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AIBU?

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Do you think there is a "Polish" problem in the Uk now that it's become the 2nd language in England?

464 replies

NomadsLand · 31/01/2013 20:48

I've been to Poland and I like Poles a lot as a people. I think Warsaw is a great city and I have nothing against Polish people.

My mother complained back in 2007 about the number of Poles in Liverpool changing the 'culture'. What she meant was that she loves to banter with people in shops and restaurants and she used to get a lot of chat back (Liverpudlians are generally very funny - IMHO - and love a bit of verbal 'how's your father'). She complained that this had changed and that she was increasingly met with blank stares. This is high insult to my mother!

I didn't think much of it. But I am now finding the same - I approached a new restaurant outlet at my local services today and joked about them selling hot dogs and milkshakes and what a welcome addition to the usual (was hungry and about to make an irresponsible food choice!). I got the same blank stare. Didn't understand a word I said.

I finally understood what my mother has been saying. AIBU?

OP posts:
Isildur · 31/01/2013 23:40

I'm inappropriately hungry now.

Tomorrow I'm going out for wafer biscuits, german sausage, Taytos, and Club soda.

And so say all of us!

JamieandtheMagicTorch · 31/01/2013 23:41

All this talkmof snacks. We are literally sleepwalking into an apocolypse

flow4 · 31/01/2013 23:41

(That would save us both a job, eh Maryz?! Wink )

JamieandtheMagicTorch · 31/01/2013 23:42

Bugger. Apocalypse.

GetOrf · 31/01/2013 23:42

Really lol at 'and so say all of us' Grin

JoanByers · 31/01/2013 23:43

Didn't Hitler have a Polish problem?

Rather unfortunate choice of language.

And I say that being firmly opposed to open immigration from Poland/Romania etc.

Jinsei · 31/01/2013 23:43

Bye OP. Make sure you cover your head on the way out. Wink

HoHoHoNoYouDont · 31/01/2013 23:44

Grin at Linerunner

JamieandtheMagicTorch · 31/01/2013 23:45

I keep reading Polish as polish. And that leads to guilt over my terrible housekeeping.

Valpollicella · 31/01/2013 23:47

BAD Getorf. In Your Bed....you got deleted!

MildredIsMyAlterEgo · 31/01/2013 23:47

Jinsei I think the OP's head is firmly covered - by a white pointy hood

GetOrf · 31/01/2013 23:48

lolol I only said "shit for brains"

And I put a smiley face and EVERYTHING. Grin

JamieandtheMagicTorch · 31/01/2013 23:49

Hmm,

I wonder.

What would one have to say to get deleted?

OP. you are a cad

< waits>

Maryz · 31/01/2013 23:49

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GetOrf · 31/01/2013 23:50

I wonder if a theoretical musing that the OP may be behaving slightly like a motherfucking tosspot would be deleted.

JamieandtheMagicTorch · 31/01/2013 23:50

No?

OP, you are a dullard

Maryz · 31/01/2013 23:50

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GetOrf · 31/01/2013 23:50

The OP is DISINGENUOUS

Maryz · 31/01/2013 23:51

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JamieandtheMagicTorch · 31/01/2013 23:51

GetOrf

That was rather upping the ante.

I was going to raise it to git next

Maryz · 31/01/2013 23:51

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GetOrf · 31/01/2013 23:51

Sound LIKE. But we are not CALLING HIM a racist twat. Oh no. That would be rude and naughty.

JamieandtheMagicTorch · 31/01/2013 23:52

Maryz

cOntrol yourself! We need to move stealthily

OP is an ignoramus

LineRunner · 31/01/2013 23:52

Someone on this thread is a fucking racist cunt and it's not me?

BackforGood · 31/01/2013 23:52

Sorry to be serious for a moment... but where can I find which are the most commonly spoken languages in the UK ? I'm surprised to hear that it's Polish - I guess we probably base our perceptions on what we hear where we live. Smile