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

[NomadsLand]

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?

[Isitjustmeorisiteveryoneelse]

Blimmin ell, wos goin on lately? MN has more zombies than TWD at the moment.

[Jabuticaba]

BratFarrarsPony thank you, if I ever go to Poland I'll give that a go.

[wishparry]

I dont think we have a "polish" problem.
I think we have a "racist" problem.

[zeeboo]

For goodness sake will everyone stop replying to a thread from 2013 as if it's a recent one!!! I especially love the poster who blamed Brexit for the post started 3 years ago

[Hcmp1980]

No.

[Manijo]

No

[Pranma]

No problem at all, lovely people with a proud history of service to the UK.

[LittleOldWineDrinker]

You do realise that something has to be the second most commonly spoken language in the UK?!

[scottishdiem]

Communities do change. Coal communities have changed. Heavy Industries have changed. Fishing communities have changed. Gentrification changes communities. New roads and railways stops change communities. The closure of shopping malls and online shopping changes communities. People come and people go.

Immigration changes communities. Emigration changes communities. Language changes (who will use n*r, pi and c**k in their "banter" now?)

Humanity changes and the changes happen quickly sometimes and slowly sometimes but change is inevitable. At the moment its Polish but give it a generation or two and they will be absorbed and amalgamated into local languages and jokes. Third and Fourth Italian immigrants and Indian immigrants in Glasgow & Edinburgh have the local patter.

Why should we stand still? Why should we not change over the generations like we have always done. Even the BNP used to refer to 1066 cause that was the last big white immigration into the UK, changing the white peoples already here.

If it was bad change, changing what rights we have and what freedoms we have through an occupation then I can agree it would be bad. But its not. It is part of who were and who we have always been.

[MrsSchadenfreude]

Pizda...to samo słowo w języku rumuńskim.

[OhtoblazeswithElvira]

ZOMBIE THREAD

[OvariesForgotHerPassword]

Total zombie thread... but no, it's not a problem. I'm learning Polish, it's a great language!

[DopeyDazy]

Ive never heard of a Polish suicide bomber
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