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Polish GAF

keraj37

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I would love to know how many of you gaf members are polish nationality like myself.

If so maybe we could create some kind of polish movement here.

I am so proud of my nation. Poland > Rest Of The World!

No dawajcie pokazmy amerykancom jak sie robi forum!
 

keraj37

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And some real joke I made working years in gamedev.

(only Polish and Finish people will undrestand)

I was saying in the last period of game development that...

This week we are Polishing and next week we are Finishing.
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choco-fish

Member
My home town of Stafford is twined with Skarzysko. After WW2 many Polish pilots settled in my area as they couldn’t return to Poland, they set up white eagle clubs for the local Polish communities and many of my friends in school were first and second generation Poles.

Coincidentally my sister in law is Polish, she’s from a town called Brzozow in the South, I’ve visited your country many times, it is a beautiful place full of beautiful people.
 
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My grandmother on my dads side was polish and spoke some. Her parents came to America before she was born. I do love pierogi and cabbage rolls also!
 

keraj37

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My home town of Stafford is twined with Skarzysko. After WW2 many Polish pilots settled in my area as they couldn’t return to Poland, they set up white eagle clubs for the local Polish communities and many of my friends in school were first and second generation Poles.

Coincidentally my sister in law is Polish, she’s from a town called Brzozow in the South, I’ve visited your country many times, it is a beautiful place full of beautiful people.

Oh yes it is, thanks!

not polish, but am your neighbour. we share the love of cabbage rolls and perogies :messenger_tears_of_joy: 🙌 :messenger_heart:

Well pierogi are simply put best food in the World, agreed :D

My grandmother on my dads side was polish and spoke some. Her parents came to America before she was born. I do love pierogi and cabbage rolls also!

So you are 1/4, Polish? Good enough - welcome!

Not polish, but I think they are amazing people.

I agree with you opinion.

Born in Poland, many Polish friends. Not sure what else to say since I’ve been around the culture my whole life.

So you are polish 100%? Where are you now? Do you speak polish?
 
Oh yes it is, thanks!



Well pierogi are simply put best food in the World, agreed :D



So you are 1/4, Polish? Good enough - welcome!



I agree with you opinion.



So you are polish 100%? Where are you now? Do you speak polish?
Thank you! I can only speak English. I wish I would have had my grandma teach me. She always rolled her “r”. I could never do that.
 

Pejo

Member
I have quite a bit of family in Poland, but I've never been there yet to meet any of them. My sister and her oldest daughter just went over a few months ago and had a great time, told me a ton of great stories, so I'm planning a trip out there next year. What are the must-see spots?
 

keraj37

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I have quite a bit of family in Poland, but I've never been there yet to meet any of them. My sister and her oldest daughter just went over a few months ago and had a great time, told me a ton of great stories, so I'm planning a trip out there next year. What are the must-see spots?

For me must see site is Cracow old town - beautiful and unique, the only city not destroyed during WWII.
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I'm not polish, but I've been in Gdańsk and I now and then work as a guide on a historical piece that has a somewhat strong connection to another piece in Poland. Polish people are one of the few, if not the biggest immigration group in Norway (around a 100 000 poles in Norway last time I checked), which has also lead to a lot of discrimination against polish workers, especially in trade school professions (especially construction and craftsmen professions), because they've been beating out Norwegian workers. There's even a word for it: polonophobia, to describe historical anti-polish sentiments, but also modern ones. That said, a lot of the polish people in Norway don't know much if any Norwegian, few have Norwegian citizenship and they often suffer a bit due to not really using their degrees, also because it can be difficult to get the required certifications to work as a lot of the professions in Norway. The influx of polish people have also added to the catholic communities around Norway, as Norway has been predominantly Lutheran since the Reformation came here.
Also they don't really trust Norwegian physicians, supposedly because they perceive them as passive and less competent than polish physicians. Which seems to predominantly be because the relationship between a physician and his/her patient is one of dialogue and co-operation in Norway, while they are supposedly used to doctors that lead the patient and seem more like competent authority figures. So they buy a lot of healthcare services from Poland instead. Oh and a lot of polish workers view norwegian workers as lazy.
Also, your games are kinda expensive considering the GDP.

Some nice tidbits for you as a pole.
 
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keraj37

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Well, I'm in Buffalo, NY, aka, Poland Jr.

You say Buffallo is Poland Jr.? I didn't know that. Why?
NO WITAM SERDECZNIE

W koncu prawdziwy Polak czy mam dalej szukac? :D
Translation: 'At last real Polish guy or I need to search more?'


Made there, born there, of two Polish parents. In Canada now and 100% fluent in spoken, barely passable in written.

I know one guy that match your description. Are you from time to time in Stetin city in Poland?

