Anyone Else 1/2 Polish???

Quoting: Varsovian

My kids (12 and 11) feel much happier when they are around other bilinguals/bi-culturals.
It's a shame you didn't learn Polish from your mom - I've got a Polish doctor friend in England who's not speaking Polish with her kids, and they're lost when they come to Poland. Her parents had to learn English (because they were desperate).
It's a tough language, but not impossible to learn.

Polish_chick14Threads: 1 Posts: 14 Joined: Feb 17, 07	Feb 17, 07, 16:37 / #
I'm just looking to see if I can find other people who I can find that I have a lot in common with. (BTW, Im 1/2 Polish and 1/2 American, and Im 14 yr. old)

ZgubionyThreads: 21 Posts: 2,037 Joined: Oct 20, 06	Feb 17, 07, 16:48 / #
Hey Pl chick. Welcome!! I'm sure you'll find some interesting people in here

Polish_chick14Threads: 1 Posts: 14 Joined: Feb 17, 07	Feb 17, 07, 16:50 / #
Well, Im used to meeting people who are "interesting" and I cant wait to look more around this forum!!! thanks, Zgubiony!

ZgubionyThreads: 21 Posts: 2,037 Joined: Oct 20, 06	Feb 17, 07, 16:50 / #
Prosze

HuegelThreads: 1 Posts: 333 Joined: Jul 26, 06	Feb 17, 07, 18:15 / #
hehe I think i've been reading to many text messages. I read the title of your post in my head as "Anyone else want to polish" (as in cleaning something shiny, not the nationality) Hmm, think I should go to bed. Anyway, Hi there.

Grzegorz_Threads: 80 Posts: 6,102 Joined: Nov 16, 06	Feb 18, 07, 03:48 / #
Hi. ..

telefonitika	Feb 18, 07, 05:04 / #
Quoting: Huegel "Anyone else want to polish" (as in cleaning something shiny, not the nationality) Lol huegel hun .. that put a smile my way Im still getting the info together but it is almost certain that i am 50% english 50%polish ... and my fathers dad was polish he was one of the first polish people to come into the uk following WW2

Polish_chick14Threads: 1 Posts: 14 Joined: Feb 17, 07	Edited by: Polish_chick14 Feb 18, 07, 13:01 / #
Y'all are so friendly on here! Heres my story: My mom lived in Janow (small town near Lublin; About 2 hours from Warsaw) all her life until she was 23. Then She moved here with her cousin and his wife, who then introduced her to the man who is now my dad. It's a good story if you ask me! But I am for sure 1/2 Polish, 1/2 American, no doubt about it! Also, I know the basics of Polish. Very, Very basic.

BabylonThreads: 28 Posts: 335 Joined: Oct 9, 06	Feb 18, 07, 13:12 / #
You mother came to US as a citizen of Poland, so you are also - ask for Polish Citizenship and you will be 100% American and 100% Polish

telefonitika	Feb 18, 07, 17:00 / #
Quoting: Polish_chick14 Also, I know the basics of Polish. Very, Very basic. i have only been learning polish 13 weeks at college

peterwegThreads: 30 Posts: 1,445 Joined: Feb 16, 07	Feb 19, 07, 05:57 / #
I'm half Polish, half English. My father said there was no point learning Polish, so I can't speak a word .

little pikachu	Feb 19, 07, 09:40 / #
im half Polish, too. My father was from Gdansk, my Mum is English.

wosicz	Feb 24, 07, 15:53 / #
I'm 1/4 Polish, 3/4 Czech (but who knows, I don't know much about my roots..)

amystanley24Threads: 1 Posts: 1 Joined: Sep 30, 07	Sep 30, 07, 10:02 / #
Im half Polish and half Austrian. I also live in Oklahoma City! Hi Neighbor!!!!!

Patrycja19Threads: 76 Posts: 3,877 Joined: Oct 31, 06	Feb 18, 07, 21:44 / #
Quoting: Polish_chick14 I'm just looking to see if I can find other people who I can find that I have a lot in common with. (BTW, Im 1/2 Polish and 1/2 American, and Im 14 yr. old) Polish_Chick. your American by citizenship, your heritage would be Polish and whatever your fathers nationality is English? German? Irish? etc. America is nation of Immigrants, so therefore you would be another nationality unless your father was American Indian , cherokee? etc.

