Dear Barry, Eyes open, hands shaken, lets progress and focus on more important issues. Lenarda, Australia ... From: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com...
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Barry Turner (Journal...
bturner@...
Dec 13, 2012 10:38 am
Dear Stan I agree with you absolutely about politics! Someone once said that the Human race is 'work in progress' and animosity between people based on...
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Krystyna Mew
krystynamew
Dec 13, 2012 10:28 am
If anyone is interested in going to this lecture in London in January, here is the info about tickets. Krystyna Mew Father: Â Edward Henrik Herzbaum...
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Barry Turner (Journal...
bturner@...
Dec 13, 2012 10:22 am
Dear Lenarda I do actually have a clear understanding of Polish culture and spirit. I have been heavily involved in the Polish community in GB, especially the...
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Dan Ford
godanford
Dec 13, 2012 10:20 am
Thank you all for clearing this up. I think I now understand--pupchia is a diminutive of a diminutive! -- Dan Ford US...
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Stanislaw Zwierzynski
zwierzinski1957
Dec 13, 2012 10:09 am
Dear Barry! Topic you raised is very interesting, but dangerous. Poor relations between Poland and Russia, unfortunately, reflected on cultural and...
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lenardaszymczak
Dec 13, 2012 9:28 am
Dear Barry, I personally have no animosity towards the Russian people and respect them as they respect us and every other race on this earth, but I do not...
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Barry Turner (Journal...
bturner@...
Dec 13, 2012 8:54 am
Lenarda This was not meant to be insulting to Poles and I am aware of the great contribution to culture that the Poles have made...especially Copernicus. I...
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Chris Gniewosz
cgniewosz
Dec 13, 2012 1:49 am
My understanding was that the Polish government in exile used these funds up to the time of post-communism in 1989-1990 and that remaining funds (gold) was...
53420
lenardaszymczak
Dec 12, 2012 11:20 pm
Barry, I personally find this insulting as I feel that Russian and Czech, being Slavic languages are but a shadow on the original and now existent Polish...
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Barry Turner (Journal...
bturner@...
Dec 12, 2012 11:02 pm
Dear Each I have just been explaining to my new colleagues how important it was in training school to pronounce our Russian correctly. My tutor told me that...
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lenardaszymczak
Dec 12, 2012 10:52 pm
A Polish family personal history with maps and brief historical records, including maps, of the changes affecting Poland and the colonies. The history itself,...
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Barbara M.
bwbm5...
Dec 12, 2012 8:23 pm
Hi Dan. The word os "pupa " the oo sound of u is short in Polish. No long vowels. One diminutive is pupka - not an explosive "K", but it is pronounced. Another...
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lenardaszymczak
Dec 12, 2012 7:50 pm
No, said same as in English, but poopka. But poocha would be a more nice way of saying it, a more polite refined way. Also depends on which dialect or...
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ed Bator
edijadzia
Dec 12, 2012 5:35 pm
This is not "no no " word. It is used mostly by mothers when talking to children. Word d..... is considered = rough, but graduated to more acceptable form is...
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godanford
Dec 12, 2012 5:09 pm
I really don't have a one-track mind, but I do have another question on this particular topic. I've been told that the K in pupka is soft, so that it sounds...
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Krystyna Mew
krystynamew
Dec 12, 2012 11:33 am
Absolutely brilliant photos! Thanks for sharing. Krystyna Mew ... Absolutely brilliant photos! Thanks for sharing. Krystyna Mew From: Lucyna Artymiuk...
Correction - I should have said BOOK not film ! Kind regards, Krystyna Dear Group, I thought you may be interested in learning of the launch (in Delhi,...
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Krystyna Szypowska
szypowska
Dec 12, 2012 1:26 am
Dear Group, I thought you may be interested in learning of the launch (in Delhi, India) of this new movie: Among our members featured is: Franciszek Herzog of...
53409
antoni530
Dec 11, 2012 4:40 pm
John, yes, sorry as I thought I sent you the contact to redakcja Tygodnika Polskiego here in UK. It is redakcja@... As you know you open...
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John Halucha
john.halucha
Dec 11, 2012 3:28 pm
Thank you very much for the link and the background on the publisher, Janusz. Using the archive it is easy to find issues 45(123) through 9(137) [Nov. 13, 2010...
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Stanislaw Zwierzynski
zwierzinski1957
Dec 11, 2012 3:23 pm
Dear Andrew! Now Dolhinow = Dolginowo, little town (or big village) in Wilejski rajon (region), Minsk oblast (county), Belaras In ...
53406
Stanislaw Zwierzynski
zwierzinski1957
Dec 11, 2012 3:23 pm
Dear Andrew! Now Dolhinow = Dolginowo, little town (or big village) in Wilejski rajon (region), Minsk oblast (county), Belaras In ...
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Stanislaw Zwierzynski
zwierzinski1957
Dec 11, 2012 2:35 pm
Dear Andrew Look Radzima site http://www.radzima.org/ru/object_comm/3224.html#comm2207 There are some Pols, who search roots as you. But must to know language....
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Dan Ford
godanford
Dec 11, 2012 1:48 pm
I have been told that the gold reserves smuggled out of Poland in 1939 were, in the end, transferred (by the British, presumably) to the Warsaw regime in 1945,...
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Andrew Stephen
livinginexile73
Dec 11, 2012 3:13 am
Oops, I forgot to sign off. AndrewSydney Australia. To: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com From: helen.bitner@... Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:05:51 +0000 ...
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Andrew Stephen
livinginexile73
Dec 11, 2012 3:13 am
Welcome Andrew. My family were from also from Dolhinow, and I know another KS member in the USA was also from this town. To: Kresy-Siberia@yahoogroups.com ...
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JanZ
zajaczkowski...
Dec 10, 2012 11:06 pm
John, The Tygodnik Polski is published by Pan Mleczko, who owns a chain of Polish delicatessens in West London. Pan Mleczko was a deportee, and his father was...
