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Originally Posted by Aron14
...It did however get a little confusing after seeing Louis the Great (I wondered what his name was doing here), but then I remembered he was simultaneously king of Hungary and Poland.
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Yes!
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Originally Posted by Aron14
Another figure to mention would be Stefan Batory / Báthory István, Hungarian noble, Prince of Transylvania, and King of Poland.
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I am impressed with your knowledge. I always thought it was interesting that the Poles never wanted to have a Polish king, if at all possible! I think this may reflect the "egalitarian" (single-tier) structure of the nobility (schlachta).
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Originally Posted by Aron14
I do not understand docdtv's mention of pálinka and vodka, or how it relates to that Alizée quote. Care to enlighten me?
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The Polish proverb:
Polak, Węgier, dwa bratanki, i do szabli, i do szklanki
has a Magyar equivalent:
Lengyel, magyar két jó barát, együtt harcol s issza borát
That is why Criss wrote:
Lengyel, magyar...
I think you now understand the joke I was making and why the Alizée lyrics solved my "problem."