I'm not polish, but I've been in Gdańsk and I now and then work as a guide on a historical piece that has a somewhat strong connection to another piece in Poland. Polish people are one of the few, if not the biggest immigration group in Norway (around a 100 000 poles in Norway last time I checked), which has also lead to a lot of discrimination against polish workers, especially in trade school professions (especially construction and craftsmen professions), because they've been beating out Norwegian workers. There's even a word for it: polonophobia, to describe historical anti-polish sentiments, but also modern ones. That said, a lot of the polish people in Norway don't know much if any Norwegian, few have Norwegian citizenship and they often suffer a bit due to not really using their degrees, also because it can be difficult to get the required certifications to work as a lot of the professions in Norway. The influx of polish people have also added to the catholic communities around Norway, as Norway has been predominantly Lutheran since the Reformation came here.
Also they don't really trust Norwegian physicians, supposedly because they perceive them as passive and less competent than polish physicians. Which seems to predominantly be because the relationship between a physician and his/her patient is one of dialogue and co-operation in Norway, while they are supposedly used to doctors that lead the patient and seem more like competent authority figures. So they buy a lot of healthcare services from Poland instead. Oh and a lot of polish workers view norwegian workers as lazy.
Also, your games are kinda expensive considering the GDP.

Some nice tidbits for you as a pole.

Ha, but you need to agree that it is better to have influx of polish hardworking honest people then muslims that only want to rape and steal :D
 

keraj37

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Thank you! I can only speak English. I wish I would have had my grandma teach me. She always rolled her “r”. I could never do that.

Please research more but Polish language is considered by linguists as the most complex and hard to learn language - and I must say they are right.
 
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You say Buffallo is Poland Jr.? I didn't know that. Why?


W koncu prawdziwy Polak czy mam dalej szukac? :D
Translation: 'At last real Polish guy or I need to search more?'




I know one guy that match your description. Are you from time to time in Stetin city in Poland?



Ha, but you need to agree that it is better to have influx of polish hardworking honest people then muslims that only want to rape and steal :D
No oczywiście, że prawdziwy, a jaki mam być :p
 
Ha, but you need to agree that it is better to have influx of polish hardworking honest people then muslims that only want to rape and steal :D

Oh, I don't mind poles, I was just describing the cause of some of the tension that exists. Most muslims don't rape and steal either, so I don't mind them either, I just dislike the inability to treat islam with criticism and skepticism the same way we've done with christianity. Also the inability to critique other cultures, as long as they are a perceived protected minority, doing the biggest whiplashes as they're trying to move between cultural relativism and ethnocentrism as it suits them. And the dogmas that exist because people don't want to offend someone and get smeared as a bigot.
 

lock2k

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Speaking of Polish, I don't know a single word in Polish but I've been listening to a podcast from Warsaw called Trasa 66. It's a metal show and they play a lot of good stuff. I love the playlists. Even though I don't understand, I listen to the talking segments out of sheer curiosity about languages. It sounds complicated and interesting.
 
Born in Poland.
Came over to the US at the age of 6 in 1989.
Still super proud of my heritage and I'm planning my first trip back for next year! Super stoked!

As I understand it, it's quite the tourist destination these days!
 
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Thurible

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I am not polish (American), but I have a lot of polish blood in me.

EDIT: I also like Poland a lot. You guys seem to be a very catholic and proper nation. I thought it was awesome that you declared Christ King of Poland in 2016 for example.
 
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keraj37

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Huge Polish population here

You haven't heard of our proud tradition of Dyngus Day? lol



Well we have in every city dyngus day celebration every year :D

Speaking of Polish, I don't know a single word in Polish but I've been listening to a podcast from Warsaw called Trasa 66. It's a metal show and they play a lot of good stuff. I love the playlists. Even though I don't understand, I listen to the talking segments out of sheer curiosity about languages. It sounds complicated and interesting.

And now I will sing to you some good metal: Wrahhhhhhhhhhh Mehhhhhhhhh WHantchhhhh Blecthcathhhhhhh.

Born in Poland.
Came over to the US at the age of 6 in 1989.
Still super proud of my heritage and I'm planning my first trip back for next year! Super stoked!

As I understand it, it's quite the tourist destination these days!

For sure, you need to visit Poland, it is one of the last bastions of civilized World.

Not polish, but I go to Bydgoszcz for work every few years. I was there this last May, actually.
I am not polish (American), but I have a lot of polish blood in me.

EDIT: I also like Poland a lot. You guys seem to be a very catholic and proper nation. I thought it was awesome that you declared Christ King of Poland in 2016 for example.

I am Catholic 100% I almost became a priest, but so far I have no wife as I respect my chastity oath.
 

keraj37

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Its funny, watch it

I removed that drunken night with crossbow.
 
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Yoshi

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Ha, but you need to agree that it is better to have influx of polish hardworking honest people then muslims that only want to rape and steal :D
Two of my best friends are polish, but I must say, the stealing cliche is stronger with Polish than muslims. When I was working in one office with one of my Polish friends, she used to joke whenever someone displaced something that she already sold it back in Poland.
 
M

Macapala

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This reminded me of a hilarious thread from Classic GAF


Sorry, I know this doesn't have anything to do with this thread.
 
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eot

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This reminded me of a hilarious thread from Classic GAF


Sorry, I know this doesn't have anything to do with this thread.
This was my first thought when I saw this bumped lol
 
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