One thing I loved about being a tourist in Poland, as opposed to living there, is that the polish switch into English very quickly when they know you don’t understand. I was in Krakow and two guys stopped me for directions, I must have looked local, I obviously said I didn’t speak polish I am tourist and straight away they switched and smiled. I had many encounters like this and I really think it makes you feel very welcome, I tried to learn some polish words but obviously for a few weeks I cannot learn a language. Restaurant staff are amazing, I had one bad interaction where a lady in a supermarket rolled her eyes at me tutted at me for not understanding her but in general the friendliness was outstanding. I hate the fake American friendliness so Polish friendliness works for me. As a Brit we have important ties to Poland, especially surrounding WW2 and what the Polish servicemen did for us. We should honour these ties and I pay respects to the Polish for the wonderful society they have created. The one disease they really seem to have caught from the west is the explosion of property prices which they should rein in as it is ultimately the cause of so many societal problems.
Yeah, I find people like to speak in English as it gives them practice with a native. The language isn't the easiest to learn but they appreciate when we make the effort. 100% we should! Yip, the prices have gone a bit mad. Same with other parts of Europe too like Prague, etc.
Remember that Poland is still changing rapidly. 10 years ago it was a different country, 20 years ago it was a different era. A Swede said that Poland changes in a month like Sweden in 5 years. Poland's development over the last 30 years, especially after Poland's accession to the EU, is a phenomenon.
10 ostanich lat to niesamowity rozwoj calej Polski a PO-przednie 20 lat to rozkradanie polskiego majatku narodowego i okradanie Polakow przez zydowskich pastuchow, grabarzy i zlodzieji majacych uchodzic za... "ekonomistow"
You are correct. We are getting screwed month by month, and our national debt is thru the roof...Most of our industry destroyed or sold out, corporations dont pay taxes...Also wait for the green taxes from UE, it will destroy us to the core, our cars, construction industry etc etc....just great!
Yes, i have been living in Germany 1997-2020. Since 2020 in Poland. The poles are extreme vulgar. Much more than 10-20 years ago. Why they say every second word "whore" (kurwa)? Whats wrong with them?
@@nomadscotsman Let me tell you, in 2000 you would have had a winter where it was -20 degrees Celsius in the Krakow area. In the mountains where I live (mountains called Gorce) there was one meter of snow and -27 degrees Celsius. I remember the winter of 1984 when it was -35 degrees Celsius
I must agree 100%, we have to learn from British people that courtesy cost nothing, saying thank you and apologise it’s nothing which will change your life. It’s simple. That’s why I respect so much Brits, personal manners absolutely top 👌
Greetings from Adelaide Australia... Good on ya Mate... Love your videos in Poland... I have a Polish background. My relatives live up North of Poland. I've been there about 5 times. It's quite good there, not far from the Baltic sea... Wish you all the best during your time spent in Poland.. 🎉😊. Wszystkiego dobrego i Najlepszego!!!! Nazdrowie 🎉
Cześć. Thanks for the reply. I've also been to Warsaw, Gdańsk, Kraków & of course Auschwitz... Anyway I hope you have a brilliant time in your travels around Poland... Pozdrowienia z Australii. Elizabeth 😅
Once in the Netherlands I met a drunk man in an elevator with a Weesky in his hand. He claimed to be Scottish. Then I didn't believe he was from the Kingdom, I thought he was also from Eastern Europe like me, and that he spoke terribly bad English. Now that I hear you (Scottish accent for the second time in my life) and I know that you didn't drink alcohol, I already believe that he was Scottish. I understand you, but it was hard to understand him when he was drunk.
I am a big fan of Marillion and his former vocalist Fish from Scotland . Funny thing is that while I can understand songs lyrics singed, but I can barely understand interviews or what he was speaking between songs on concerts ;)
Scots are back to Poland after 300 hundreds years of absence. It's a good sign Between 15-17 centuries 30%- 40% of Scottish population was share a life with polish people. A bit forgotten history between All the best here in Krakow,very welcome
@nomadscotsman That's lovely idea maybe even to show that period and introduce to Scottish people.I am from "Swietokrzyskie"county with region capitol Kielce.What I heard there is a Scottish cemetery in the town "Szydlowiec" .I never been there also in Krakow was living quite a lot Scottish back to 16 centres mostly from Dundee, Ysle of Skye,Aberdeen, Probably the highest level of Scott's was based in Gdansk. It was Scottish regiment We need somebody to restore that history for both nations. Keep in touch
nr.2 is calling in poland english exit xd def: THE “ENGLISH EXIT” There’s a phrase in Polish, to make an “English exit”, which means leaving without telling anyone you’re going, without saying goodbye, thank you or anything at all that polite company might expect.
