Language / "Poles" or "Polish people" - which is better to use? [200]

The term "Pole" is derogatory to me and many other Polish people I know but it is not meant to offend or belittle anyone because westerners use a lot of colloquial terms in every day life as well as in some formal media outlets. In Britain, for instance, even in the media the British tend to, sometimes, refer to themselves as "Brits". So in British culture to say "Pole" is not meant to offend a Polish person. In general, westerners use abbreviations and informal terms much more often than Polish people and they use them in formal settings to a some extent as well, whereas Polish people almost never do that in similar circumstances.

I personally prefer to hear "Polish people" rather than "Poles" though - it sounds more respectful and proper to me.

Language / "Poles" or "Polish people" - which is better to use? [200]


I am not interested in how other nationalities feel about their nationality being verbally abbreviated in this way, I am referring to how Polish people and I, as a Polish person myself, may find such word offensive even if it was not intended to offend.

Life / What do Polish people think of the Asia and Middle East? [86]

Most Polish are not racist, the great majority is not, we are one of the friendliest and most tolerant nations there are on the planet as far as treatment of other nationalities is concerned. There are not many nations like our one when it comes to tolerance and hospitality towards a stranger. However, Asians are not the friendliest or most helpful of people. They are more loyal to each other than us Polish people, they are helpful to one another but not to other nationalities nor are they tolerant or hospitable to others, at least not the way Polish people are. I have met many Asians throughout my life and this is the reoccurring issue - lack of consideration for other nations.

Life / Famous Polish people (that we have actually heard of) [231]


Chopin was not half French, his dad was French which only means he had a French background. His mum was Polish, she even converted to Catholicism, she was a Polish Jew but she felt as none other than Polish. Chopin was Polish. My only disappointment with him was that he never dedicated a one composition to Poland or anything Polish. However, he was Polish.

Copernicus was also Polish, he was born to Polish dad and German mum, which only means he had a mixed ethnic background. He was born in territories belonging temporarily to Germany where Polish community believed it was still Poland under German siege (the city of Torun) - Polish never truly gave it up and Copernicus considered himself Polish.

Polanski was born in France but as a three year old moved to Poland. His ethnicity is a strange one, he never said that he is Polish, Jews consider him to be Jewish and many Polish think so too, he also appears to be more interested in France. He does not show any affiliation with Poland other than some film or business related activities. I consider him to be Jewish with French affiliation.

So Grzechu, you are right only in the last instance, for, two out of three are Polish, one is a Jew.

Real Estate / Can foreigners buy land, house, or apartment in Poland? [60]


Yes, you are welcome if you are Slavic, for, I think this way you will blend in easier than non-Slavs. I welcome all Slavs to Poland. This is better than grimacing German or American investors who only want to change our infrastructure to suit their western needs, no thanks.

Genealogy / What are common Polish character traits? [425]


If you follow Polish culture, indulge in it and if you go to sleep at the end of the day thinking of yourself as Polish and wishing Poland well and if you place Poland and Polish interests as first above those of other nations or ethnic groups then you are Polish and nobody else, full stop.


Like I said before, you do not understand Polish character, customer service is sometimes good other times hopeless to rude, this because we bring our true selves to the workforce and no work is pleasant, the customer is a pest, and this is true sometimes as well, a customer is a pest half the time. The current face of customer service is a remnant from communism where boss was absent and people took serving more lightly, worried about low pay who would bother about some customer? In capitalist countries the pay for customer service is low as well, it is even more unpleasant than in Poland (e.g. one is not allowed to even sit on a chair when serving) but in some places the boss strictly requires a false positive facade (smile,chat up the customer, be polite) so the customer comes back and buys goods again = money goes to the pocket of the boss/owner. So in western countries the customer service is falsely pleasant, pleasantness is there so that customer feels welcome and buys goods again and again instead of going to the competition. However, in cases where competition is scarce you see the full face of western hospitality in business, people are rude, and in some countries it does not matter whether competition is great or small, customer service there is just plain arrogant (I experienced the most horrible customer service not in Poland but in Holland, Belgium, Germany, Italy and few other countries). Also, I may add that if Polish appear less smiling it is not a bad customer service, you don't have to be falsely enthusiastic to be a good customer service person, I enjoy our true Polish customer service, for, we do not show fake emotions like westerners while serving.

