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Offline Miseremini

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Oh to be Polish!
« on: October 19, 2025, 10:12:07 PM »
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  • Any Poles here who can add to this list?


    "Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered: and them that hate Him flee from before His Holy Face"  Psalm 67:2[/b]


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    Re: Oh to be Polish!
    « Reply #1 on: October 20, 2025, 02:55:29 PM »
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  • Any Poles here who can add to this list?



    St. Stanislaus is the Polish section of the cemetery where my parents and many friends of old are buried. St, Hedwig or JAdwiga in Polish=mom's name
    I almost learned the accordion!
    No light beer or cigs in our house. Pilsner, rye, vodka and dad's friend's who smoked like chimneys.
    No bar was there but still lots of assorted alcohol with fancy glasses

    To add, you know most if not all, at least one verse, of Polish koledy (Christmas carols)

    Good memories, very good memories. Sigh. Best days are far behind. Only Heaven shall best them.
    Da pacem Domine in diebus nostris
    Qui non est alius
    Qui pugnet pro nobis
    Nisi  tu Deus noster


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    Re: Oh to be Polish!
    « Reply #2 on: October 20, 2025, 11:24:44 PM »
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  • And paska and a Baranka at Easter.
    Paska is a round sweet bread with raisins
    Baranka is the Lamb carved from a pound of butter.

    And on New Year's day, children would go to aunts and uncles houses and throw rice wishing them blessings for the coming year.  And in return they received a handful of coins.
    "Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered: and them that hate Him flee from before His Holy Face"  Psalm 67:2[/b]


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    Re: Oh to be Polish!
    « Reply #3 on: Yesterday at 05:48:17 PM »
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  • And paska and a Baranka at Easter.
    Paska is a round sweet bread with raisins
    Baranka is the Lamb carved from a pound of butter.

    And on New Year's day, children would go to aunts and uncles houses and throw rice wishing them blessings for the coming year.  And in return they received a handful of coins.
    We had little Agnus Dei made out of sugar. I cannot recall the butter ones. But paska/babka....homemade.....for it rises to symbolize the Resurrection.

    I need to find a place in Canada that sells oplatek in bulk and cheaply this Christmastide. Getting too expensive to order from the US.
    Da pacem Domine in diebus nostris
    Qui non est alius
    Qui pugnet pro nobis
    Nisi  tu Deus noster

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    Re: Oh to be Polish!
    « Reply #4 on: Yesterday at 07:09:38 PM »
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  • I need to find a place in Canada that sells oplatek in bulk and cheaply this Christmastide. Getting too expensive to order from the US.
    Is there a Polish church in your city?  They usually have a Christmas bazaar where they sell it with all the yummy Polish dishes.
    "Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered: and them that hate Him flee from before His Holy Face"  Psalm 67:2[/b]



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    Re: Oh to be Polish!
    « Reply #5 on: Yesterday at 11:45:45 PM »
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  • My dad is a quarter polish and I showed him this meme: he a had a great uncle Stan, there were crucifixes on the wall, and on occasion people mispronounce our Polish last name. My dad paused and looked at me while reading the stuff about what Polish grandmas do and told me, "we're not that Polish " :laugh1:

    His grandpa's parents immigrated to Chicago from Poland then made the trek to Minneapolis. his grandfather ended up marrying an Irish woman. Then my dad's dad married a Scandinavian who had to convert to marry and she's the only one in his family that plays accordion! I'm sure you've heard that meme where being mixed race in the Midwest means being half Slavic/Half Germanic.

    I remembered something funny while typing this. One time after Mass I reminded Father that I sent him an email and I mentioned my email handle was my first name and last name. my last name being Polish. He proceeded to tell me a story where one day as he exited the chapel he sneezed violently and some random lady off the street identified him as Polish based off his sneeze. He is of Dutch heritage but that was so random lol
    "Come to me, all you that labour, and are burdened, and I will refresh you." St. Matthew 11:28 

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    Re: Oh to be Polish!
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  • My dad is a quarter polish and I showed him this meme: he a had a great uncle Stan, there were crucifixes on the wall, and on occasion people mispronounce our Polish last name.

    There is a local TV journalist (in Texas, I believe) whose last name is Przybyl.

    In Polish, it would be pronounced something like "shhh-buhw", but she pronounces it... "prizzible", to rhyme with "risible".

    If she went to an especially erudite college, I have to wonder if her friends called her "Risible Prizzible".


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    Re: Oh to be Polish!
    « Reply #7 on: Today at 09:38:52 AM »
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  • :laugh1:  Talk about anglicanizing a name.


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    Re: Oh to be Polish!
    « Reply #8 on: Today at 09:53:11 AM »
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  • :laugh1:  Talk about anglicanizing a name.
    No, it would be “anglicizing”. “Anglicanizing” would be naming a son Trey, or Chad, or something like that. I’m sorry, I just couldn’t resist that one.  I have any Episcopal prep school near me, I know what I’m talking about 😊

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    Re: Oh to be Polish!
    « Reply #9 on: Today at 10:14:18 AM »
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  • No, it would be “anglicizing”. “Anglicanizing” would be naming a son Trey, or Chad, or something like that. I’m sorry, I just couldn’t resist that one.  I have any Episcopal prep school near me, I know what I’m talking about 😊
    Thx, didn't know.