I'm polish and when people walk through the door I'm holding open for them and say nothing pisses me off as well. I mean the whole thing of being scared of saying thank you for small things is beyond me.
I'm Polish living in Scotland for last 8 years. I enjoy your vlogs very much, keep posting. Also it's great to hear what foreigners living in Poland really think. The pile of rubbish on the filed really annoyed, some thing change slower than others. Take care!
Słyszę że Szkotom dobrze wychodzą słowa z miękkimi spółgłoskami, ń, ć, ś..język polski należy do dialektów słowiańskich z dużą zawartością słów dźwiękonaśladowczych stwroeuropejczykow. Kiedyś nasi przodkowie potrafili wydawać 56 dźwięki...aby nawoływać zwierzęta. Co oznacza że Słowianie w dużej mierze to ludy starożytne. Ger oznacza Jelenia.
Ad a Polish I must agree the Brits are better when it comes to good manners. After visiting my friend in Exeter this summer I noticed the difference when I came back to Poland. Sometimes people seem to be sad and unhappy for no reason. Even rude sometimes. It has changed a lot over last 20 years bu still you can se the difference. On the other hand Polish people seem to be more sincere and honest when they smile and talk with you whilst in the UK its just a manner and doesnt mean anything.
I agree Americans especially southern part of the country are fake nice most of the time. They smile in your face and stab you in the back. All of my time in Poland 99% of the time the people were wonderful and went out of the way to be kind and welcoming anyplace I went. Someplaces in the U.S. people wouldn't give you the time of day. Poles are better educated than the average American that also makes a difference.
@@nomadscotsman but is common, if you leave the English way, you , leave without saying goodbye/ shaking hands with everyone which is usually, but not always, a negative statement. But this refers to you as a guest, as the host you are expected to accompany your guest at least to the door, if it's a single woman with no car you would often accompany her to the taxi rank or bus station.
Poland is not cheap any loger for you Kambodja is cheap but for the locals, the Norwegian goes to Stockholm and is wasted cause alcohol is so cheap, the optics are different all the time. depends on how much you can buy. Poland should be an empire but we are just too nice
We are not overly expressive with facial expressions, and we do not use overly artificial Western smiles - this is a fact (there is a saying: "someone laughs like a fool into cheese"). When it comes to the issue of politeness, please note that we also open doors and let people through, but we do not expect expressions of gratitude at every step, personally, I do it almost instinctively and I don't even pay attention to whether someone says thank you, it is not important.
Hi m8, Good story with the obligatory farewell to guests at the front door, I laughed like never before. Greetings from the Netherlands from a Pole living in Edinburgh for 12 years. I love Scotland, Scots and the Scottish accent. Scotland 🏴💪🏻
@@nomadscotsman I suggest you try Oranżada Hellena, well it's not IRN BRU but if you don't have what u like then u like what u have 🤷🏻♂️😂 hope u enjoying Poland, have a nice day pal 🙂
You should make a video about Scotts who came to Poland like 300 years ago. They had their own villages next to Krakow and other places. Perhaps you can find some traces of them. We used to have politicians Mrs Begger and Mr Leper . Those surnames are not polish perhaps those guys had some Scottish ancestors. It would be so cool to find someone who is still aware of their origin. They were escaping the poverty and religious persecution. So ironic looking at last 20 years.
I only learned about this a couple of days ago from another comment on this vid! Yeah, that would be a good idea for a video. I'll need to research it more
@@nomadscotsman in 1500-1800's there was a significant Scottish community living in Gdańsk, there are even still two neighbourhoods in Gdańsk called "Stare Szkoty (the Old Scots)" and "Nowe Szkoty" (the New Scots)" as Scotsmen used to live in those areas. There is also the pub "U Szkota (Scotman's)". Gdańsk had big Dutch community as well and pretty big group of Englishmen too. They say this city was the only place outside of the British Isles where they showed Shakespear's plays when the author was still alive. To honour this fact few years ago city authorities founded the Shakespearean Theatre in Gdańsk with whole scene made in the style of Elisabethan Theatre and one time even prince William with his wife payed this place a visit.