VarsovianThreads: 85 Posts: 531 Joined: Nov 23, 06	Feb 19, 07, 04:09 / #
My kids (12 and 11) feel much happier when they are around other bilinguals/bi-culturals. It's a shame you didn't learn Polish from your mom - I've got a Polish doctor friend in England who's not speaking Polish with her kids, and they're lost when they come to Poland. Her parents had to learn English (because they were desperate). It's a tough language, but not impossible to learn. French and Spanish (and English, for that matter) are easy to start with, then get very difficult later on; Polish is the opposite

Polish_chick14Threads: 1 Posts: 14 Joined: Feb 17, 07	Feb 23, 07, 19:50 / #
Quoting: Varsovian My kids (12 and 11) feel much happier when they are around other bilinguals/bi-culturals. It's a shame you didn't learn Polish from your mom - I've got a Polish doctor friend in England who's not speaking Polish with her kids, and they're lost when they come to Poland. Her parents had to learn English (because they were desperate). It's a tough language, but not impossible to learn. Well, I have 2 aunt and uncles living here who speak Polish all the time, and when I do go to PL, (ive been 3 times) i usually pick up on it. my mom and i speakl some of the basic polish, yet ive got to focus on school now. during the summers though, i get tons of practice. i also have 3 cousins, and one who is my age lived in poland until she was 7, so she teaches me some stuff. I just find all the grammer the hardest. i know the basic form of some words, yet when I say it it is bad grammer in Polish. So confusing!

Polish_chick14Threads: 1 Posts: 14 Joined: Feb 17, 07	Feb 23, 07, 19:51 / #
Quoting: Babylon You mother came to US as a citizen of Poland, so you are also - ask for Polish Citizenship and you will be 100% American and 100% Polish Cool! and , Dzienkuje!

Grzegorz_Threads: 80 Posts: 6,102 Joined: Nov 16, 06	Feb 23, 07, 20:12 / #
I'm 100%

Polish_chick14Threads: 1 Posts: 14 Joined: Feb 17, 07	Feb 23, 07, 21:20 / #
Quoting: Grzegorz_ I'm 100% Lucky!!! but i still love bein wat i am (o yah, the 50% American is actually Scottish when you go back to 1650 so...)

PolsonThreads: 15 Posts: 2,814 Joined: May 9, 07	Sep 30, 07, 10:49 / #
Half Polish, half French ;)

nauczyciel	Sep 30, 07, 12:59 / #
50% from my biological mothers side. I'm adopted, and don't know her. 49% from my biological fathers side. Don't know him either. 1% Chippewa Born in Canada, been living in PL since Sept 06.

misiek	Sep 30, 07, 16:33 / #
Quoting: Babylon You mother came to US as a citizen of Poland, so you are also - ask for Polish Citizenship and you will be 100% American and 100% Polis I think if parents didn teach their kids mother tongue, then they didnt want them to be and to feel polish.. what is apparently sad.. Anyway, since when paper decides about nationality? Quoting: peterweg I'm half Polish, half English. My father said there was no point learning Polish, so I can't speak a word . It must have been tough life of your Dad, which make it understandable why he didnt want you to know Polish.. to avoid your interest of this country.

misiek	Sep 30, 07, 16:35 / #
Quoting: Babylon You mother came to US as a citizen of Poland, so you are also - ask for Polish Citizenship and you will be 100% American and 100% Polis I think if parents didn teach their kids mother tongue, then they didnt want them to be and to feel polish.. what is apparently sad.. Anyway, since when paper decides about nationality? Quoting: peterweg I'm half Polish, half English. My father said there was no point learning Polish, so I can't speak a word . It must have been tough life of your Dad, which make it understandable why he didnt want you to know Polish.. to avoid your interest of this country.

katfishThreads: 2 Posts: 5 Joined: Sep 29, 07	Oct 3, 07, 20:38 / #
Half Polish (mother) and half Slovak (dad)

witekThreads: 2 Posts: 739 Joined: Apr 1, 07	Oct 3, 07, 22:30 / #
Quoting: Grzegorz_ I'm 100% even though you're 100% Polish you still somehow resemble a dog

debbieeastlandThreads: - Posts: 21 Joined: Oct 4, 07	Oct 4, 07, 12:26 / #
Hi, Im 1/2 Polish (mothers side) 1/2 British (dads). My mother came over in the war lost most of her family.

vm500Threads: 2 Posts: 110 Joined: Aug 8, 07	Oct 4, 07, 12:40 / #
Any wannabe polish people here hehe..

PolsonThreads: 15 Posts: 2,814 Joined: May 9, 07	Oct 4, 07, 12:43 / #
Quoting: vm500 Any wannabe polish people here hehe.. You give free Polish citizenship ?... ;P