History / Poland must get back Lwow, Wilno and Brest back [318]

@Vlad1234
You're still not getting my point.
Poles greatly contributed to the development of Lwów whether you like it or not. Its history is related to the history of Poland.
But I don't think there would be a lot of volunteers among Poles to move there. Even among the descendants of those who were resettled from the city. Even among those who argue that Lwów is Polish. Mere nostalgia is too little to make such a decision.

As for Ukrainian migration to Poland, yeah right, as if Ukrainians are forced to move here because bloody oppressive Poles decided so. It was their decision.

Ukraine has more serious problems than the Polish nostalgia of the prewar Lwów.
You'd better worry about that because I kind of guess you'd rather live in Ukraine rather than Little Russia or whatever other name they may think of as this term is several hundred years old.

Language / Am I the only person that can't sing in Polish at all? [48]

I must be weird as there are loads of Polish songs that I absolutely adore -most of them with Polish lyrics.
Złej baletnicy. ..

History / Poland must get back Lwow, Wilno and Brest back [318]

The idea of Poland uniting with Ukraine just doesn't make sense with Poles still remembering Volhynia and Ukrainians thinking of Polish oppressors.
Is Poland rich enough to support Ukraine economically?
Then we still have the war in Donbas. Ołeksij Nejiżpapa said quite recently that they are preparing for confrontation. Thousands have been killed already.

I really hope for Ukraine and Ukrainians that nothing happens but generally speaking Ukraine has more concerns than Polish sentiments for Lwów.

History / Poland must get back Lwow, Wilno and Brest back [318]

@dolnoslask
If I remember well your family was a victim of NKWD, not UPA.
Also even if you are willing to bury the hatchet and think it's a good idea to have a Polish-Ukrainian state, there are some more 80 million Poles and Ukrainians who may think otherwise. I can't speak for Ukrainians but their independence is pretty recent after years of being part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Austrian and Russian empires and the USSR.

Also there's the conflict in Donbas. If we become one country, it's godna be Polish borders being attacked by Russia. I remember when the conflict started, my aunt and uncle were thinking of evacuation to Germany :)

But no one is stopping you from spreading the idea - think of starting a political party, get followers in Poland and Ukraine and who knows?

Genealogy / Bierc family from Dolistowo Stare (old Dolistowo), Podlaskie, Poland [5]

Check this site for data concerning their church records
geneteka.genealodzy.pl/index.php?op=gt&lang=pol&bdm=B&w=10pl&rid=B&search_lastname=Bierc&search_name=&search_lastname2=&search_name2=&from_date=&to_date=&exac=1

News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2223]

I remember the previous campaign when Komorowski was ridiculed for not knowing English as opposed to Duda who was said to know it.
Where did his knowledge of English go?
Trzaskowski definitely seems fluent in English.
Remember that video of a guy claiming to be American who asked him questions in English?
That was ridiculous. Who would have had such an idea anyway?

Life / Examples of popular Polish music? [1033]

Kaczmarski and Mury

youtu.be/nJbG4Jjg3_s

Love / What can I do so that this Pole will love me? Why does he act like a hero and then breaks my heart? [25]

@amylia
Just because someone is kind to you, it doesn't mean they're in love with you. Being kind should be a normal rather an extraordinary thing.

You'd better talk to your parents and teachers about bullying at school.

Life / Examples of popular Polish music? [1033]

It's about how the oppressed might become the oppressors - peasants and labourers oppressed for years by the elites broke down the walls but then the movement became oppressive as well.

Simple as that.
As for any song or poem it's open for interpretations. Kaczmarski even stated that the song started its own life.
His explanation in Polish (sorry, mods)
Mury" napisałem w 1978 r. jako utwór o nieufności do wszelkich ruchów masowych. Usłyszałem nagranie Luisa Llacha i śpiewający, wielotysięczny tłum i wyobraziłem sobie sytuację - jako egoista i człowiek, który ceni sobie indywidualizm w życiu - że ktoś tworzy coś bardzo pięknego, bo jest to przepiękna muzyka, przepiękna piosenka, a potem zostaje pozbawiony tego swojego dzieła, bo ludzie to przechwytują. Dzieło po prostu przestaje być własnością artysty i o tym są "Mury". I ballada ta sama siebie wywróżyła, bo z nią się to samo stało. Stała się hymnem, pieśnią ludzi i przestała być moja.

Another version - much sadder, Mury '87

youtu.be/ggRNPYYYq8A

Life / Do you know these characters from Polish movies? [223]

@pawian
I don't know the character although the actor looks like Koterski after a major transformation.

Life / Do you know these characters from Polish movies? [223]

@pawian
A sincere question now: is Koterski a good actor.

Looking at the pic I realised my ex colleague's son slightly looks like Gierek just some 40 years younger.
Not gonna tell them.

Life / Do you know these characters from Polish movies? [223]

@pawian
That scene is great and well known but - just like you - I don't really remember any titles but I remember I saw him in other films and he was always the same.