That's brilliant, I'll need to check those out the next time I'm up there. Amazing place in general with a really interesting history, good to know Scottish played a small part :)
Regarding no.5 - Polish here, it annoys me too when I am holding the door and I don't hear simple "dziękuje/ thank you". One day, I will literally demand that "thank you" from someone.🥲Most people here also don't say "przepraszam/ sorry mate" when they bump into you on the street, or hit you with a shopping cart. It might seem as rude behaviour for people from the outside, but I think it has something to do with parents not teaching this certain manners, and overall people do not want to show that they are "the weak one" on the street. A little bit weird though, but this might be somehow easy to understand for Paisley Buddy (not saying that your are). Although, this is actually slightly improving over the years. It's been worse in the past, nowadays on 1 out of 4 cases you should hear "dziękuje/ przepraszam". But yes, it is super super strange and the school system should focus on this more.
haha good to hear it's not all Polish! But yeah, some do say it though so it's a nice surprise when I actually hear it. I just shout a sarcastic 'you're welcome' if they don't ha. Yes, I'm sure it's just a culture thing, doesn't bother me too much now but when I first arrived it definitely did. I'm sure it will improve but won't happen overnight. Other than that, I love it here :)
@@VoidCosmonaut chyba wschodni. Mieszkalbys na zachodzie - uprzejmosc wobec obcych to przepasc. Brytyjczycy, jak autor z uprzejmosci nie mowi, ze jakby wypuscic average Jan Kowalski to zostalby uznany za prymitywa robiac zakupy w supermarkecie.
3:18 It was more about the fact that she was your girlfriend's friend and the girl wanted to either argue about nothing or brag about you and you missed the point. I wouldn't translate it to all of Poland. You don't have to walk guests to the door, especially if they are close relatives, they won't miss the door, just like in Scotland. If it is a special or rare guest, it would be nice, but it is not a special rule of Poles.
I am out of Poland now like 14 years.. When I see some video of foreigner talking about this country it sounds like they talk about some other thing that I remember. Good I guess..
In a first 30 sec I could barely understand you, but after that braind must have adjusted to the accent and had no issues onwards. It always amases me how it works.
@@nomadscotsman It may be strange, but of all English-speaking people, I have the least problems understanding Scots and Aussies. I still can't understand Londoners and struggle a bit with American accents.
It is difficult to understand your English. I know English well, but I can only understand 60% of what you say. It is like watching "Trainspotting" movie. :)
So You never been to UK? Believe me you. I Lived in UK for almost a decade and i met Scotts mutilatin English that far that English ppl asked them to "speak English, please". This guy's English has only an accent but totally understandable if You ever had live interaction with British English.
where are you from? I am from Poland and I understand him easily. And what is the point wrriting to someone such a things? He will not change the way his is talking! I like it - it is a little like Outlander :D
@@nomadscotsman I mean the part about politeness. I think the time I gave you was wrong, what I meant is here between 7:00 and 7:26. Can you say something more about it?
Ah OK. Yeah, just in Poland a lot of the time I will hold the door open for someone or let someone by and they don't say 'thank you'. Not all the time but it seems to be more prevalent here than anywhere I've been
There's one thing I cant get, I've spent 17 years in UK and to this day Brits think Poland is underdeveloped country, just because we're former east block. I had to answer million stupid questions like: do you have cars, or fridges in Poland. Seriously lads, Poland is more developed in many areas than the UK is. Do your study before coming over here as it is a little bit annoying for us.
I am from a polish family, love being in Poland, and have lived there for 12 years already. That’s very true that the Poles will not thank you for kind gestures. It annoys me too, but having grown up in the UK I make a lot of the same observations as you. The problem is that in the polish psyche, thanking someone is seen as a sign of weakness, therefore people don’t tend to say it unritualistically. There is also huge interpersonal distrust still alive in Poland, a remnant of the communist times which will not Subside (social capital has not yet thrived). The fact they won’t thank you for opening the door is a result of thinking: „this person doesn’t know me, they have No reason to be kind, this must be a trick”. Don’t let it get you down :)
As a Pole who had lived abroad for a while, Im also somewhat annoyed at the lack of appreciation gestures when giving other Poles courtesy .... like giving someone right of way on a narrow road etc. Janusze are particularly prone to that.
I've heard a lot of opinions and jokes, that Scots are stingy. Is it true, is it common in Scotland? What is your opinion, especially comparing with Poles?
tbh I've no idea where that comes from haha. We always tend to tip and I don't know anyone that's stingy with cash. Even in pubs, when buying a drink we usually tip the bar person when ordering a drink - 'take wan for yerself'. I'm not sure compared to Poland, when I've been out with a meal with Polish friends I think they usually tip, so I couldn't compare
Scots meaby are known friendly, but definitely not towards Poles. you shouldn't be supraised if you will be treat same way. Poles own a favor of job opportunity to Scots. And is important for us to return that favor. good lack Pal.
