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No Poles Allowed! - Latest Polonophobic Outrage Out of Britain [660]
@Dirk Diggler
You may well be right about my Polish cousin who lived in Brazil being unusual.
But his Portuguese was not great when he moved there and as his wife's parents were Polish so she was fluent in Polish.
It was natural for them to speak Polish at home so their son learnt that as his first language.
But it is a generational thing.
I get the impression from your posts that not only were your parents Polish but that maybe you were born and grew up in Poland.
If that is the case I'm curious as to how old you were when you went to America.
Some of my cousins were born in Poland but most in The UK.
All the UK born cousins understand and speak Polish.
Some can read Polish and a few can write it too.The older ones are generally the most fluent.
My wife is not Polish,so English is spoken at home.
Therefore my kids can't speak Polish.But they are clued up on Polish history,culture etc and are very interested and proud of their Polish heritage.
My son is football mad and watches every Poland game and knows all about the players,history etc.
Unfortunately,watching Poland play football is just as disappointing as watching England....LOL!
The dilemma comes when Poland play England................