Just yesterday I asked some guy where he was from, he said

“Between South Africa and England”

I said

“That was a long birth”

He looked at me as if I eat marbles and walked away.

Same. Like 80% of what comes out of my mouth is sarcastically saying dumb shit because it’s funny to me. Every now and then I get a response from someone that makes me wonder who else isn’t getting that I’m joking.

I had a teacher who asked me in front of the class if I would mind if he shared with the class a big accolade I had achieved. He was teasing me, as he took away my choice to say no in that moment. I was immensely proud and excited for that to be shared with the class, but also chose to take a jab back at him. I stated flatly “no, I don’t want that shared with the class.” Before I could say “just joking” or whatever, the awkward silence I had created made me panic and shut down. And after a few more awkward moments we moved on to something else. 20 years later my stomach still churns.

I’m pretty sure some girls I only met once at the end of high school think I took performance enhancing drugs to pass so easily. I was interrupted after I made the joke, so I never got the chance to explain to their shocked expressions.

Good ol’ Mt Cozy Costco. To be fair, no one forced the Poles to make their language unpronounceable by anyone without a lifetime’s practice or severe sinus issues.

Looks like she continued to use her maiden name throughout her life. American schools seem to always use her French name, including using Marie instead of Maria. Partially because Americans can’t pronounce Polish names. And likely a significant cultural bias towards associating scientific advancement with Western Europe.

She became famous while in France, married to a Curie, having daughters named Curie, winning Nobel prizes with her husband while there, and spending the rest of her life there. I don’t think it’s about a Polish curse, it’s about which name was more practical and natural for her to use, and being famous well beyond Poland. Curie is indeed easier to pronounce and more memorable in both French and English, and it’s common for famous people to go by their easiest name by choice (Bill vs William, John vs Jonathan, etc.). This in no way reduces her original name. Famous actors even look to have a stage (public) name to help them be more famous. She just got one naturally.

My Polish aunt took her husband’s Canadian name only because it was people did back then.

As for John Paul II, “Karol” just happens to rhyme with feminine name “Carol(e)” in English and French. He possibly wanted to avoid that himself.

Also, Norm MacDonald’s Polish joke is worth a listen. Look it up!

I think in Ukraine she’s also more known under the full name, from what I can remember from my school years

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hi hello it’s me, part of the horde, a polish person has been mentioned so we need to do the ritual:

POLSKA MOUNTAIN RAAAAA 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🦅🔥

(also folks, don’t forget to include her Polish surname there as well! It’s Maria Skłodowska-Curie. when she was alive Poland wasn’t recognised as a nation, it wasn’t even on the maps for most of her life, so her choice to keep her polish name after marriage is a deliberate action to honour her Polish heritage and keep the national spirit of Poland strong despite there being no official country Poles could call home at the time)

TORILLE 🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮

no wait

Like butter.

If she knows she has 2 Nobel prizes I think she might know how she died