Thanks buddy, sorry to hear if you've had a bad experience in Scotland. I think people are naturally tribal, so when an influx of people come in to a country/ area, local people get defensive. Happens all over the world and gets conflated with racism. Not had any bad experiences so far in nearly 3 years in Poland, people are generally nice. Maybe the odd person but there's always going to be 1 or 2
@nomadscotsman yes that is true. some time ago amount of Poles in Scotland could be viewed as invasion. at that time people thinks that we are Russians lol. situation chenge finly now. old generation of people remember sanctions that Poland was under during Comunism. that was the same generation that fight in battle of Britain and after war Poland not only wasn't invited for glory parade in London to celebrate defeat of Nazis, but was put under sanctions to punish Russia (Russian army controlled Poland at that time after so called "liberation") this old generation have huge feelings of being betrayed by allys. this Churchill quote "Britain don't have friends, Britain have intrests" is very well known in that generation
Tbh, I've only heard people saying good things about Polish. I've worked with Poles back in Scotland and many of my mates work in construction, and always say they work a lot harder than locals. Yeah that's understandable why the older generation feel that way to be fair. I think a lot of those feelings will subside, are have done with he younger generation
@nomadscotsman construction? in the moment when I start to watch your movie I had moment when I thought "I know this guy, I think I meet him before" lol. Are you electrician meaby? I'm also working on the costruction in and around Edinburgh. Situation changes from "invasion of Russian" to normal workers at work. thanks for kind words. unfortunately we are also trouble makers after work, especially after good whisky lol.
Sorry mate, I don't get notifications when people respond for some reason. Nah, wouldn't have been me. My construction experience was short lived! Haha aren't we all after a wee whisky!
Unfortunately, Polish people have been taught since childhood that they are victims of the rest of the world. Regardless of where you are from, if you are not Polish, they may harbor resentment towards you. This resentment is not based on anything you have done, but rather on a misguided generalization and confusion between actions of various foreign governments towards Poland and the actions of individuals from other countries towards the Polish people. It reflects a lack of awareness and low self-esteem, as they mistakenly believe that adopting a hostile attitude will make them appear stronger and better than they truly are. They hold resentment towards life and people. Hopefully, there will be positive change in the future.
Yeah, I can kind of understand it with the history of the country. Don't get me wrong, the vast amount of Polish I have met have all been generally friendly. I do think the attitude will change with this generation though
I am sorry to say it but Polish people are lacking on manners. I lived in London for 5 years and after that time I got back to Poland which at first made on me a good impression but with time I started to notice lack of respect for others and sort of lack of empathy and manners for our own kind. For me it is a huge disappointment.
One thing I loved about being a tourist in Poland, as opposed to living there, is that the polish switch into English very quickly when they know you don’t understand. I was in Krakow and two guys stopped me for directions, I must have looked local, I obviously said I didn’t speak polish I am tourist and straight away they switched and smiled. I had many encounters like this and I really think it makes you feel very welcome, I tried to learn some polish words but obviously for a few weeks I cannot learn a language. Restaurant staff are amazing, I had one bad interaction where a lady in a supermarket rolled her eyes at me tutted at me for not understanding her but in general the friendliness was outstanding. I hate the fake American friendliness so Polish friendliness works for me.
As a Brit we have important ties to Poland, especially surrounding WW2 and what the Polish servicemen did for us. We should honour these ties and I pay respects to the Polish for the wonderful society they have created. The one disease they really seem to have caught from the west is the explosion of property prices which they should rein in as it is ultimately the cause of so many societal problems.
Yeah, I find people like to speak in English as it gives them practice with a native. The language isn't the easiest to learn but they appreciate when we make the effort.
100% we should! Yip, the prices have gone a bit mad. Same with other parts of Europe too like Prague, etc.
Thank you :-)
Remember that Poland is still changing rapidly. 10 years ago it was a different country, 20 years ago it was a different era. A Swede said that Poland changes in a month like Sweden in 5 years. Poland's development over the last 30 years, especially after Poland's accession to the EU, is a phenomenon.
100%. That's why many Poles are coming back. Great to see the country booming and glad I moved here when I did:)
10 ostanich lat to niesamowity rozwoj calej Polski a PO-przednie 20 lat to rozkradanie polskiego majatku narodowego i okradanie Polakow przez zydowskich pastuchow, grabarzy i zlodzieji majacych uchodzic za... "ekonomistow"
You are correct. We are getting screwed month by month, and our national debt is thru the roof...Most of our industry destroyed or sold out, corporations dont pay taxes...Also wait for the green taxes from UE, it will destroy us to the core, our cars, construction industry etc etc....just great!
Yes, i have been living in Germany 1997-2020. Since 2020 in Poland. The poles are extreme vulgar. Much more than 10-20 years ago. Why they say every second word "whore" (kurwa)? Whats wrong with them?
