I had to check. I am German, I have no sense of humor. The only thing that makes me laugh is when people get hurt by their own actions in predictable ways.
Lots of Polish have switched to "sky" to avoid discrimination & persecution, especially after moving to other countries. And vice-versa, for Jews, Germans, & Russians living in Poland.
My family is Polish, and my parents told me this was very common because of WWII, Communist USSR, and further oppression by political empires (like Prussia, which partitioned Poland and absorbed it as part of its German & Austrian Empires, and the Russian Empire) going as far back as 1770s.
https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=grabowski
https://dbs.anumuseum.org.il/skn/en/c6/e249634/Family_Name/KLAUS
I had to check. I am German, I have no sense of humor. The only thing that makes me laugh is when people get hurt by their own actions in predictable ways.
Jewish first name, Jewish last name. Why do taboo stereotypes keep popping up? 🤔
Lots of Polish have switched to "sky" to avoid discrimination & persecution, especially after moving to other countries. And vice-versa, for Jews, Germans, & Russians living in Poland.
My family is Polish, and my parents told me this was very common because of WWII, Communist USSR, and further oppression by political empires (like Prussia, which partitioned Poland and absorbed it as part of its German & Austrian Empires, and the Russian Empire) going as far back as 1770s.
Fair enough
#TheNoticing
True and this Grabowski could definitely have been Polish