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delphiandomineThreads: 40 Posts: 9,572 Joined: Nov 25, 08 ♂	Edited by: delphiandomine Aug 31, 10, 11:50 #241
AussieSheila: Danzig is the name for anyone educated outside Poland. Most people know Danzig, not Gdansk. Really, do try harder. Or are Australian history books so poor that they're using names from 70 years ago? Must be a very poor country then!

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Aug 31, 10, 12:39 #242

AussieSheila:

Danzig is the name for anyone educated outside Poland. Most people know Danzig, not Gdansk.

Rubbish. Even in the early 1980s, when the developing Solidarity movement was one of the biggest news items over here, references were made to the "Gdańsk shipyards" - not Danzig shipyards - I was very young then, but I remember it well!

Of course, some people may prefer to use the German name, but people in the UK tend to be more enlightened these days. You won't hear names like Bombay or Calcutta being used so often these days, either; because when other countries stop referring to their cities with names which remind people of colonialism, we respect their decision to do so.

People who still insist on using Germanic names like Posen, Danzig or Warschau (or indeed, words like Juden) usually have some kind of agenda; no prizes for guessing what that "agenda" is.

pawianThreads: 80 Posts: 4,542 Joined: May 30, 08 ♂	Aug 31, 10, 13:31 #243
AussieSheila: Danzig is the name for anyone educated outside Poland. Most people know Danzig, not Gdansk. You have discredited yourself for the second time. :):):)

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,160 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Aug 31, 10, 13:37 #244
In Scotland, we were told that Copernicus was Polish and Gdańsk was the name. Danzig was a metal group :)

convexThreads: 47 Posts: 7,189 Joined: Nov 25, 09 ♂	Aug 31, 10, 13:53 #245
NorthMancPolak: People who still insist on using Germanic names like Posen, Danzig or Warschau (or indeed, words like Juden) usually have some kind of agenda; no prizes for guessing what that "agenda" is. Ok, what's the agenda for using Polish names like Nowy Jork, Londyn, and Monachium? Comeon, lets see if there's any depth to your argument here. And how else would you say Jew in German?

mietek

Aug 31, 10, 14:26 #246

the guy claims from australia did few mistakes in first post
biggest is using german name
i'm in uk for few years now and none of english i met and know never ever heard of gdansk not mention foreign names of city
other is statement that cities,towns look like poorest western etc.. which is far from true, just look at many houses that brits could only dream about and so on , ofcourse poland is poor country..well its different topic
and about prostitution the guy mention
i don't know the topic i've never used any esort agencies in poland or else whatsoever but i met a some english dude in uk who was disapointed about poland as he though it was one of the best sex tourists destination .. well aparently it isn't

convexThreads: 47 Posts: 7,189 Joined: Nov 25, 09 ♂	Aug 31, 10, 14:46 #247
mietek: he though it was one of the best sex tourists destination .. well aparently it isn't Sex tourism is big over here.

king polkakamonThreads: 1 Posts: 1,018 Joined: Dec 30, 09 ♂	Aug 31, 10, 15:27 #248
mietek: some english dude in uk who was disapointed about poland as he though it was one of the best sex tourists destination .. well aparently it isn't If he searched for homos what do you expect?

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