tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137204622199785862.post1888504774333596517..comments2014-11-04T11:03:43.939-06:00Comments on Foodie Pebbles: Polonia Cafe - Polonia WIUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137204622199785862.post-47581661922351504342014-11-04T11:03:43.939-06:002014-11-04T11:03:43.939-06:00The blog is a lively, interesting read. Too bad th...The blog is a lively, interesting read. Too bad the writer give strong indications of apathy or dislike for the Polish-American music that flourished in the Midwest until recently. I was one of those guys in a Wisconsin polka band in the 70s, doing Chicago Polish-style trumpet playing and singing the vocal on "Puka Jaciu". We'd have up to ca. 250 people dancing on a Sat. night, including teenagers. The sense of close community was wonderful. -- Also, "Nothing sucks like an Electrolux" was the unfortunate invention of Swedish vacuum-cleaner marketers, not Yanks. The Swedish word (as well as Norwegian) for vacuum cleaner, stövsugare, translates to "dust-sucker" in English. The slang, negative meaning of "to suck" referred to here, originated in the US around 1960 and wasn't known in Scandinavia for years (no internet then, you know). I lived in Scandinavia for 20 years and am fluent in Norwegian and Swedish. My Polish isn't where I'd like it to be yet, but I hope take my wife along to the Polonia Cafe on the way to linguistic and cultural satisfaction. Do widzenia!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com