UK, Ireland /
Pakis VS Poles in the UK [62]
well my dad came from Ireland and I heard it all as a kid, was my dad in the IRA, was he very stupid, was he an alcoholic, people mispronouncing our name as though that was really amusing and original, the little smirk/comments from neighbours(some of those quite recent actually!), assumptions about our religion...
What was your Dad's surname?
I remember having Irish kids at my school and the very accent meant they were IRA, within school banter.
Irish kids in Communist Poland?
well my dad came from Ireland and I heard it all as a kid, was my dad in the IRA, was he very stupid, was he an alcoholic, people mispronouncing our name as though that was really amusing and original, the little smirk/comments from neighbours(some of those quite recent actually!), assumptions about our religion....
You wer brought up in Poland?