@@nomadscotsman Let me tell you, in 2000 you would have had a winter where it was -20 degrees Celsius in the Krakow area. In the mountains where I live (mountains called Gorce) there was one meter of snow and -27 degrees Celsius. I remember the winter of 1984 when it was -35 degrees Celsius
Beautiful countryside in the background ❤
Yeah, it's lovely there
You mean 05:15?
I must agree 100%, we have to learn from British people that courtesy cost nothing, saying thank you and apologise it’s nothing which will change your life. It’s simple. That’s why I respect so much Brits, personal manners absolutely top 👌
Yeah, just a culture thing really but used to it now haha
Moved from london to krakow ppl here are super friendly for me
100%!
Please continue to post about your experience of living in Poland as it will help us to decide😊
I will do :)
Greetings from Adelaide Australia... Good on ya Mate... Love your videos in Poland... I have a Polish background. My relatives live up North of Poland. I've been there about 5 times. It's quite good there, not far from the Baltic sea... Wish you all the best during your time spent in Poland.. 🎉😊. Wszystkiego dobrego i Najlepszego!!!! Nazdrowie 🎉
Cool to hear you are on the other side of the world enjoying my vids haha! Yeah, it's lovely up there. Thanks a lot! Appreciated :)
Cześć. Thanks for the reply. I've also been to Warsaw, Gdańsk, Kraków & of course Auschwitz... Anyway I hope you have a brilliant time in your travels around Poland... Pozdrowienia z Australii. Elizabeth 😅
Awesome! No prob at all, thanks for watching :)
Once in the Netherlands I met a drunk man in an elevator with a Weesky in his hand. He claimed to be Scottish. Then I didn't believe he was from the Kingdom, I thought he was also from Eastern Europe like me, and that he spoke terribly bad English. Now that I hear you (Scottish accent for the second time in my life) and I know that you didn't drink alcohol, I already believe that he was Scottish. I understand you, but it was hard to understand him when he was drunk.
haha! Well I'm glad you can understand me! I'm sure you wouldn't be able to after I've had a few whiskies tho either!
I believe.🚦@@nomadscotsman
@@nomadscotsman :D
The same story. First time I heard Sctottish guy I thought he was Egiptian or so.. 😅😅 But then I realized this is Scottish accent.. 😅😅
I am a big fan of Marillion and his former vocalist Fish from Scotland . Funny thing is that while I can understand songs lyrics singed, but I can barely understand interviews or what he was speaking between songs on concerts ;)
Scots are back to Poland after 300 hundreds years of absence. It's a good sign
Between 15-17 centuries 30%- 40% of Scottish population was share a life with polish people. A bit forgotten history between
All the best here in Krakow,very welcome
Wow, I didn't even know that myself!
Appreciated
@@nomadscotsman Scots in Poland with Dr. David Worthington pt. 1 - Routes to Roots Podcast th-cam.com/video/wllE3kVhzIQ/w-d-xo.html
I will check it out :)
@nomadscotsman That's lovely idea maybe even to show that period and introduce to Scottish people.I am from "Swietokrzyskie"county with region capitol Kielce.What I heard there is a Scottish cemetery in the town "Szydlowiec" .I never been there also in Krakow was living quite a lot Scottish back to 16 centres mostly from Dundee, Ysle of Skye,Aberdeen,
Probably the highest level of Scott's was based in Gdansk.
It was Scottish regiment
We need somebody to restore that history for both nations.
Keep in touch
nr.2 is calling in poland english exit xd
def:
THE “ENGLISH EXIT”
There’s a phrase in Polish, to make an “English exit”, which means leaving without telling anyone you’re going, without saying goodbye, thank you or anything at all that polite company might expect.
Haha yeah I just learned that phrase from someone in the comments recently
@@nomadscotsman But the English call it a French leave 😁.
I'm polish and when people walk through the door I'm holding open for them and say nothing pisses me off as well. I mean the whole thing of being scared of saying thank you for small things is beyond me.
haha yeah, it's a weird one. Don't get me wrong, not everyone is like that but seems more than usual here than other places
I’m also polish and I agree with you 100%!!! It’s not a big deal to just say thank you
The most important thing about living in different country is: If you respect locals and their customs, they will respect you and your customs :)
100% 👌
I'm Polish living in Scotland for last 8 years. I enjoy your vlogs very much, keep posting. Also it's great to hear what foreigners living in Poland really think. The pile of rubbish on the filed really annoyed, some thing change slower than others. Take care!
Great to hear, thank you :)
Yeah, it's not nice to see. Get it back home too, idiots everywhere :(
Słyszę że Szkotom dobrze wychodzą słowa z miękkimi spółgłoskami, ń, ć, ś..język polski należy do dialektów słowiańskich z dużą zawartością słów dźwiękonaśladowczych stwroeuropejczykow. Kiedyś nasi przodkowie potrafili wydawać 56 dźwięki...aby nawoływać zwierzęta. Co oznacza że Słowianie w dużej mierze to ludy starożytne. Ger oznacza Jelenia.
