What's your connection with Poland? Penpals.

Always was and probably always will be. It's also part of our obsession with 'West' I think.

Hard not to agree though that a truly educated person should know a foreign language and it's useful to be able to talk to people without interpreters. When Tusk got the Brussels position he noticed it would be useful and despite his age started learning. Put the effort in, ignored the ridiculing of his first attempts.

I personally admire that.

My connection to Poland is mostly emotional and I am grateful to fate that I was born in a country as tolerant as Poland. Only a few days ago my German work colleague told me that he was on vacation in Kołobrzeg and was delighted with the Polish mentality.

Would that country be Germany by any chance ?

@johnny reb
This country was Poland, the most tolerant country in the communist camp at that time. Germany (GDR) was the opposite of tolerant.

Yes,Poland was the most tolerant country in the block with the Jews and even Tartars.

Poland not only had about the largest active, open Jewish community in Europe before the War, during WWII, the Poles indeed can be proud that they also had the second most active Nazi Resistance movement beside France.

This doesn't mean that all resistance fighters were philosemites, but it does mean that numerous Polish gentiles did offer safe haven to Jews when many other countries refused. In this way, they share something with Bulgaria and Denmark.

This is not to say there wasn't antisemitism in Poland as well. The point is we must keep historical truth in perspective. After all, few questions are either black and white.

So you are claiming to have been born in Poland ?

Yes sir.

..and currently residing in Germany.

I wouldn't call it "residing".

What are you doing there then? Economic migrant too? lol

For centuries 'foreign languages' were a foundation of education, it was less about actually ever using the languages in real life and more about the knock-on (extra) benefits of spending some time learning another language.

Basically, getting out of the cage of your own language, even in the context of a few hours a week in a classroom makes the mind much more flexible and can improve interpersonal and communication skills.

In Europe, ime, Brits are the worst cross-cultural or cross-language communicators going. They mostly don't seem able to do simple things like rephrasing in a more simple way....

@Alien, if you are living (or studying) and working in Germany, you are residing, at least as we use the term in English:-)

"Wohnhaft" vs. "ansaessig" sein.= [za]mieszkac vs.zyc

@Lyzko
Germany is "mein Zuhause".
Poland is "meine Heimat"
I don't know if I am a resident or something more of Germany.

Oh, that's easy!

Imagine an important football tournament.....Germany : Poland....which team to you cheer for? (See? Easy answer!:)

......it's not that easy however, because although I always wish Poland to win as the underdog, I'm not really too worried when Poland loses.

"....or something...."??

Or what precisely, Alien? For heaven's sake, man, be specific!

homeland = ziemia macierzynska, ojczyzna
country/place of residence = (za-)mieszkanie

It's about what is the exact meaning of the word "resident"?

It seems to me that the word "resident" only refers to a temporary stay in a place. However, if you live permanently, there is more to it than residency. For example, Frank was a resident at Wawel during World War II, but he was never a king and he knew it would only be temporary.

"Resident" in essence refers in English to the occupant or occupants
of a specific dwelling or domicile.

"I reside at..." signifies that one lives, that is, occupies the place in which
they have established their living space.

A residence can either be permanent or temporary though, this is true.

(Hans) Frank though was most emphatically an occupier, rather than
a resident of Wawel. Moreover, it seems certain historical facts have
escaped you, namely, that the Nazis intended to conquer present-day
Poland FOREVER, not merely on a temporary basis!!

Finally, Hans Frank bore the fear-inspiring title of "Gauleiter", thinking
of himself very much as an all-powerful potentate.

In the UK, it tends to imply residence for tax purposes, banking, voting etc.

my hobby is visiting sex workers

I bet it is, but aren't there other forums to post about that?

AMIGA ???
ARE YOU MEXICAN ?

Worse.

He is Australian.

That is, a sheep f*cker.

glad he is not polish bobko .

he is using a female name in spanish but he is a man .

Are we in a polish forum or a gay forum ?

Are you a pimp or a client?

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Oh I see, you pay with Visa Gold card.