Thoughts on first visit back to Blighty
May 10th 2014 | 5:57 am
#61
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From: Peg
Re: Thoughts on first visit back to Blighty
Try re-reading my whole sentence slowly and note my laugh at the end, not a frown, roll eyes, thumbs down, angry face, etc.
Their new accent and use of Doric language made me chuckle. What can I expand on. She asked 'fit like i day?' I replied 'nae bad, yersel?...... Does that help you with the main point of my sentence now.
Their new accent and use of Doric language made me chuckle. What can I expand on. She asked 'fit like i day?' I replied 'nae bad, yersel?...... Does that help you with the main point of my sentence now.
Thank you for the advice - I tried re-reading your sentence.
And no, it does not help me to understand your point.
By the way, did the checkout assistants have their passports displayed that it helped you to establish that most of them were from Poland?
Or it is possible, that they were from Slovakia, Lithuania or Latvia but it does not matter to you?
It reminds me one of the BBC documentaries titled 'The Poles are coming' in which we were shown mainly Lithuanian and Belarusian fruit/vegetable pickers. The title, I guess, meant to help the ratings.
That is my point.
May 10th 2014 | 6:18 am
#62
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From: UK
Re: Thoughts on first visit back to Blighty
Thank you for the advice - I tried re-reading your sentence.
And no, it does not help me to understand your point.
By the way, did the checkout assistants have their passports displayed that it helped you to establish that most of them were from Poland?
Or it is possible, that they were from Slovakia, Lithuania or Latvia but it does not matter to you?
It reminds me one of the BBC documentaries titled 'The Poles are coming' in which we were shown mainly Lithuanian and Belarusian fruit/vegetable pickers. The title, I guess, meant to help the ratings.
That is my point.
And no, it does not help me to understand your point.
By the way, did the checkout assistants have their passports displayed that it helped you to establish that most of them were from Poland?
Or it is possible, that they were from Slovakia, Lithuania or Latvia but it does not matter to you?
It reminds me one of the BBC documentaries titled 'The Poles are coming' in which we were shown mainly Lithuanian and Belarusian fruit/vegetable pickers. The title, I guess, meant to help the ratings.
That is my point.
May 10th 2014 | 7:18 am
#63
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From: Peg
Re: Thoughts on first visit back to Blighty
It DOES matter to a Polish person. Yes, after few years in the UK I'm sensitive on that subject and on the stereotypes (Polish plumbers and all that) ...
I take you are not Polish therefore you cannot really judge my sensitivity.
Am I wrong?
May 10th 2014 | 8:56 am
#64
Muskoka, Ontario
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Re: Thoughts on first visit back to Blighty
On the op....I'd be scared to go home just yet. I might not want to leave.
May 10th 2014 | 8:57 am
#65
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From: UK
Re: Thoughts on first visit back to Blighty
No, not Polish. If you're Polish, I can't see why you are bothered? If you're from elsewhere in Eastern Europe, you have to accept that statistically outsiders are rational to guess Polish.
May 10th 2014 | 9:17 am
#66
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From: Auld Scotia > Nova Scotia > Calgary
Re: Thoughts on first visit back to Blighty
Thank you for the advice - I tried re-reading your sentence.
And no, it does not help me to understand your point.
By the way, did the checkout assistants have their passports displayed that it helped you to establish that most of them were from Poland?
Or it is possible, that they were from Slovakia, Lithuania or Latvia but it does not matter to you?
It reminds me one of the BBC documentaries titled 'The Poles are coming' in which we were shown mainly Lithuanian and Belarusian fruit/vegetable pickers. The title, I guess, meant to help the ratings.
That is my point.
And no, it does not help me to understand your point.
By the way, did the checkout assistants have their passports displayed that it helped you to establish that most of them were from Poland?
Or it is possible, that they were from Slovakia, Lithuania or Latvia but it does not matter to you?
It reminds me one of the BBC documentaries titled 'The Poles are coming' in which we were shown mainly Lithuanian and Belarusian fruit/vegetable pickers. The title, I guess, meant to help the ratings.
That is my point.
May 10th 2014 | 9:27 am
#67
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From: Moncton, NB, CANADA
Re: Thoughts on first visit back to Blighty
Methinks someone misinterpreted the comment as being one of those "swamped by Eastern Europeans" type rants.
May 10th 2014 | 9:37 am
#68
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From: Auld Scotia > Nova Scotia > Calgary
Re: Thoughts on first visit back to Blighty
Jumping to conclusions more like. Has he not noticed I am an immigrant chatting on an immigration forum 
May 10th 2014 | 1:19 pm
#69
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From: Mill Bay, Vancouver Island
Re: Thoughts on first visit back to Blighty
I'm not personally polish - but I know someone who is.
May 11th 2014 | 2:57 am
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