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    10 months ago

    Waiting for a leak with all politician on the website who are might be blackmail by Israel…

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    FYI in Eastern European nomenclature the “-sky/-ski” suffix implies Jewish heritage much like the “-berg” suffix would for Germanic descendants.

    I’m not trying to necessarily imply anything here I just figure not many Americans are aware of that based on my personal experience. South Park got it right with Kyle Broflofski but many other facets of American media with lazy writers (a lot) do not.

    Edit: It actually denotes Polish heritage, see my comment below. Just lots of Polish immigrants during a huge wave before/during WW2 were Jewish hence the confusion I guess I was taught wrong

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      41 years old and this is news to me, and I consider myself a teeny bit more informed about things like this than the average American.

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        I can’t find anything corroborating this (most sources I checked stated ~ski just meant ‘comes from ~’ in the name kinda, so you may want to be careful about what you “learn”.

        Examples: https://theskilesson.com/why-do-polish-names-end-in-ski-discover-the-fascinating-reason-behind-it/ states it may have helped popularize it a bit (presumably by having the place whence they came in the name?) but I don’t think the above poster’s statement is actually true here considering the link and several others I checked.

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          That’s peculiar it’s pretty common knowledge where I’m from. Polish people are a sort of exception but many Polish Jews historically were forced to become Christian because of pogroms and such unfortunately. Maybe that’s why? As I read more online it seems to be associated with Polish people rather than Jews so go figure.

          Edit: Ohhhh it’s because most Polish immigrants to the U.S. were Jewish but not all of course. Hence the confusion. A lot of Jews left Poland when WW2 was breaking out for obvious reasons