hairball 20 | 313 10 Apr 2009 #121I've got another 'conection' to Poland that keeps me here!This is Wiesław...my boy!
pawian 202 | 21,173 10 Apr 2009 #122trying to get used to chips with vinegar ;)I bought a packet once and the taste was very exotic indeed.
Seanus 15 | 19,706 10 Apr 2009 #125Nice kid, hairball.My connection to Poland. Hmm...I'm, like, so earthed man ;) Nah, my fiancee and my work.
Seanus 15 | 19,706 10 Apr 2009 #129Aye, an a packa Tuda crisps for the wee man. A right canny lad, he'll be watching backdated episodes of Auf Weidersehen Pet soon enough.
Seanus 15 | 19,706 10 Apr 2009 #131Sorry mate, just goin down the road :)How is fatherhood, hairball? It must really cement your connection to Poland. How do you find the level of support from the State?
hairball 20 | 313 10 Apr 2009 #132level of support from the State?Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa HHaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaneed I say more?edit...apart from...How is fatherhood,Better than snowboarding!! No lol!
RyanJF 1 | 18 30 Apr 2009 #135My connection to Poland...I'm American, but my dad's side of the family came from Poland. My great-great-great grandfather (Not sure how many great's =|) Joseph, who is where I got my middle name from, was conscripted into Czar Nicholas II's Guard, even though he was Polish. He lived in Russia for quite a while and had a family I believe, then during the Russian Revolution he fled the country and came to America.
Mr Grunwald 33 | 1,986 5 May 2009 #139My dad is Polish and lots of my family members are Polish and I speak "fluently" Polish.I am also interessted in Polands history and others opinions about Poland. That's why I am here :)Also I am very proud of my ancestors wich took part in an 1800th uprising and in Warsaw uprising (I can even remember him when I was little I loved his big clock in his living room)Also I am partly German-Lithuanian (Maybe even Jewish idk)but I have no strong relations for thoose genes except of my "German" aftername.Other else then that it's Mostly Norwegian/Polish :DI also had Polish weekend School, anyone else?Kim jestes? Polak maly!Jaki znak twoj? Orzel bialy!Oh thoose old times
Shari - | 21 6 May 2009 #140I'm half-Polish, so all of my mother's family is in Poland.My mum taught me Polish when I was quite young, but a lot of the 'speaking' has been forgotten. I do still understand it well, when spoken to me or when I hear others speak it.
ClaraHJP - | 3 6 May 2009 #142My first connection with Poland is my grandfather, Karol, who came to Argentina before the 2nd World War. I didn't get to know him though, because he died way before I was born. Sadly, he didn't teach my father much about his country and its traditions, let alone the language :P I understand him, it must have been really painful.My second connection is a really lucky one. A couple of years ago I received an e-mail from a guy two years older than me, asking me things about my grandad and my last name, telling me he had found me through a lyrics site that I was member. He turned out to be my second cousin, grandson of one of my father's aunts :)He's now my best friend and it's really amazing how alike we are in every way, not only looks. He has definitely become a key person in my life. I'd have to say the reason I don't feel alone anymore -it gets difficult to be understood when everyone in your family is extremely older or younger than you :P-So now I'm having a wonderful time learning Polish, with my hopes on meeting all of them some day.
ClaraHJP - | 3 6 May 2009 #144Thanks pgtx :) Now I'm waiting for him to answer my last email!! He always leaves me waiting xD
LAGirl 9 | 496 7 May 2009 #145Good luck claraHJP I am learning Polish as well its a beautiful loanguage good luck on meeting all your family.
ClaraHJP - | 3 8 May 2009 #146Thank you, yes, it's a beautiful and extremely complicated language but it's completely worth the effort. I find it quite musical :PGood luck to you too!
Softsong 5 | 495 8 May 2009 #147Three of my grandparents were born in Poland. The one that was born in America, was the baby of newly arrived Polish immigrants, and went to Polish school in Jersey City, NJ. She could read and write in Polish and my mother spoke Polish, but could not read it.My aunt just gave me my grandmother's receipe for Chrusciki. :-)Her parents were Josef Lewandowski and Elizbieta Bubacz from Poznan and Gneizno respectively.Although all my grandparents have origins in Poland, I am about half Polish (some Kashubian), and half ethnic German/Dutch. I grew up eating a combination of Polish and German foods.My father's mother, Emma Witzke, was born near Rypin, Poland and was born to a mixed Polish and German marriage. Her Dad was Andrzej Witzke and her Mom was Ludwika Laskowska. They spoke Low German (Platt) and Polish.My father's Dad's family came from near Włocławek and have German-Kashubian origins from what was once West Prussia. Even after living in America, the US Census lists their native tongue and language spoken at home as Polish, but they also spoke Low German.I love Poland. I've been there twice, once for three weeks, and other time for a week.Met a Polish man in Gdańsk, and we were together for about three years and seriously considered marrying. We are friends to this day and he taught me a lot about Poland.
tina 2009 - | 4 2 Jun 2009 #149my boyfriend is polish im Irish we're together 3 years. He is living here 4 and half years.
Anuszka - | 5 17 Jun 2009 #150Studiuje jezyk polski w Serbii, bylam w Krakowie w zeszlym rokuEnglish only, please. Unless it's a translation thread.