Just Visited Cemetery In Eastern Europe..!

[berniecuddles]

just got back from sydenham s.e london took mum to cemetery as its fathers day tomorrow! (easier to do it today)
my god we thought we were in another country when i took her to lunch, i get on with anyone but they could meet me halfway and speak some English for gawds sake thought it was either Latvia or Poland we were in lol!!!
moved to Kent 17yrs ago how things change!
suppose that's how it is nowadays

[Svejk]

must seem very strange to your mother, Bernie (unless she's Latvian ;-) )

[berniecuddles]

i cant say what she thinks svejk could be termed racist (she's 83)

[Buenchico]

If you can get to Cambridge on a Tuesday evening, Bernie, you'll be very welcome to join our Polish language evening classes ;-)
(Don't worry that we'll all be nearly a year ahead of you; we'll still be just as confused as you will!)

[vakayu]

It's getting the same everywhere bernie,we better get used to it as we will soon be in the minority,native English speakers I mean.

[berniecuddles]

its how it is nowadays Vakayu and its not gonna change

[Mamyalynne]

I'm not sure how new this is - all my family are buried in the RC sections of various Cemeteries and for as long as I remember (I am 60) there has been a large number of Polish, Latvian and similar nationality graves.

I went to school with Polish and Romanian children whose parents had come to England after the war.

[vakayu]

I am sure it is very unnerving for your elderly Mum,still hope it did not spoil your lunch?

[berniecuddles]

no the people serving where really nice all had foreign accents nice people tho! couldn't do enough for us

[Psybbo]

Bernie, I can guess what your mother said, mine is the same xx

[Buenchico]

Hmmm.

Here we all are posting about speaking the English language.

'All', in this case of course, meaning me (with a Spanish username), Svejk (with a username apparently derived from the work of a Czech satirist) and Vakayu (which sounds Scandinavian but appears to actually be Punjabi)!

[Mamyalynne]

Bernie please forgive me for totally misunderstanding your point by speed reading.


Glad you had a nice day with Mum.

[berniecuddles]

lol psybbo i don't get to see her much but i ring her everyday and she is really great for her age,but she's not gonna change now with her views

[berniecuddles]

thats ok mamya hope your ok xxx

[berniecuddles]

lol @ chris

[Buenchico]

PS: Further to the above, I've just realised that Bernie's avatar is the flag of (Palestinian) St George ;-)

[berniecuddles]

last month her and her sister went on a 4 day trip to Salzburg to see Andre Rieu in concert not bad for 83

[quinie]

I'll bet she enjoyed the Andre Rieu concert.I've been to two of his concerts. (same age as your mum but I just went to Glasgow!)

[Peter Pedant]

Dzien dobre ! Chris

why are you doing Polish and not Russian ?

Remember please the Poles fought bravely for the English during the war and were the first to solve the German Enigma codes - allowing Dilly Knox to devise a paper solution ( but slow damned slow... )

[Buenchico]

Dobry wieczór, Piotr!

I'm doing Polish because that was the most interesting language on offer at West Suffolk College (Bury St Edmunds) but they then cancelled the course. By then I'd made my mind up to give it a go and the next nearest place to me to offer it was in (or, more accurately, just outside) Cambridge, 50 miles way from me.

I've got a jinx on evening classes. Everything I sign up for gets cancelled. When I wanted to study Journalism in Bury St Edmunds it got cancelled, so I had to drive 90 miles to Barnet every Wednesday evening. But it's never going to be easy finding anything around here; all evening classes here in East Suffolk ceased altogether last year.

[jno]

too many other exciting things to do in East Suffolk of an evening, obviously.

As PP says, Britain has much to thank the Poles for. Shamefully, hate crimes against them are on the rise

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jun/11/polish-people-rise-in-attacks-blame-recession-politicians-media