Also, you are mixing business hospitality wit social hospitality, there is a difference. You just don't understand Polish people.

News / Poland's PiS party members and crime [346]


You are funny, most politicians, if not all, are criminals. It is hilarious how you get all rattled by some nit picking in Polish politics while in Poland nobody cares about trivialities as such, it is a truly western phenomenon. We are concerned about more serious matters, as for corruption, it happens everywhere. Are you sure you live in Poland?

Feedback / Is it Polish forum or foreign forum? [159]

What do you mean? I'm too stupid for your clever comment, so please, elaborate on it.

Feedback / Is it Polish forum or foreign forum? [159]

You see, again and again as a foreigner you make the same mistake, Polish are not uniform in mind and attitude like many others in other countries are, we are very much versatile, more versatile than most, we are free, we sit at the table and have tens of opinions exchanged, this the characteristic of not just Polish people but in general Slavic people. In simple words: we are same in many ways but also comparatively to many nations we are much more versatile in thought, that is why our discussions are so passionate. The more I hang here the more I see who actually knows Polish people, who understands Poland and Polish soul and only few do, the real Polish, the clever ones and the ones who lived a long life in Poland, that know it, but you have no clue. It is a pity that most members on this forum are not Polish but live in Poland and those people never understood Poland.

I will not succumb to anybody here, that many people in my country are polite to foreigners is true but once in while comes a Polish person fed up with Poland being abused and that person is me, so I do not care that you don't like it, that it's impolite to you, I do not care about you. All I care about is my country and I will not let others pass derogatory comments about Poland without a response, time to show respect for my country.

Feedback / Is it Polish forum or foreign forum? [159]


I have an idea, let's exclude Polish people from Polish forum altogether! It is so weird that we are still here, we should let foreigners run forums about us and give them all the charge, which is actually happening. According to you there is no need for Polish people to visit Polish forum. Read this everyone and ponder American logic. This forum is run from headquarters in USA and so we have an American come here telling us Polish people that we are not needed here. What do Polish people say to this?


In my country the expression "Pole" is offensive and since you are on Polish not English or Jewish forum Harry (whichever of the two you are) then comply with Polish standards and do not use this term when I, a Polish person, am telling you no to or else I will lodge an official complaint, I do not want this derogatory term used on Polish forum, full stop.

Feedback / Is it Polish forum or foreign forum? [159]


In Poland we use term "murzyn" to denote someone of dark skin colour, it is a neutral term, we do not use the term "niger" or "black guy/man" often used in gentle, tolerant western countries such as USA or England. In English I tend to use term negroid which is describes the type of African people who meet certain phenotype criteria that mirror the commonly known "murzyn" in Poland or in tolerant and sophisticated West simply and offensively "the black person".

Now, let's get back on topic. In order for this forum to be Polish, it is Polish people who should be teaching foreigners things about Poland and one of the things is the etiquette, and that means no use of the term "Pole".

Feedback / Is it Polish forum or foreign forum? [159]


Negroid is the respectful term describing the actual type of African people from whom most Africans have evolved, but in your beloved West you disrespected Africans and twisted this term by using the offensive and disgusting term "nigger". Shame on you westerners, and don't let me start on your history of slavery of Negroid people served upon them by the tolerant and open minded West.

Feedback / Is it Polish forum or foreign forum? [159]


That is because Polish Forum is run mostly by foreigners who use this term themselves or by Polish who have no testicles to stand up for Polish people, this has to change and I want to see changes here, I think a lot of Polish would welcome some changes that will bring back respect towards all things Polish, I think many Polish will agree with me, your opinion, however, does not matter, you are arrogant foreigner, but Polish people read your comments and know about you already, be sure of that. We value our country and we value Polish pride, term "Pole" is offensive and any Polish who thinks otherwise is breaking Polish code of Polish pride.