Ad a Polish I must agree the Brits are better when it comes to good manners. After visiting my friend in Exeter this summer I noticed the difference when I came back to Poland. Sometimes people seem to be sad and unhappy for no reason. Even rude sometimes. It has changed a lot over last 20 years bu still you can se the difference.
On the other hand Polish people seem to be more sincere and honest when they smile and talk with you whilst in the UK its just a manner and doesnt mean anything.
Yeah, I agree. Americans too, it's this fake niceness or interest but it doesn't have any substance
I agree Americans especially southern part of the country are fake nice most of the time. They smile in your face and stab you in the back. All of my time in Poland 99% of the time the people were wonderful and went out of the way to be kind and welcoming anyplace I went. Someplaces in the U.S. people wouldn't give you the time of day. Poles are better educated than the average American that also makes a difference.
Did you know that in Poland they also have winyards with very good wines. Check it out
Wow, really? I never knew that! I'll need to research more. I do like a wine :)
We say " leave in English way " , which means without proper goodbe .
I've never heard that before
@@nomadscotsman but is common, if you leave the English way, you , leave without saying goodbye/ shaking hands with everyone which is usually, but not always, a negative statement. But this refers to you as a guest, as the host you are expected to accompany your guest at least to the door, if it's a single woman with no car you would often accompany her to the taxi rank or bus station.
Yeah that makes sense. Very true
2 degrees in South England is very cold, in Poland it's not bad because it's very humid in the UK
True
Poland is not cheap any loger for you Kambodja is cheap but for the locals, the Norwegian goes to Stockholm and is wasted cause alcohol is so cheap, the optics are different all the time. depends on how much you can buy. Poland should be an empire but we are just too nice
True, it's all relative
good you have low views and reach outs, that is why you can answer a comment. I am grateful thank you :)@@nomadscotsman
Yeah, it's a new channel@@Dzikichili
Hi mate.I'm from Poland but I'm living in Scotland 👍🏴
Greetings from Dundee
Hey buddy! Awesome. Hope you're enjoying Scotland :)
We are not overly expressive with facial expressions, and we do not use overly artificial Western smiles - this is a fact (there is a saying: "someone laughs like a fool into cheese"). When it comes to the issue of politeness, please note that we also open doors and let people through, but we do not expect expressions of gratitude at every step, personally, I do it almost instinctively and I don't even pay attention to whether someone says thank you, it is not important.
I think general manners are important no matter where you are from
Remember to always hold doors open to women.
Of course
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Hi m8, Good story with the obligatory farewell to guests at the front door, I laughed like never before. Greetings from the Netherlands from a Pole living in Edinburgh for 12 years. I love Scotland, Scots and the Scottish accent. Scotland 🏴💪🏻
Hey buddy! Haha glad you enjoyed mate :) and good to hear u love Scotland 🙌
Aye pal, enjoyed a big time 🙂 what I miss most is the Greggs Sausage roll’s and IRN BRU of course 😂💪🏻
Hahaha aye tell me aboot it! ☹️
@@nomadscotsman lmao 🤣👍🏻
@@nomadscotsman I suggest you try Oranżada Hellena, well it's not IRN BRU but if you don't have what u like then u like what u have 🤷🏻♂️😂 hope u enjoying Poland, have a nice day pal 🙂
You should make a video about Scotts who came to Poland like 300 years ago. They had their own villages next to Krakow and other places. Perhaps you can find some traces of them.
We used to have politicians Mrs Begger and Mr Leper . Those surnames are not polish perhaps those guys had some Scottish ancestors.
It would be so cool to find someone who is still aware of their origin. They were escaping the poverty and religious persecution. So ironic looking at last 20 years.
I only learned about this a couple of days ago from another comment on this vid! Yeah, that would be a good idea for a video. I'll need to research it more
@@nomadscotsman in 1500-1800's there was a significant Scottish community living in Gdańsk, there are even still two neighbourhoods in Gdańsk called "Stare Szkoty (the Old Scots)" and "Nowe Szkoty" (the New Scots)" as Scotsmen used to live in those areas. There is also the pub "U Szkota (Scotman's)".
Gdańsk had big Dutch community as well and pretty big group of Englishmen too. They say this city was the only place outside of the British Isles where they showed Shakespear's plays when the author was still alive. To honour this fact few years ago city authorities founded the Shakespearean Theatre in Gdańsk with whole scene made in the style of Elisabethan Theatre and one time even prince William with his wife payed this place a visit.
