Life / Polish vs British vs American - Clash of cultures [390]

And most importantly - why would humans even try to eat something that doesn't look like edible in the first place? ;)

Travel / Greatest Old Towns in Poland [60]


Yes, there is - however it's not what pawian was showing. In this case, "old town" refers to the eldest part, but not the representative one. Old town and main town are quite commonly mixed up. Does that make sense?

Food / What made in Poland produce would you recommend [110]

karol, it's Hungarian potato pancake if anything, not pie or cake as you suggested. Also, it hasn't got much to do with Hungary despite its name - it's only because of using goulash that is a traditional Hungarian dish, but the whole things itself originates from PL. It also goes by the name of gypsy-style pancake.

Travel / Greatest Old Towns in Poland [60]

pawian, sorry for being anal but as a citizen (well, ex-citizen for an undefined period of time) of Freie Stadt Danzig I'm forced to clarify that we dont have an Old Town. It's called the Main Town. Yes I know this is irrelevant, but...you know.

UK, Ireland / Living with Poles in London [16]

Somehow my reply got moved, but just to repeat - you show them, oxen! Those filthy immigrants... They take your jobs, they take your women, they take your men - it's a long-term plan, you know? You'll wake up one day and find that 90% of UK's population is Polish. And nobody was listening to you before it happened and it will be too late...

Life / Polish vs British vs American - Clash of cultures [390]


It was actually - 30 pages or so? Can't remember.

Life / Polish vs British vs American - Clash of cultures [390]


Have they downsized then? I read one years ago and it was A5 format.

Genealogy / Polish looks? [1462]


Oh dear.

Genealogy / Polish looks? [1462]

I'm also Polish, so yes, I can confirm the tail part, but my family didn't eat lots of cabbage and gherkins, therefore my skin is not properly green :( But you know, be cool and don't give out the secrets, k? Not everyone has to know that we are invading indeed, in more ways they imagined. Polish women will seduce, lie and cheat in order to get more men, get up the duff, populate the land with half-Polish babies (so we can then have the benefits!) while Polish men are going to fertilise local women and that's how we're going to take over. Beware.

Life / Polish vs British vs American - Clash of cultures [390]

Good stuff then! I'm looking forward to read it myself, too.

Genealogy / Polish looks? [1462]

...I'd also like to throw in - I'm sure it was said lots of times before - that Poland is not Eastern Europe. It's Central. It used to be Eastern from a political point of view as part of the Eastern block, but not since 1989.

I also can't believe you actually are having a conversation about how Polish women walk and how is that different from others.

Life / Polish vs British vs American - Clash of cultures [390]

Regarding funny books, I just ordered Xenophobe's Guide to Poles for my husband - the whole series is hilarious and very accurate. Whole £0.01 + £2.80 shipping on Amazon.

I'm seconding pawian in an attempt to be explained what alexnye had on his mind posting his precious observations here.

UK, Ireland / Polish city that's moved to Britain [120]

This thread gets more and more awesome.

Life / Polish vs British vs American - Clash of cultures [390]


I didn't mean that in a sexist way. I meant that certain symptoms can't be experienced by men, therefore they can't properly relate. I didn't say anything about male doctors being less educated.


Eh? What are you on about? I never expressed any opinion of this sort, I simply compared those two and said what the culture is. UK is a pub culture. PL is not. No judgment on either.

Genealogy / Polish looks? [1462]

zetigrek, no they don't - there's no mustache! How could you not notice that?!

Genealogy / Polish looks? [1462]


Dude, my ex-father-in-law asked me if he should bring his puffy winter jacket to Gdansk and whether we had pinguins. This was in late July.


Errr...wow. Just 'wow' regarding that and the previous post. You made my afternoon.

I'm not sure what went wrong with quoting and why this post looks weird, but nevermind.

Life / Polish vs British vs American - Clash of cultures [390]

Sorry, I never thought of taking photos :(

In general I think that a male gyneacologist is somewhat out of place due to one simple fact - men don't have vaginas and the rest of the funparts. I'm not ashamed of a male doctor of any sort, but I've heard a lot about blokes ignoring some health complaints . I don't think a male doctor can fully...erm...relate. But that's OT.

Another difference that I think was already mentioned here - the drinking culture. Brits go to pubs after work and there's nothing strange about that here. In Poland, there's no pub culture and there's no need for a "local". Also, a man going out for a pint nearly every night would be considered a menel. I'm presuming majority is familiar with that word, let me know if not. Poles may be heavy drinkers, but they drink mostly on Friday/Saturday nights and at special occassions, social gatherings and the boozing is stretched over time, there's food, dancing, talking etc. Brits drink for the sole purpose of getting drunk.

Of course any students of any nation will drink like there's no tomorrow.

Life / Polish vs British vs American - Clash of cultures [390]


Exactly. Which also can progress very quickly and leave us, poor females, with lovely little cancer. Srsly.
I'm taking the patriarchal vagina control as a joke of course.


Of course - but while seeing a health professional privately is affordable in PL, it's ridiculously expensive in UK.

Life / Polish vs British vs American - Clash of cultures [390]


Yeah... At least once every six months. Like someone here said, it can save a lot of hassle and prevents sh*t hitting the fan. A lot can happen in 3 years!

Life / Polish vs British vs American - Clash of cultures [390]

Oooh the gynaecologist! I've been living in the UK for over 6 years and the fact that one can't just go to have their chickparts checked was a shocker. I still don't feel comfortable with it and I probably never will - expecially that a smear test is done only once every 3 years as opposed to once a year, or twice even in some cases in PL.

Call me naive, but only recently I started noticing cultural differences I struggle with. To my excuse, those past 6 years have beena bit of a rollercoaster for me and 2 of them I can't remember due to depression, but hey... It's better late than never!

I'm new btw. Be gentle.