Feedback / Is it Polish forum or foreign forum? [159]


Yes, (I already explained twice above as to why that is) but calling them "Black people" is offensive, so please do not use that term, because we in Poland don't and as a Polish I never felt comfortable with people using term "black people" to describe dark skinned individuals or Africans and your feeble attempt to appear as extra tolerant by using capital letter in "Black people" as opposed to" black people" is not only pathetic but also grammatically incorrect.

Feedback / Is it Polish forum or foreign forum? [159]


As good backside kissing Pole that self respecting Polish person would not be proud of you should quickly run around the forum and apologise for me to all the English speakers, go, you can still make it, they read veeery slowly. Spadaj czlowieku, bo jeszcze sie przejedziesz.

Feedback / Is it Polish forum or foreign forum? [159]


I hope Polish people are reading this.

Feedback / Is it Polish forum or foreign forum? [159]


Polonius is right in this regard, I will sign on it.

Feedback / Is it Polish forum or foreign forum? [159]


Firstly, he is not "black" but "murzyn" there is a difference, the term "murzyn" is more respectful as oppose to just calling someone "colour", it is demeaning but I can see that people of the great West can not get it and keep on offending Negroid people. We need to instill some respect into this forum and put an end to some of the more informal terms terms like "Pole" or "blackman" to describe a person are degrading and need to be eliminated.


The term skosnooki is derogatory and depicts Asian people as somehow having an eye disorder in the form of crossed eyes, suggesting that others (Europeans) have correct eyes. It is yet another western racist invention that has not died out and Poles like you are using it because of limited capacity to imagine the use of anything else.

Feedback / Is it Polish forum or foreign forum? [159]

On this forum foreigners have gone so far as to tell Polish people what is the right term to use to describe Polish person, and we learn today from foreigners that it is fine to use term "Pole", we also learn that from westernised Poles who do not see anything wrong with using this term. I ask Polish people, is this how we want to be referred as in the near future? Because I do not.

Feedback / Is it Polish forum or foreign forum? [159]


Negro or Negroid either is fine, by the way I don't know if you noticed but your dropped balls bounced away by now and when I was defending Polish culture, you were in the corner trying to balance and play nice, so now do not message me because I respect Polish people who show solidarity not cowards, spozniles sie kolego, teraz idz do kogos innego z zalem, zmiataj stad.

Genealogy / What are common Polish character traits? [425]


That is a manufactured lie by you, because this is the very trait that Polish people have less of than most of people I have encountered in other nations. not only that, when you talk to some foreigners they do not just not listen to you, they casually literary turn away and walk away and then act as nothing happened or they say "ops! I have to go" after few seconds and it happens a lot. They say we talk to much, that we are too passionate. I have never been invited by a foreigner into their home for dinner or weekend break away nor most other Polish and one Polish women living long time in England said - without me saying anything first - "Do not be mistaken, they are not good people" , she meant English. It means they must be really scummy. Maybe that is why Polish people do not answer back to you, it is possible, you dob on Polish people, you report on them and that way you lose their trust, however, I think you made most of it up, because the silent treatment is the very character trait of many foreign people and Polish are the total opposite. You either selected a few and are making now a big fuss about 3 Polish people you met and are generalising or you have made the case bigger than it really was.

Feedback / Is it Polish forum or foreign forum? [159]


Stay on the topic or leave!

Feedback / Is it Polish forum or foreign forum? [159]

Fruitful does not mean offensive to Polish people, also, Polish people should take charge in this forum and foreigners should read attentively and learn from us not the other way around, we should be the ones educating foreigners about Poland not foreigners telling us what, where and how it is in Poland and how it should be.

