UK for Canada, Australia and the USA.

Even though there was a labour shortage and virtually full employment in the years following the end of WW2, British trade unions objected to employers taking on Polish workers with the TUC being at the forefront of an anti Polish campaign, many Poles would face daily abuse in the workplace and there was prejudice displayed towards Poles when seeking housing with signs in windows saying "No Irish, blacks or Poles" not uncommon.

Work / Turkish bachelor student wants to study and live in Poland [22]

You'll need an English course. There are several grammtical and spelling mistakes in your post but you do have a reasonably high standard of English :)

Language / Is the term 'Polak' derogatory?? [254]

Pollock is a fish en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollock

History / Poland did reasonably well in land terms out of the postwar settlement [270]


That's a new one on me. Where did you dream up this fantasy?

Life / Polish history as a school subject in western Europe [24]

I was born and raised in England and all I was taught in school about Poland was how "easily" we were invaded at the start of WW2 and how we all became communists after the war.

Language / Wesołego Alleluja or Wesołych Świąt? [30]

I was born and brought up in the UK and I have always used the phrase for both feasts.

Travel / Polish Road Tax ViaToll , a legal rip off before Euro 2012 ? [26]

Why criticise the country? Why not criticise the decision made by the individual police officer? Maybe the police officer behaved beyond his powers, maybe he didn't. Who knows?

Food / Polish cuisine for Euro 2012 - poll results [9]

I am surprised you didn't have flaki on the list :D