Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]

Oh for goodness sake guys. I can see this arguement will never end.
I've never known that word to be used in a racist context. (I don't think such a word is racist in itself).
I'm not quite sure why some non-native speakers are desperate to convince the forum that that word is racist, it seems a little bit strange.

If anyone new to forum is reading this, then listen to the native-speakers of Polish. ;)
The foreigners have got this one wrong (but are too stubborn and too egocentric to ever admit it) ;)

News / Priest from Poland claims Lego is "a tool of Satan" [35]

Priest from Poland claims Lego is "a tool of Satan"
Random poster claims that paedophile priests are a "tool of satan"...

Life / Is it common for Polish people to speak English in Poland? [122]


What do you mean by "supposed"?
How many Americans have you personally met that can speak a foreign language fluently? And how many Europeans have you met that meet the same criteria?

Life / Is it common for Polish people to speak English in Poland? [122]

Ok I won't paraphrase you; I'll quote you...





I actually that many Poles can speak English quite well. At a guess I'd say that I've spent more time in Poland than you and have met and spoken to more Poles than you.

However, if you honestly believe that very few Poles can actually speak English then that's your opinion. Have you even asked yourself why Poles tried to communicate with you in English and refused to speak in Polish? Maybe it was because they couldn't understand your Polish... ;)

Life / Is it common for Polish people to speak English in Poland? [122]



I think Wlodz is trying to convince us that Poles speak English like they're characters from 'Allo 'Allo.
Wouldn't be so bad, but he's also professing to speaking Polish so perfectly :D :D

youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cOhsHRLX7fw

Life / Do Poles have a problem understanding American English? [76]



Sorry dude but Paulina is right.
You do make plenty of basic mistakes in Polish grammar, I know because I make them too ;)
Before you start criticising Poles' approach and ability to speak English properly you should remember how few non-Poles can speak Polish correctly (that includes you).

I'd agree with the opinion that most Poles are very modest and even critical about their own ability to speak and understand English.
I really don't know what type of Poles you're meeting on a daily basis, but from my own experience in the UK and in Poland I'd say that your experiences aren't very representative of Polish people at all.

I'm not sure why you cannot accept this. Are you just here to troll and belittle others?

UK, Ireland / Why can't unemployed Polish people on benefits just leave UK and go home please? [240]


No, it's because they work here.


I assume you're talking about this generation of unemployed British chavs and UKIP voters...


Sound like he's your hero...

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2667]




More right-wing drivel...

Poland doesn't want to experience all the Sandy Hook, Columbine and Virginia Tech massacres that are so prevalent in US.

Keep your guns and your brainwashed right-wing BS out of Poland.

Polish partisans would have loved to have more guns during the years 1939-1945.[/quote]
poland would have loved not to be invaded simutaneously by two superpowers. Fortunately, it's not the 1930's and times have changed.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2667]


Plenty of stats have been posted on the US gun-nut thread; try looking there.

Here's an article for you to look at:

U.S. Has More Guns - And Gun Deaths - Than Any Other Country, Study Finds

The United States has more guns and gun deaths than any other developed country in the world, researchers found.
A study by two New York City cardiologists found that the U.S. has 88 guns per 100 people and 10 gun-related deaths per 100,000 people - more than any of the other 27 developed countries they studied.

Japan, on the other hand, had only .6 guns per 100 people and .06 gun-related deaths per 100,000 people, making it the country with both the fewest guns per capita and the fewest gun-related deaths.

They concluded that more guns do not make people safer.

David Hemenway, a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health who specializes in injury research and is considered one of the top gun violence researchers in the country, said the there's "no question" that the relationship between guns and gun deaths is real.

"It shouldn't be really a surprise to people," Hemenway said.

abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2013/09/19/u-s-has-more-guns- and-gun-deaths-than-any-other-country-study-finds

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2667]


Poland has a national army and is a member of NATO, so that arguement is out.
They also don't have a serious gun problem with dozens of nut-jobs murdering children and teachers every year.
I don't think any sane person would want to change the gun laws to make the country less safe.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2667]

Poland currently does not have a gun problem - if it ain't broke, why 'fix' it?
If Poles want to live in a country with 10,000 gun-related homicides a year, they can just move to the States...

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Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2667]



I've seen this dialogue somewhere before...

youtu.be/0uOY6x_K8Ms

For those who don't know much about James (or his brother Terry), you can do a little research here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing

Travel / Places open in Poland on national holidays [23]

Dany,

1) go to a 24-hour petrol station.
2) Buy food.
3) Smacznego :P

or
4) Try to get an invite to an acquaintance's Vigilia supper :D

or 5) book a ticket back to Syria for Christmas - pretty darn quick :D

Travel / Places open in Poland on national holidays [23]

yh, buy yourself a mars bar and a packet of crisps :P

You should be able to buy beer and fags too :) Merry Chrsitmas :P

Travel / Places open in Poland on national holidays [23]

oh Dany boy :D

Seriously mate, you must have realised that shops do occasionally close early for Christmas?

You might have some luck with 24hr garages.... other than that.... i think you're screwed :P

Life / Lack of human rights in Poland? [132]


This is not the first time this week that you've displayed your xenophobia against Poles.