Feedback / Is it Polish forum or foreign forum? [159]

I read the comments and see how primitive most of you really are and it is a pain to see that such rubbish comes to my country. I will always take you on, you can use any tactic you want but you will never be rid of me. I will not let foreigners make mockery of out my country. What is most disgusting but not too surprising is that many Polish here are trying to hold on to that famous Polish hospitality and will kill a fellow Polish comrade just to avoid offending a foreigner. Now, when you go overseas the locals will almost never take foreigner's side, they will treat Polish person like rubbish and so Polish are treated like rubbish abroad by locals and in their own country by fellow Polish and by foreigners who are helped by sprzedawczyki - Polish traitors. Therefore, we need different Polish to stand up for Poland. This forum reflects our country's situation where our politicians are licking the bums of every western country there is and Polish people suffer as a result and it has been like that for centuries. the reason Poland still stands is because at times a strong Polish character who had enough gave a huge kick to the foreigner's smelly butt and then Poland rose again to fall soon after because unfortunately too many nice cowards compared to strong characters comprise our Polish society.

News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [870]

Tusk will not face tribunal for a long time, Kaczynski is seeking revenge and with all his power he can not even start the investigation, it's been five years already, Tusk is protected by foreign collaborators who are covering for him.

Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]


Normally you write stupid things but this time you are spot on, brilliant!

No, not quite, Eastern European women will not go for just anybody as long as they are from the West. Initially, there will be curiosity, some interest what it would be like with a westerner, the "better" European, so the ugly and stupid man from the West has a greater chance to become acquainted with a pretty, nice and educated Polish woman than her Polish counterpart because of the aura that surrounds westerners, an aura they manufactured themselves, this air of confidence a fake state of competence but it is only "make believe" - a fantasy. this fantasy is what Polish women indulge in but as all fantasies they do not last and so despite the initial interest and advantage the foreign man gains, it disappears quickly once the western "magic" is unraveled. So you may see western men score a lot of dates with Eastern Europeans women but the union does not last long.

Feedback / Is it Polish forum or foreign forum? [159]

I read the comments and see how primitive most of you really are and it is a pain to see that such rubbish comes to my country. I will always take you on, you can use any tactic you want but you will never be rid of me. I will not let foreigners make mockery of out my country. What is most disgusting but not too surprising is that many Polish here are trying to hold on to that famous Polish hospitality and will kill a fellow Polish comrade just to avoid offending a foreigner. Now, when you go overseas the locals will almost never take foreigner's side, they will treat Polish person like rubbish and so Polish are treated like rubbish abroad by locals and in their own country by fellow Polish and by foreigners who are helped by sprzedawczyki - Polish traitors. Therefore, we need different Polish to stand up for Poland. This forum reflects our country's situation where our politicians are licking the bums of every western country there is and Polish people suffer as a result and it has been like that for centuries. the reason Poland still stands is because at times a strong Polish character who had enough gave a huge kick to the foreigner's smelly butt and then Poland rose again to fall soon after because unfortunately too many nice cowards compared to strong characters comprise our Polish society.

Feedback / Why are threads deleted or send off topic list? [60]

Merged: Why was my thread about Novak Djokovic erased?

Why? And why was not provided an explanation?

Feedback / Is it Polish forum or foreign forum? [159]

Merged: Most Polish on this forum are kissing the backside of westerners

Have we no pride? We will stab our Polish neighbour or friend just to make an allegedly offended westerner happy. Polish solidarity forms only within scaffolds between rival Polish groups but as soon as a foreigner steps onto the scene Polish take foreigner's side no matter what. It is prudent and healthy not to be infatuated with your own nationality the way Jews, Germans, Americans or English are but we Polish go to the other extreme and we tend to distance ourselves form our Polish comrade as soon as he/she has a different opinion from or displays negative attitude towards a foreigner. if that was bad enough, we will even criticise negatively our Polish compatriot and give pad on the back to the foreigner at the same time. Why are we Polish such cowards that we will sell our own people just to please a stranger?