Or perhaps these were interviews : S

Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1033]

@Poland100
They don't mean anything.
Kontra might have been used in another context.
It looks like a list of expenses (or something similar) concerning construction or reconstruction of something.
It's totally out of context. When was it written?

Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1033]

What's in the line under petos?
Lety - it's probably another word quickly noted.

Law / Termination of permament or contract work contract in Poland [35]

I'm not an expert but it seems legit.
For a pernament contract of a person employed for over 3 years he informed you three months in advance and you get three months compensation -odprawa.

pit.pl/aktualnosci/prawo-do-odprawy-w-razie-zwolnien-indywidualnych-982515

Consult a lawyer if you have any doubts.

Law / Termination of permament or contract work contract in Poland [35]

The op should consult Sąd Pracy if he has any doubts but with the pandemic companies are not doing well.

Law / Termination of permament or contract work contract in Poland [35]

@Steven2020
Why don't you ask your employer that question?
We don't know what were their criteria.

Law / Termination of permament or contract work contract in Poland [35]

@Steven2020
So they need to be employed regardless of their performance or the economic situation of the company?
Yes, it's normal that sometimes people are made redundant and there are rules concerning it - so depending on the lenght of pernament employment, the employer needs to inform the employee in advance (two weeks to three months depending on how long you have been employed).

Zwolnienie dyscyplinarne is also possible in extreme cases.

Anyway doesn't your termination include the reason why you were made redundant?

Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1033]

@Poland100
I'm afraid kontra is not used like that in Polish.
With Ela and śnieg it's getting even more confusing.
From what I have seen it's like a list of expenses (probably) understandable to the person who wrote it but not necessarilly to everyone.

Some abbreviations, 'mental shortcuts' etc.

Law / Termination of permament or contract work contract in Poland [35]

@Steven2020
What does the termination of your contract say?
On what grounds were you made redundant?

Law / Termination of permament or contract work contract in Poland [35]

@Steven2020
The pandemic wasn't really good for business in Poland. That's a fact. People lost jobs.
If they were prejudiced against your nationality, you wouldn't have been employed there for ten years.
You have a three-month compensation and a new job.
As for why you were chosen among other employees you need to ask your boss. It may be connected with your experience, qualifications, performance or the company's needs and policy.

Law / Termination of permament or contract work contract in Poland [35]

@mafketis
But after ten years?
The conditions of the termination are pretty good. I don't really suspect anything mean here.

Life / Examples of popular Polish music? [1033]

@Chemikiem
Nalepa is great :)
Some more (the ones by Nalepa/Breakout that I got to know first):
Poszlabym za Tobą

youtu.be/rYHhguqlTY0

Kiedy byłem małym chłopcem

youtu.be/lWXSUuosxtk

And something different.
Dżem with M. Balcar Do kołyski

youtu.be/vdZUK85318w

Po polsku / Dlaczego nie po drodze nam z polską prawicą [1393]

Przepraszam, ale to że nawet Terlikowski wydaje się kręcić nosem na drugi kościelny ślub Kurskiego to tu? :)

Life / Examples of popular Polish music? [1033]

Buzu Squat Nasze przebudzenie - I didn't hear it for ages - just came up in recommendations

youtu.be/zYMHFSc7Tsg

Life / Examples of popular Polish music? [1033]

Happysad 'Zanim pójdę',

youtu.be/RwqMTX-MK18

Made popular covered by Czesław śpiewa but this one is a live performance of Happysad.

Travel / Mystical places in Poland [12]

There are also some 'magnetic spots' where things, cars etc seem to roll uphill like góra Żar or Karpacz.
I'm not a physicist to explain it.

Life / Examples of popular Polish music? [1033]

@Miloslaw
I didn't know that particular song by Frąckowiak but I know the artist.
Your parents, grandparents, TV and now youtube help you get to know old songs.

As for Krystyna Pronko I have two favourites
Psalm stojących w kolejce

youtu.be/aU-3t8Wav7U

Jesteś lekiem na całe zło

youtu.be/HeyX1H3HTVQ

I actually didn't know Trafić w czas but it's good.

@Zlatko
The most famous one is Metro, I think.
First performed in the 1990s.
Litania by Edyta Górniak

youtu.be/fNOEJuScx9I

There are more I think plus Polish versions of internationally known musicals.

Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1033]

@mafketis
I think it was used in certain dialects -perhaps still is-not necessarilly Eastern ones.
There's this funny article about the Silesian dialect about three boys from the same neighbourhood that I can't find right know. But the whole point was to show the differences within the dialect like calling grandma babcia, oma and starka but also addressing their grandparents. I can't remember the exact examples but it was something like:

Co robisz?
Co Babcia robi?
Co robicie?

Life / Examples of popular Polish music? [1033]

@Miloslaw
Mrozu is ok.

But just because I remembered Kamerdyner yesterday -thinking of watching it again soon - Kortez and Stare drzewa.

youtu.be/wrrabeo98UQ