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A bad hand a scrabble... insulting?


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Hi there, I'm writing an article about British people struggling with Polish names. Would Poles take offence if I described some words as "a bad hand at scrabble"?
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It reminds me of the joke...
Polish man goes into an opticians...
Optician covers one eye up and says to the bloke...
"Can you read the top line ?"
Polish man says " Read it ! I know him "
Seriously though, when I first starting learning Polish I found lots of problems pronouncing words which had sequences of letters which I wasn't used to, such as Grzegorz, or Gdzie.
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Wrzeszcz

Love it
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sausage:

sausage


Love it!!!
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But I still haven't established whether anyone would take offence... come on guys, I've got a deadline :)
Wroclaw Boy   Aug 14, 08, 15:32 /  #
Polish women goes to the Police saying my Polish husband wants to kill me, Police say whats your evidnece, she pulls out a bottle clearly labelled Polish remover.
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LC, it's the old story. Some will take offence, others will laugh though. It's up to you whether you use that terminology. I don't see anything wrong with it though. :)
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Cheers, PD - it's a pretty light-hearted piece, so I guess I'll take the chance :)
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You're welcome ;)

LondonChick:

it's a pretty light-hearted piece,


Then it should be fine I guess :)
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Tried this description out on a couple of the Polish lads at work, and they now think I have a sence of humour. Tar :D
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Ecoprincess:

Tar :D



Glad to be of service :)
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