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zetigrek
10 Jan 2013 #1,232
Does he look like a Pole?
4 eigner 2 | 831
10 Jan 2013 #1,233
he could be just as well German but let's be honest, not many Polish guys look like him.
zetigrek
10 Jan 2013 #1,234
How about Sławomir Nowak who looks like German or even Italian... you see there whole lot of looks in Poland.
4 eigner 2 | 831
10 Jan 2013 #1,235
This is more what you get to see in Poland









zetigrek
10 Jan 2013 #1,236
You wanted to post pictures to guess nationality. How about this guy: Does he look Polish?
zetigrek
10 Jan 2013 #1,238
How about this one:

skład
4 eigner 2 | 831
10 Jan 2013 #1,239
pretty much but I wouldn't be surprised if he was from Ukraine or so.
zetigrek
10 Jan 2013 #1,240
What about this man?
Foreigner4 12 | 1,768
10 Jan 2013 #1,241
However, if you want to believe closely related nationalities smell and walk differently, then it's up to you.

I don't nor will you find any evidence of me suggesting as much. I have no idea why you even wrote that.

When you asked me about how I know that Poles and Germans have mixed ancestry, I have already mentioned the surnames.

Okay, okay congratulations you got me, I didn't read something you wrote- shame on me.
But I am unsure as to how you then came to the conclusion that "most Germans" have Slavic ancestors and what conclusion you are then coming to from that.

Even if we entertain your assumption that still merely suggests that at some point there was some ethnic intermingling here and there.
So what?
Most Germans can be distinguished from Poles based on appearance and vice versa -are you seriously challenging/debating that?
David_18 66 | 969
10 Jan 2013 #1,242
What about this man?

Dude you can easily see where he is from by the link description.

4 eigner is just playing with you pretending to guess where they are from.

Most Germans can be distinguished from Poles based on appearance and vice versa -are you seriously challenging/debating that?

Do you speak for the world now?
Foreigner4 12 | 1,768
10 Jan 2013 #1,243
No.
Do you think Poles and Germans look the same or do you think there are distinguishing features? Would you say it's impossible to distinguish a Polish person from a German person (similar age and gender) based on appearance?
TheOther 6 | 3,674
10 Jan 2013 #1,244
your assumption that still merely suggests that at some point there was some ethnic intermingling here and there.

Yeah, that intermingling "here and there" lasted for at least 700 years and happened all over Poland.

Do you think Poles and Germans look the same or do you think there are distinguishing features?

Shorter hair maybe? ;)
4 eigner 2 | 831
10 Jan 2013 #1,245
Dude you can easily see where he is from by the link description.

4 eigner is just playing with you pretending to guess where they are from.

explain, please
Foreigner4 12 | 1,768
10 Jan 2013 #1,246
Yeah, that intermingling "here and there" lasted for at least 700 years and happened all over Poland.

Is it the time frame or the degree to which it occurred that is more of an influence?
isthatu2 4 | 2,694
10 Jan 2013 #1,247
Do you think Poles and Germans look the same or do you think there are distinguishing features? Would you say it's impossible to distinguish a Polish person from a German person (similar age and gender) based on appearance?-->

The origional point that people seem to be arguing about though isnt just looking at random photos of people is it?
It was about can British or other *natives* spot a Pole or Poles in their communities
The simple answer is yes, a lot of the time *we* can.
What makes me chuckle is that the same people who are saying this is immpossible are all also saying things like *the greeks can always spot tourists* or That Poles can spot non Poles in Poland.......so,eh,explain please why you cannot believe that Poles dont just magically blend in with the natives straight away like some uber spies?

Its context,never just one thing,even ignoring ifor bach (or is it one of Harry's IDs,certainly as bl**dy anoying..) fixation on a simple point I made that diet effects body odour (which he somehow etrapolaits into me seemingly claiming to be some sort of Child Catcher able to sniff out anyone who's name ends in ski......) so, someone with a shaved head,wearing a pair of cammo trousers that you can see is ex Warsaw pact, smoking LM blues and drinking Lech while stood outside a Polski Sklep is probably going to be a Pole... stick him in a suit and walk him across Victoria Bridge in rush hour and I defy anyone to point out his Polishness............
TheOther 6 | 3,674
10 Jan 2013 #1,248
Is it the time frame or the degree to which it occurred that is more of an influence?

Both, because the number of descendants from one "intermingling" increases almost exponentially over the centuries.
4 eigner 2 | 831
10 Jan 2013 #1,249
It was about can British or other *natives* spot a Pole or Poles in their communities
The simple answer is yes, a lot of the time *we* can.

OK guys, isthatu2 is not quite wrong here. When you consider how many Polish guys have shaved their heads nowadays, it does make it pretty easy to determine their nationality (maybe it has changed in the meantime but a few years ago, it was a big time fashion in Poland and we all know it). Also, you guys often wear different cloth too (I'm not saying worse, just different).
David_18 66 | 969
10 Jan 2013 #1,250
smoking LM blues and drinking Lech while stood outside a Polski Sklep is probably going to be a Pole... stick him in a suit and walk him across Victoria Bridge in rush hour and I defy anyone to point out his Polishness............

Change the polish beer and the polish shop to english ones and you would have a brit ;)
isthatu2 4 | 2,694
10 Jan 2013 #1,251
Yes yes and yes. By George I think he has got it!!! :)
We have been saying this all along. Its not *just* a look its also about where and when we see these people isnt it.
ps, Lech is not always a giveaway,Im not a beer drinker but many of my British mates now drink Lech or Tyskie :)
pps, but,the LM ciggies are still a bit of a giveaway. I could only buy them (under the counter) in shops run by Kurds who thought I was also Polish like the other 99% of their customers.......once Id revealed I was English they suddenly didn't do dodgy ciggies anymore lol :)
zetigrek
10 Jan 2013 #1,252
Dude you can easily see where he is from by the link description.

Well, what do you know! That's why I asked for not cheating

4 eigner is just playing with you pretending to guess where they are from.

That means he's very courteous, because he missed ;)

Does anyone more want to take a guess?
4 eigner 2 | 831
10 Jan 2013 #1,253
because he missed ;)

missed?
besides, I asked David_18 to explain what he meant but so far, no explanation.
zetigrek
10 Jan 2013 #1,254
He thinks you were cheating.
Will you try with the second picture and the last one?
4 eigner 2 | 831
10 Jan 2013 #1,255
cheating?

anyways, where are these girls from? (one is Polish)







rozumiemnic 8 | 3,861
10 Jan 2013 #1,256
mmm..... top left - the outer hebrides
top right - costa rica
bottom left - the upper volta
zetigrek
10 Jan 2013 #1,257
Rozumienic, do you want to guess the pics from the previous page or can I disclose the results? :)

cheating?

Those pictures are links. If you put a mouse on it you will see the adress, if you click on it you'll be redirected.

anyways, where are these girls from? (one is Polish)

The last one.
4 eigner 2 | 831
10 Jan 2013 #1,258
good job. So it is possible to determine where one is from judging by the looks (not always though)

your turn

top right - costa rica

btw. Costa Rica was darn close too ;-)
rozumiemnic 8 | 3,861
10 Jan 2013 #1,259
do you want to guess the pics from the previous page or can I disclose the results? :)

it's so difficult - could be this, could be that.....
go on, tell us....
zetigrek
10 Jan 2013 #1,260
Try a blind guess :)


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