USA, Canada /
Polack/American Polonia/Plastic Pole "culture" [568]
even the admin cant say he has ever been in the country)
I'm sure he's been to Poland. I have been to the N. West side of Chicago... maybe it's not Poland per se.. but apparently it's pretty damn close.
The US is a VERY young country.. it doesn't have it's own identity yet. It has very tight ethnic groups of Polish, German, Italian, Jew, Black, Southern White, whatever.. Groups with things in common tend to live around each other do business etc. When a Pol-Am talks about being Polish it's usually to distinquish between other Americans. The don't literally see themselves as Polish. I've seen this addressed several times on here.. seemingly to the constant confusion of the wandering limey on here...
.. Who, indeed, shares no blood with the native Pole.