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cheezus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-01-04 10:22 PM
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10. I knew this guy named Brewenski
everyone called him brewski

true story
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  -Why do Polish names end in "ski"? name not needed  Oct-01-04 10:01 PM   #0 
  - its like their equiv  JohnKleeb   Oct-01-04 10:02 PM   #1 
  - Von and Van are actually slightly different  messiertom   Oct-01-04 10:12 PM   #7 
  - Yes...  Spider Jerusalem   Oct-01-04 10:21 PM   #8 
  - -ski I believe is "of" or something like that.  messiertom   Oct-01-04 10:03 PM   #2 
  - So its like Jacobson  JohnKleeb   Oct-01-04 10:04 PM   #3 
  - I guess so  messiertom   Oct-01-04 10:10 PM   #5 
  - Like my Irish friends are the Fitzgeralds  JohnKleeb   Oct-01-04 10:11 PM   #6 
     - Polack chiming in here...  Susang   Oct-02-04 11:39 PM   #16 
        - My wife is Polish  ewagner   Oct-03-04 12:30 AM   #20 
        - Pretty accurate  Susang   Oct-03-04 12:48 AM   #22 
        - Are Polish weddings like how they are in Deer Hunter?  JohnKleeb   Oct-03-04 12:31 AM   #21 
           - Not really  Susang   Oct-03-04 12:50 AM   #23 
  - Or Jacoboid (nt)  JCCyC   Oct-02-04 09:59 PM   #14 
  - Many Russian names end in ski too...  natasha   Oct-02-04 09:32 PM   #12 
  - Because they're Ski Poles !  countfloyd   Oct-01-04 10:06 PM   #4 
  - I happen to be a Polish American......  JohnnyRingo   Oct-01-04 10:22 PM   #9 
  - I knew this guy named Brewenski  cheezus   Oct-01-04 10:22 PM   #10 
  - Not all Polish names end in "ski"  jmowreader   Oct-02-04 07:28 PM   #11 
  - transplants?  NamVetsWeeLass   Oct-02-04 09:37 PM   #13 
  - Whats with the Polish joke???????  samplegirl   Oct-02-04 10:32 PM   #15 
  - I believe this is related to  forradalom   Oct-03-04 12:09 AM   #17 
  - So that crazy Matthew Lasko guy is a slav  JohnKleeb   Oct-03-04 12:10 AM   #18 
  - Because the Swedes had dibs on "son"  SoCalDem   Oct-03-04 12:11 AM   #19 
 

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