Genealogy / Changing my name to a Polish one [35]


Wouldst thou to recommend... something modern and down with the kids? Chesswaf Myechcoughskee seems quite content with the name he's chosen. For most of us the only time we get to choose our own name is when we sign up to websites or try to evade the law.

News / Polish Mom claims daughter got pregnant from swimming in pool! [162]

The world's first chlorine-dodging sperm.

Off-Topic / PF - The Omnibus Edition [1502]


The same happened to me a couple of days ago. I don't have the money to join that elite club again. Should we form a veterans club?

Language / How to pronouce Szczygieł last name? [26]


Some people don't know how to pronounce their own names.
I'm Oslo.

Polonia / Poland and France cultures are similar [112]

I have seen very few Poles who look comfortable with a glass of wine.

Language / Polish or any Slavic language key to any other Slavic languages? [126]


You could compare language families to types of key. Imagine that the Germanic languages are Chub keys and Slavic languages are Yale keys. The Slavic Yale keys will fit into the other Yale locks, but won't turn very far. English is a Chubb key which has been worn into the shape of one of those funny round keys often used for patio doors, the name of which temporarily escapes me. A small number of features of both of these other types of key can be found to varying degrees in the various Yale keys, but they still won't actually fit into any other locks than the ones for which they were designed.

Language / Polish or any Slavic language key to any other Slavic languages? [126]


After nearly two years, have you found the time? Or have I left it too late?

News / Prediction: Poland to be World Superpower in XXI century [147]

Israel-status doesn't sound promising when there's currently reasonably good relations with most neighbours at present.


I imagine an eagle and a turkey squaring up to each other.

Hasn't this subject been done before?

UK, Ireland / Sad life of a Polish migrant in the UK. Ch. 5 - Racism [259]

Back to the original list of points:

racial issues - the three-legged race is a lesser race than the 100m hurdles
white supremacy, - this must be about putting milk in tea
corporal punishment - corporals must be punished

Few things seemed worth reading in this thread, other than SeanBM's notion that race means very little to begin with and Szkotja reminding us about Krysia's cartoons that we don't see much of anymore.

UK, Ireland / Sad life of a Polish migrant in the UK. Ch. 5 - Racism [259]


The guy who lives over the road from me dawdles to his van in the morning. I can't imagine him sprinting. A Polish friend of mine can't swim either.

My mention of the three legged race in no way means I have anything against the Isle of Man. I once knew a girl from the Isle of Man (that's not a bawdy folk song, by the way).

Food / POLISH RECIPES! [287]

I made barszcz last night, only I use a secret recipe. I can reveal that I used five species of umbellifer and water with a couple of ingredients I won't name, just to maintain secrecy (unless anyone asks nicely). It is really easy to cook, but I'm never entirely sure if there's something I'm missing. Nobody Polish has ever tasted my barszcz.

Food / POLISH RECIPES! [287]

Damn! I've been found out.
Home made kielbasa, anyone?

Life / 3 reasons why you hate Poland. [1049]


It's not just Polish culture. Very few things are open in France on a Sunday to give but one of many examples.


The really serious ones will barely even lift a cup because that is considered to be work. Switching on a light or a toaster is strictly out of the question.

I'm "working" today, but would much rather be asleep. Should I change religion?

News / Mass immigration to Poland - article and response [479]


and therefore animal, unless you're some kind of human plant or fungus.

Life / Beggers namely Kurwa boys in Poland [70]

Give them an inch and they'll take a foot. When they've got your foot it's not so easy to give them the boot.

Genealogy / Red Hair - recessive gene from Poland? [108]

There's already a thread about this somewhere. I know this because I started it. That was before I learnt that some (perhaps many) Polish people pinch themselves when they see a ginger because they're supposed to bring bad luck.

News / Crucifixes to stay in Polish schools [364]


They had once fully abolished Christianity and persecuted Christians, sending priests as prisoners to South America.

But that is not what this is about.


Indeed, but where the word God keeps appearing in schools and courtrooms, or so I have heard, not having been there ever.

In a democratic country which already has a religion that predominates across the population, it is not necessary to have an established religion. Those who vote and those who are elected are predominantly adherents whose judgement will be affected by that religion. But for some, maybe adherence is not enough, but it does seem that pushing religion at people is a sign of lack of faith in that religion.


Thanks, Samuel L. Jackson.

News / Crucifixes to stay in Polish schools [364]


You may have missed my point. What exactly do you mean by secular humanism? I don't believe that secularism denies the existence of God. What it does is deny that any particular religion may have undue influence over non-believers. Atheists (or humanists - the two terms are not exactly the same) can be as fundamentalist as theists and this can also be a problem, but secularism isn't confined to atheists alone.

Genealogy / Szczyglinski Sluchaj, possibility of being Russian? [33]

The horse looks like he's on a serious slope and I don't envy him. (Check out my avatar, if you can).

News / Crucifixes to stay in Polish schools [364]


Are you confused about what secularism is? It is not the same thing as the EU. The EU is secularist, but only a fool would assume that all secularism is the EU or even that theirs is the only form of secularism.


Now it is also a left-wing concept to you. Anyone can live their whole life as a Christian and live and work in a secular environment. Some religions make non-belief an impossibility. An example of this is in Iran where people must sign declarations of their Islamic belief in order to get places in universities or even professional-level jobs. And don't fool yourself into thinking this is an Islamic thing. The same thing could happen and probably has happened in Christian countries.

News / Crucifixes to stay in Polish schools [364]


No! Everything is black and white! You are either with us or against us, saint or sinner. It is not possible to believe in a religion and not want to impose it on every other man, woman and child in the world whether Christian or Atheist or any other form of belief system known to humankind. (My tongue has now bored a hole in my cheek just as certain threads have the ability to bore a hole through my skull). That was my alternative response.

News / Crucifixes to stay in Polish schools [364]


Sarcasm was founded by the Great One many millennia ago. It is the only true faith.