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English/British rudeness - what do Polish people think about it?


Novichok  4 | 8748
20 Oct 2024   #151
Considering that Poland has a population 4X smaller than Russia's,

I should be a pro bono lawyer...

Russia's 16k cases must be adjusted down by a factor of 10 down to 1.6k because 90% of cases from Russia are about assfvckers not allowed into Russia's schools.
pawian  224 | 27236
21 Oct 2024   #152
So where is all this Brit hatred of Poles coming from?

Do you, mean the Irish were hated in the past much more than the Polish today???
jon357  72 | 23361
21 Oct 2024   #153
What a strange thing to say.
Ironside  50 | 12916
22 Oct 2024   #154
Do you, mean the Irish were hated in the past much more than the Polish today???

Why do you create a false narrative? How are Poles hated in Britain? By the same token you could say they are hated in the US.
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What a strange thing to say.

Isn't it?
pawian  224 | 27236
22 Oct 2024   #155
How are Poles hated in Britain?

Stop playing stupid, your fave game in the forum, darling. In the same way as you, a maniacal nationalist, hate exotic migrants or Jews in Poland coz in your mind they don`t belong here.

Isn't it?

Nope, it isn`t. ):L):0
Alien  25 | 6353
22 Oct 2024   #156
[quote
English/British rudeness - what do Polish people think about it?[/quote]The British are generally very polite, the only surprising thing is that they often argue among themselves. (Alien's private observation)
jon357  72 | 23361
22 Oct 2024   #157
often argue among themselves

An island mentality. Pretty well the opposite of people in mainland Europe.
pawian  224 | 27236
22 Oct 2024   #158
The British are generally very polite,

Of course, without denial, that`s British culture. But only on the surface. Open display of hatred or simple resentment is considered vulgar by Brits who try to copy the manners of their cultured royals and aristocrats. Let`s not forget that the main reason for successful Brexit was the massive influx of immigrants, mainly from Poland. Brits had enough and I can easily understand them, coz, with a tongue in my cheek, I already expressed my delight at a lot of Polish useless pathological scum moving to Britain after the borders were open.
jon357  72 | 23361
22 Oct 2024   #159
useless pathological scum moving

Apparent the crime rate went down to roughly zero in a couple of small towns in the south.

Open display of hatred or simple resentment is considered vulgar

Depends on social class.
pawian  224 | 27236
22 Oct 2024   #160
Depends on

Yes, but lower classes still try to imitate higher ones. :)::)

Jap Racist!

No! I wrote the full word so many times before that now i am entitled to use the abbreviation. You are blind if you didn`t notice I also shortened wrestler to wrest.
jon357  72 | 23361
22 Oct 2024   #161
Yes, but lower classes still try to imitate higher ones.

Generally no.
pawian  224 | 27236
23 Jan 2025   #162
English/British rudeness

It can be really unbelievable sometimes. Especially rudeness by British misadapted expats who haven`t taken to Poland due to being too British at heart. Such people shouldn`t leave Britain coz they spoil the opinion for all other Brits with their sick pranks.
Lyzko  44 | 9745
23 Jan 2025   #163
Although I'm not Polish, as an American I too have found Brits, both at home and abroad, often
chronically snide, almost condescending, though not especially pompous or opinionated like many
French, Swedes or the Austrians!

Just recently, my wife and I returned to Forest Hills, Queens to pay a visit on some friends of ours
whom we hadn't seen in years since moving her to New Jersey. At the restaurant, we were all
seated at the bar waiting for our table, when I dropped some change which almost rolled under the bar.
A youngish woman from the UK, judging from her strong London accent, picked it up for me unsolicited
for which I obviously thanked her with a "Thank you so much, madam!", at which point, she retorted, "Sir,
I'm not a madam!! That really makes a bad impression, don't you think?"

My wife and our friends found such a direct, in-your-face response as the very height of rudeness.
Atch  22 | 4299
24 Jan 2025   #164
I'm not a madam!!

I think it was a joke. A 'Madam' can be a brothel keeper in British English :) Hence her denial.

It can also be used to describe a cheeky or officious little girl 'a little madam'. Also not a good thing to be.

Madam is also used to address a woman of higher social standing. She addressed you as Sir, the male equivalent of Madam, therefore it indicates humour. She's jovially telling you that you're on the same level as her. She's not your superior.
Alien  25 | 6353
24 Jan 2025   #165
@Lyzko
163# first text written in simple English that I can understand. You're making progress...or I am.
jon357  72 | 23361
24 Jan 2025   #166
I think it was a joke. A 'Madam' can be a brothel keeper in British English

It's a line in the Zero Mostel film, The Producers.

Max Bialystok: Thank you Madam
Caretaker: I'm not a Madam, I'm a Concierge
jon357  72 | 23361
24 Jan 2025   #167
Here's the clip:


Atch  22 | 4299
24 Jan 2025   #168
Thanks Jon - a Brit to the rescue again :)


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