Marek
25 Apr 2009
News / Non-Polish members - what knowledge does your country have about Poland? [35]
Regrettably, Poland and Polish people remain the butt of idiotic jokes, told and retold by the majority of ignorant Americans (except of course for Polish-Americans). It saddens me beyond measure that when I remarked to several members of my own family that I was seriously studying Polish and asked if they even knew some of the language, they asked half-kiddingly "Do I know Polish? Well, I know a Polish joke!", followed by smirks at the table.
Someone's just simply got to start doing some better PR on behalf of Poland, I'm really sick of such abject ignorance!
Regrettably, Poland and Polish people remain the butt of idiotic jokes, told and retold by the majority of ignorant Americans (except of course for Polish-Americans). It saddens me beyond measure that when I remarked to several members of my own family that I was seriously studying Polish and asked if they even knew some of the language, they asked half-kiddingly "Do I know Polish? Well, I know a Polish joke!", followed by smirks at the table.
Someone's just simply got to start doing some better PR on behalf of Poland, I'm really sick of such abject ignorance!