That's brilliant, I'll need to check those out the next time I'm up there. Amazing place in general with a really interesting history, good to know Scottish played a small part :)
Very true about the people. However, it is true for most part of Europe to be honest. Scotland is just exceptional about that 🙂!
True! Because we are usually drunk 😁
Regarding no.5 - Polish here, it annoys me too when I am holding the door and I don't hear simple "dziękuje/ thank you". One day, I will literally demand that "thank you" from someone.🥲Most people here also don't say "przepraszam/ sorry mate" when they bump into you on the street, or hit you with a shopping cart. It might seem as rude behaviour for people from the outside, but I think it has something to do with parents not teaching this certain manners, and overall people do not want to show that they are "the weak one" on the street. A little bit weird though, but this might be somehow easy to understand for Paisley Buddy (not saying that your are).
Although, this is actually slightly improving over the years. It's been worse in the past, nowadays on 1 out of 4 cases you should hear "dziękuje/ przepraszam". But yes, it is super super strange and the school system should focus on this more.
haha good to hear it's not all Polish! But yeah, some do say it though so it's a nice surprise when I actually hear it. I just shout a sarcastic 'you're welcome' if they don't ha. Yes, I'm sure it's just a culture thing, doesn't bother me too much now but when I first arrived it definitely did. I'm sure it will improve but won't happen overnight. Other than that, I love it here :)
Kiedyś Polacy byli o wiele milsi i grzeczni.Zawsze mówiono dziękuję,przepraszam itd.
@@andrzejsteplewski1304 Teraz są bardziej "zachodni".
@@VoidCosmonaut chyba wschodni. Mieszkalbys na zachodzie - uprzejmosc wobec obcych to przepasc. Brytyjczycy, jak autor z uprzejmosci nie mowi, ze jakby wypuscic average Jan Kowalski to zostalby uznany za prymitywa robiac zakupy w supermarkecie.
What do you do for work in Poland?
I work in marketing
3:18 It was more about the fact that she was your girlfriend's friend and the girl wanted to either argue about nothing or brag about you and you missed the point. I wouldn't translate it to all of Poland. You don't have to walk guests to the door, especially if they are close relatives, they won't miss the door, just like in Scotland. If it is a special or rare guest, it would be nice, but it is not a special rule of Poles.
I am out of Poland now like 14 years.. When I see some video of foreigner talking about this country it sounds like they talk about some other thing that I remember. Good I guess..
We are friendly. And we love Scotland ❤️
I don't know why 🤣🤣🤣🤣 but is true 😉
Haha good to know! 😁
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In a first 30 sec I could barely understand you, but after that braind must have adjusted to the accent and had no issues onwards. It always amases me how it works.
haha! You are basically Scottish now
@@nomadscotsman It may be strange, but of all English-speaking people, I have the least problems understanding Scots and Aussies. I still can't understand Londoners and struggle a bit with American accents.
It is difficult to understand your English. I know English well, but I can only understand 60% of what you say. It is like watching "Trainspotting" movie. :)
hahaha, yeah we aren't the easiest to understand! Thank God for subtitles!
I can understand it easily and English is my second language.
So You never been to UK? Believe me you. I Lived in UK for almost a decade and i met Scotts mutilatin English that far that English ppl asked them to "speak English, please".
This guy's English has only an accent but totally understandable if You ever had live interaction with British English.
where are you from? I am from Poland and I understand him easily. And what is the point wrriting to someone such a things? He will not change the way his is talking! I like it - it is a little like Outlander :D
Easy to understand. I love scotish accent.
7:00 - 7:26 (time edited) could you explain what is it about? I've listened twice to your talk, but I feel like I'm missing something. Please explain.
Sure. The part I say 'as the Polish say, they have nothing to smile about when they are between Germany and Russia?' Do you mean?
@@nomadscotsman I mean the part about politeness. I think the time I gave you was wrong, what I meant is here between 7:00 and 7:26.
Can you say something more about it?
Ah OK. Yeah, just in Poland a lot of the time I will hold the door open for someone or let someone by and they don't say 'thank you'. Not all the time but it seems to be more prevalent here than anywhere I've been
There's one thing I cant get, I've spent 17 years in UK and to this day Brits think Poland is underdeveloped country, just because we're former east block. I had to answer million stupid questions like: do you have cars, or fridges in Poland. Seriously lads, Poland is more developed in many areas than the UK is. Do your study before coming over here as it is a little bit annoying for us.
Haha I know! I've had really stupid questions from mates back home 😅
Great accent.
