Also, brief reminder to not judge a book by the cover... Flight assistant saw my last name and said, ' oh , polonais ! Dzien dobry! '
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Replying to @ConnectedWaters
Google translate suggests flight assistant thought you spoke English?
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Replying to @OtherSociology
or maybe i do, who knows! : )) certainly seemed like he said Oh, your're Polish... dzien dobry (good morning/day)
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Replying to @ConnectedWaters
(Looking at me though Aussies completely mis-classify my ethnicity and race.
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Replying to @OtherSociology
and yes I can remember some very interesting encounters in Aus, esp for friends from various European backgrounds.
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Replying to @ConnectedWaters
I can only imagine! We have a large European population in Oz and a relatively sizeable Polish community (for Aus at least)
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Replying to @OtherSociology
I think the largest Polish community outside of Poland is Chicago-land area in/around where I grew up.
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Largest Polish group in Oz is Jewish. One of the oldest age structures among other Aussie migrants. Most in third-gen.
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Replying to @OtherSociology
thanks for sharing too! I learned a lot in those four tweets! :) That is really interesting about the Polish community in Oz
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