Jim in Anchorage Posted August 18, 2010 Posted August 18, 2010 Are we still talking about this???? I am mediterranean slovak gypsy, does this count? If I invite you over will you set a tent up on my lawn and do tumbling acts?
BuffaloBill Posted August 18, 2010 Posted August 18, 2010 Apparently not. Sorry, seem like a swell fellow, but only Polish need apply. Prejudiced but thanks for your honesty
Nervous Guy Posted August 18, 2010 Posted August 18, 2010 100% and proud of it! My mother's father came over about 100 years ago. Grew up in Cheektowaga. What else could I be? me too. CCHS??
Chef Jim Posted August 18, 2010 Posted August 18, 2010 Apparently not. Sorry, seem like a swell fellow, but only Polish need apply. How Polish do I need to be?
Wacka Posted August 19, 2010 Posted August 19, 2010 me too. CCHS?? Yep. Class of '75. I think years ago you said you were Class of '77 (my sister was too). In the late 80s, every single elected official in Cheektowaga was Polish (Tom Johnson's mom was Polish) and we had two County Executives (Rutkowski and Gorski)
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 19, 2010 Posted August 19, 2010 Yes... 100% decendant Polish (mother was a "ski"). I never knew my last name is a village name in Poland: Wiki link My grandfather (and father) and his brothers did make it sound Irish (and use the apostrophe) to obtain employment on the railroad since only Italians and Irish would mainly get hired. Big difference from:ˈɔsux (awe-sue) to the Irish variant. Edit: Was part of Germany prior to 1945... Probably explains why my father said that in '39 his mother would weep out of control to the radio as Poland was blitzed.
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted August 23, 2010 Author Posted August 23, 2010 Yes... 100% decendant Polish (mother was a "ski"). I never knew my last name is a village name in Poland: Wiki link My grandfather (and father) and his brothers did make it sound Irish (and use the apostrophe) to obtain employment on the railroad since only Italians and Irish would mainly get hired. Big difference from:ˈɔsux (awe-sue) to the Irish variant. Edit: Was part of Germany prior to 1945... Probably explains why my father said that in '39 his mother would weep out of control to the radio as Poland was blitzed. You're in. You got the street cred.
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 24, 2010 Posted August 24, 2010 You're in. You got the street cred. The only thing is that I never heard of Wishniak. I do like cherry soda as my favorite drink... For years in WNY, Cherry Crush was my favorite... They never sold it anywhere else till just recently... The past year I have been finding it here! It was always Strawberry Crush that was sold here!
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