Thank you :)
I am from a polish family, love being in Poland, and have lived there for 12 years already. That’s very true that the Poles will not thank you for kind gestures. It annoys me too, but having grown up in the UK I make a lot of the same observations as you. The problem is that in the polish psyche, thanking someone is seen as a sign of weakness, therefore people don’t tend to say it unritualistically. There is also huge interpersonal distrust still alive in Poland, a remnant of the communist times which will not Subside (social capital has not yet thrived). The fact they won’t thank you for opening the door is a result of thinking: „this person doesn’t know me, they have No reason to be kind, this must be a trick”. Don’t let it get you down :)
Yeah, it's an interesting cultural thing. Took a bit getting used to ha. In general, it's all good. Just was slightly annoying when I first arrived
As a Pole who had lived abroad for a while, Im also somewhat annoyed at the lack of appreciation gestures when giving other Poles courtesy .... like giving someone right of way on a narrow road etc. Janusze are particularly prone to that.
Yeah, I think it's just a cultural thing. It took me sometime to get used to but the good thing it's not everyone and a lot are polite
I've heard a lot of opinions and jokes, that Scots are stingy. Is it true, is it common in Scotland? What is your opinion, especially comparing with Poles?
tbh I've no idea where that comes from haha. We always tend to tip and I don't know anyone that's stingy with cash. Even in pubs, when buying a drink we usually tip the bar person when ordering a drink - 'take wan for yerself'. I'm not sure compared to Poland, when I've been out with a meal with Polish friends I think they usually tip, so I couldn't compare
@@nomadscotsman And how about the Scottish hospitality to guests, foreigners?
@@KowalskyLeon nah, very open. Of course you'll get some idiots that aren't, but that's the same as every country
Poland is a Muslim free country and i hope it will be.
If you have problem friendly or not do not come to Poland
Settle down
Szkoda, że Cię nie rozumiem...angielski jest bardzo trudnym językiem.😢
Scots meaby are known friendly, but definitely not towards Poles. you shouldn't be supraised if you will be treat same way. Poles own a favor of job opportunity to Scots. And is important for us to return that favor. good lack Pal.
Thanks buddy, sorry to hear if you've had a bad experience in Scotland. I think people are naturally tribal, so when an influx of people come in to a country/ area, local people get defensive. Happens all over the world and gets conflated with racism. Not had any bad experiences so far in nearly 3 years in Poland, people are generally nice. Maybe the odd person but there's always going to be 1 or 2
@nomadscotsman yes that is true. some time ago amount of Poles in Scotland could be viewed as invasion. at that time people thinks that we are Russians lol. situation chenge finly now. old generation of people remember sanctions that Poland was under during Comunism. that was the same generation that fight in battle of Britain and after war Poland not only wasn't invited for glory parade in London to celebrate defeat of Nazis, but was put under sanctions to punish Russia (Russian army controlled Poland at that time after so called "liberation") this old generation have huge feelings of being betrayed by allys. this Churchill quote "Britain don't have friends, Britain have intrests" is very well known in that generation
Tbh, I've only heard people saying good things about Polish. I've worked with Poles back in Scotland and many of my mates work in construction, and always say they work a lot harder than locals. Yeah that's understandable why the older generation feel that way to be fair. I think a lot of those feelings will subside, are have done with he younger generation
@nomadscotsman construction? in the moment when I start to watch your movie I had moment when I thought "I know this guy, I think I meet him before" lol. Are you electrician meaby? I'm also working on the costruction in and around Edinburgh. Situation changes from "invasion of Russian" to normal workers at work. thanks for kind words. unfortunately we are also trouble makers after work, especially after good whisky lol.
Sorry mate, I don't get notifications when people respond for some reason. Nah, wouldn't have been me. My construction experience was short lived! Haha aren't we all after a wee whisky!
Unfortunately, Polish people have been taught since childhood that they are victims of the rest of the world. Regardless of where you are from, if you are not Polish, they may harbor resentment towards you. This resentment is not based on anything you have done, but rather on a misguided generalization and confusion between actions of various foreign governments towards Poland and the actions of individuals from other countries towards the Polish people. It reflects a lack of awareness and low self-esteem, as they mistakenly believe that adopting a hostile attitude will make them appear stronger and better than they truly are. They hold resentment towards life and people. Hopefully, there will be positive change in the future.
Yeah, I can kind of understand it with the history of the country. Don't get me wrong, the vast amount of Polish I have met have all been generally friendly. I do think the attitude will change with this generation though
I am sorry to say it but Polish people are lacking on manners. I lived in London for 5 years and after that time I got back to Poland which at first made on me a good impression but with time I started to notice lack of respect for others and sort of lack of empathy and manners for our own kind. For me it is a huge disappointment.
Never got such impression. Exactly opposite.
It's not true.
That's just a lie
Z czasem bedzie lepiej...😊 i hope😊