I have to agree with Paulina on this one. You should try listening to her and not just countering her opinions.
You always try to win the arguement don't you? It doesn't matter whether you're right or wrong, does it?
If 'football fans' are carrying weapons it's usually because they intend to use them.
I don't see a problem with pro-active policing in this case (although I am aware what Paulina has said about the arrests occuring after the Police being attacked).

UK, Ireland / Why can't unemployed Polish people on benefits just leave UK and go home please? [240]


What utter nonsense. We just work and and interact with different types of people.


Again, my point is this: Why should these people have the right to live in the UK but not our European brothers and sisters, who are better educated and work harder?

I'm sure you wouldn't be happy if you received the same ignorant xenophobic abuse as an immigrant that some posters here say about Poles in the UK.

UK, Ireland / Why can't unemployed Polish people on benefits just leave UK and go home please? [240]


Nope. I'd say the samer about Germans, Japanese, Czechs, Hungarians etc etc....


Losing one's ability to work and choosing to defraud the welfare state are two very different things.
As a foreigner and an immigrant I would have expected you to be a little bit more intelligent and tolerant on the topic of immigration...


Wrong again buddy. As I said before:

UK, Ireland / Why can't unemployed Polish people on benefits just leave UK and go home please? [240]

Read my previous comment:


Freedom of movement and labour is one of the fundamental principles behind the EU. And it's a blessing - it's allowed many of us to travel, work and live freely in continental Europe :)

UK, Ireland / Why can't unemployed Polish people on benefits just leave UK and go home please? [240]


Nope. Clearly we must just have different social circles and different experiences. That or one of us is a little bit xenophobic and trying to slag off Poles....


The UK does not 'import foreigners'! Neither Blair, Brown nor Cameron went on amazon or ebay and purchased 'foreigners' to be shipped to the UK.

Deadwood will always be deadwood, benefits or not.
Wouldn't you agree that it'd be better to welcomeour European brothers and sisters into the country and export all the scum to.... well, to anywhere that will take them?

UK, Ireland / Why can't unemployed Polish people on benefits just leave UK and go home please? [240]


That was my point!

That's exactly what the uneducated and the underclass here say about 'immigrants' in the UK.
Do you understand now?

UK, Ireland / Why can't unemployed Polish people on benefits just leave UK and go home please? [240]


Yes.


I don't know. Maybe they think lazy uneducated foreigners like yourself should go back to your own country.
I mean after all, you don't even make an attempt to learn their language or conform to all their customs and traditions, do you? ;)

UK, Ireland / Why can't unemployed Polish people on benefits just leave UK and go home please? [240]


Wrong. It's the truth. You only need to live and work in the UK to see that.


It's about the same. The govt fiddle the figures to make unemployment seem lower than it actually is.
For example, I see many scum who aren't 'unemployed'; they receive 'incapacity benefit'. This is due to being incapable of getting off their asses, and finding a job.

Thanks to 'incapacity benefit' many lazy Brits can sit at home, smoke weed, drink Special Brew, contribute nothing to society - and they're not even considered 'unemployed' - fantastic!!!

There is an underclass in the UK who make no attempt to be part of society and have no intention of working - this is the biggest problem in the UK.

Life / Polish people are the most ignorant people in the world! [331]

Isn't it obvious?
Because Wales doesn't have any 'fit' girls and McDonald's is cheaper in Poland.... :) :) :)

UK, Ireland / Why can't unemployed Polish people on benefits just leave UK and go home please? [240]

The fact is that many British chavs abuse the system - they dwell in the UK with no language skills, they can't or won' find employment and stay on benefits, live in council houses some working on the black-market doing some odd jobs. Why won't they just get a job? Ort move to another country? Ah, they can't speak another language, can't support their families there, their children are uneducated and unpopular and can't learn or make friends (not like in the UK) and have normal life. They (the British chavs) are underdogs in the UK with no aspirations and no future.

If the thread is about unemployement and about pople living off benefits then the OPseriously needs to take a reality check. It's educated Poles and other central Europeans who keep our economy going, Hardworking individuals who usually speak two or more languages and work their asses off to provide for themselves and their families.

If it's about 'immigrants' - and I suspect it is - then the OP and all those who agree with him are nothing short of ignorant xenophobics who really should concentrate on improving their own lives and not worry about what other people are doing. After all it's the taxes from these 'immigrants' that are keeping millions of lazy Brits on the dole and in those lovely council flats :) :) :)

At the end of the day the free-market is and has never provided full employment, so people need to compete for jobs. Our brothers and sisters are very welcome in the UK. :) :)

UK, Ireland / How to make my Polish friend's dad like me [25]


Most of the ones that I've met are very hard-working and committed to their studies.


Maybe it's just the lazy ones who go to the Sates? Or maybe they're just copying their peers and one too many BigMacs and American TV has made more lazy? ;)


Are you male or female?

Off-Topic / A Nationalist's Day out [52]

A Nationalist's Day out



Sounds like a sausage-fest tbh... oh well, hope you had a great time ;)

Language / A little Polish grammar. Masculine, animate objects. [64]

Well there is an idiots version ofc:

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Language / A little Polish grammar. Masculine, animate objects. [64]


Does it look something like this:

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News / Poland to (temporarily) restore internal Schengen borders [15]


Poland is in Central Europe.
The UN, however, doesn't have a category for Central Europe. They categorise Europe into Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western regions only.


Erm, no.