Russell Chapman wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >As for the Polish reputation for stupidity - I have no clue whence it
> >originates.
> >
> It's certainly not international - we never have Pole/Polack/Polish
> jokes, but all the same jokes refer to Irish folk. Maybe somewhere in
> the world a bunch of friends are sitting around talking about the Aussie
> terrorist burning his lips blowing up the bus, or sinking an Aussie
> submarine by knocking on the door...
I'm not sure about that.
What both the Poles in the US and the Irish in Australia have in common
is that both groups came to the new country and were a looked-down-upon
minority when they arrived. Maybe that has more to do with it than
anything else.
Julia
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