Americans who call themselves Polish - how do you feel about that?

Funny thread. :)

As to Americans who call themselves Polish: I'm against calling yourself *anything* other than American if you were born here. It's just silly, and always annoyed me as a kid. If your parents are Polish, or Italian or whatever, then you're an American with Polish or Italian (etc.) parents. If you were born in another country, then you can choose whether to hyphenate. Seems simple enough to me, but then I have no clue who my parents were and never cared. :p

So, maybe annoying tourists from the U.S. infuriate the Irish and the Polish and who knows who else for claiming another ethnic identity, but I'll bet that the majority here don't care who their ancestors were. :)

IrishAmericans are particularly bad at this. I've got Irish friends and I remember how embarrassed they were when some load IrishAmericans started talking about 'the Emerald Isle' and 'the boys'. I was enjoying it be honest as the opportunity for taking the p1ss was too good to miss.

One parent of mine is from Poland and the other parent is from USA.

I count myself as both really but I never really have to make the distinction to anyone unless its with a passport or other legal issues.