I am Polish, ask me anything

[JohnKleeb]

......damnit I am still not Polish though.

[Spiffarino]

1. Dear polish,

How do you make things so shiny?

[JohnKleeb]

2. err ethnically

[shockingelk]

3. What's the difference between:

Kielbasa and Italian Sausage?

[JohnKleeb]

5. Kielbasa is better

simple as that.

[Susang]

11. duh.

It's the spices, dummy. ;-)

[allalone]

28. garlic

[IronLionZion]

4. Why aren't you John Kleebski?

[JohnKleeb]

7. Those fucks at ellis island

:D.

[IronLionZion]

12. Haha, yeah I hear you

my people flew in to JFK so our name is right

[JohnKleeb]

13. hah so romantic

;) no offense lol, thats so different than what happened with my family, nearly all my family were born in areas occupied by empires and all but one of those countries became communist :D.

[IronLionZion]

14. My people came from a communist state

in an otherwise democratic country if that makes any sense. The great state of Kerala in the country of India.

One of the few states that were not occupied by the mughal empire. and among the last to join the British empire peacefully. The only part of India where the standard of living is actually HIGHER than in in the US and the literacy rate is higher too. But they don't do anything except drink and party. It's a big vacation spot now.

[JohnKleeb]

15. thats very interesting

On my Irish side, we're from Galway
Germany from near the Swiss border, no, not the Polish border :D
Slovenia, my great grandparents lived near the capital Lubijana
I dont know where in Slovakia my other ancestors lived though.
Sounds like an interesting place really, that part of India.

[Johnny Arson]

6. Coach K

Why isn't Dook basketball coach Mike Krzyzewskifdasjhfklsajdhfsjahdgpouwieyrtjsaghasduhtp's name pronounced like it's spelled?

[JohnKleeb]

8. because its umm

I dunno.

[Johnny Arson]

9. Ha!

Stumped you! ;)

[JohnKleeb]

10. I am not really Polish

German.

[Rhiannon12866]

16. What is your favorite insult in the Polish language?

I have a million of them, having ridden a car with my mother. My host, at that meet-up Friday night, was interested, so I taught him a particular favorite of mine, LOL!:D

[JohnKleeb]

17. You know I am not actually Polish

Piersi! ;).

[Rhiannon12866]

20. And you know that I am,

even though my grandparents were considered Russian, since Russia then controlled that part of Poland. I embrace both, though my mother sure doesn't. Dobry los!:shrug:

[JohnKleeb]

24. My great grandfathers on my mom's side actually worked in Russia

before coming here.

[Rhiannon12866]

29. Really?!

Do you know where? I've seen quite a bit of Russia, as you know.:-)

[JohnKleeb]

30. no I dont know

on the railroad though is all I heard, yeah my grandparents tell me often how their fathers both knew English, their native languages, and Russian. Not bad for a bunch of poor guys eh.

[Rhiannon12866]

31. That IS very impressive. It's not unusual for Russians to speak more than

one language. When I visited a Russian school, we visited an English class, and the kids were only about nine or ten. As for us Ugly Americans, we just assume that everybody else speaks English. And we're usually right!

My grandfather came from a part of Poland that was then considered part of Russia. He was pretty smart, as well, for a poor immigrant. My mother tells me that he spoke three languages, also. Polish, Russian and Slovak. And then when he emigrated to the U.S., of course he learned English.

Russian is particularly difficult, I think, since they have a completely different alphabet.

[JohnKleeb]

32. I gave up on my idea to take Russian

[Rhiannon12866]

33. It's really tough, but if you could just learn to speak it, it's easier

My Nana and her peace group tried to learn it before the trip to Russia, but barely got through the alphabet. But when I visited there, I learned enough words to get by. I never had to write it. I think I could learn Russian, or any other language, if I lived there and had to use it. That's what I'd recommend, rather than struggling to learn how to write it, like you are taught in school.:shrug:

[Blayde Starrfyre]

18. Are you mad Kerry forgot you? n/t

[JohnKleeb]

19. No

I am even more mad that fucktard Bush thinks he can befriend us by simply giving money. Polish Americans btw are very democratic.

[Tom Kitten]

21. As a Lithuanian, I ask, what do you think of...

the Polish-Lithuanian unification of 1569, which combined our two countries into a single commonwealth? Good, bad, or indifferent?

and I'm not really Lithuanian but my grandad who died before I was born was...
My sister just spent the summer in Lithuania and noted the people there never seem to smile...History seems to weigh heavily there...

[JohnKleeb]

25. We're both Catholic if I recall

our two countries and I guess it would be ok.

[Robbien]

22. Those of us who are Polish are getting a little nervous

Now that our old country has put a restraining order against Bush, we are wondering whether Bush is going to send out Homeland security to round up the names of any Polish blooded people here in the states. We know how Bush dearly adores Poles and he may stalk us as a second best choice now that he cannot stalk Pres. Kwasniewski.

[JohnKleeb]

26. Well as I said, my name got ellis islandized

[ET Awful]

23. Fughedaboutit! . . . Poland that is :) n/t

[JohnKleeb]

27. bastard

:argh:

[trigz]

34. How do you say "well, but you're ugly, and I'll be sober in the morning"

in Polish? :D

[Pert_UK]

35. Shoe or furniture?

:evilgrin:

P.