Mr v
22 Apr 2011
Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]
Neither Polish nor English is my native language and I have lived in both the UK and Poland... I must say that the two languages translates badly on this point, if translated directly.
In Poland you often find that a clerk will start the conversation with "słucham" - and if this person does so in English it will surely sound rude. On the other hand to a pole the the drilled "how are you/are you O.K" approach might sound pretentious or fake. Manners should be judged in context.
PS: I prefer the shorter approach myself though.
Neither Polish nor English is my native language and I have lived in both the UK and Poland... I must say that the two languages translates badly on this point, if translated directly.
In Poland you often find that a clerk will start the conversation with "słucham" - and if this person does so in English it will surely sound rude. On the other hand to a pole the the drilled "how are you/are you O.K" approach might sound pretentious or fake. Manners should be judged in context.
PS: I prefer the shorter approach myself though.