Lukasz wrote:
Imagine yourself how this forum would look like without English people ...
It would be boring. :) There could be said a lot of bad things about our fellow Brits. I agree that they are over-represented here on PF in the "troll department" and if there is ever going to be a world cup in moaning I bet I know what two countries would get to the finals, but brits having inferiority complex? Not really. In contrary, very often they behave in a nasty patronizing way. Well, maybe there is one exception. Mainly to the USA and it's position in the world, I still can't figure out if it's really a case of inferiority towards them or just jealousy that their former colony replaced them as the leading power in the world though. But it must be mentioned that it's not that they are alone who feel this way. Germany and France must be mentioned here too.
Bratwurst Boy wrote:
....it's their miserable football!
:)
Few years ago there were this "recorders" adverts all over Poland on billboards with our national football team and a caption saying “Nasze nagrywarki przegrywają szybciej niż reprezentacja Polski”. It means “Our recorders record/loose faster than Polish national football team”. TThe word “przegrywać” has two meanings, “to lose” and “to record”. :)
BubbaWoo wrote:
has anyone else noticed an intense inferiority complex in poles...?
Not all of us have an inferiority complex, but it definitely is present in our society, myself included. I would say that it has more to do with the commie times rather than with the partitions, WWII, etc.. In my case it came down to the comparison between the economical situation in Poland and in the Western Europe. I felt that since my country is worse off than I must also be inferior to the westerners. Fortunately real life showed me that it's not necessarily the case. Still, I still have to prove myself that I'm not worse than others from time to time. I’m like a bloody Napoleon. lol ;)
Oh and I never met with an English woman behaving in a patronizing way towards me. They were always very open and friendly. I can’t really say the same thing about English males though. But you got to give it to them than in contrary to Germans for example, when they treat you in a patronizing way they do it very subtle, in most cases using sarcasm. Oh and when they offend you they want you to agree with them. “You’re a stupid twat aren’t you?”. Arrogant mugs. ;P