My family immigrated to the UK from Poland when I was six. I’m 20 now, speak much better English than Polish and feel like this is my land/culture. However I have a Polish first and last name, Polish passport and “unique” accent everyone picks up on, so despite this I’m usually perceived as an outsider. It makes me...
For what it’s worth, if you’ve lived here since you were six, I’d absolutely consider you British.
British with Polish roots maybe, and perhaps officially Polish in legal terms (re your passport), but this is your home, so perception-wise I’d definitely call you British.
Re working and voting, that’s where it gets more complicated and I don’t know what the rules say, although it would seem hugely unfair for you not to have those rights having lived here for such a large proportion of your life. You could maybe try your local Citizen’s Advice Bureau for more informed advice on those points.
Sorry you experienced the kind of abuse/patronising attitudes as you describe - some people are just arseholes unfortunately. Doesn’t make them right though.
I hope that things get easier for you, and that as time passes you feel more accepted by those around you and are able to take part in regular life as much as possible.
Compared to the rest of the country in the ethnic-cultural sense? Yeah absolutely.
Nobody disputes that London has a substantially more diverse population than other places - but it’s still completely untrue to say “British people are few and far between” in London, even if you restrict it to White British (which your original claim did not).
You did, but I wasn’t wrong to object to your original, unclarified claim.
The reason I did is that it’s the kind of thing that you hear being used as a racist dog whistle - “Oh, there are parts of London that are no-go areas, you never see a white face…” etc.
I’m not saying you were doing that, but the way you worded it left it open to that interpretation.
“We’ve almost got some of their telecommunications cracked; the front end even runs on a laptop!” The Mac that sunk a thousand ships could have been merely clunky product placement, not a bafflingly stupid tech-on-film moment....
At one point a character (I think it was Giancarlo Esposito, but not certain) mentions an English lawyer, to which another (Chazz Palminteri, I think) says >!“Kobayashi?”!<
!GE nods. But since Kobayashi is not Pete Postlethwaite’s character’s real name, just the name on the bottom of a coffee cup, this makes no sense.!<
!Could have been fixed by GE saying, “Probably” or “Yeah, maybe” or whatever.!<
It bugs me when people say “the thing is is that” (if you listen for it, you’ll start hearing it… or maybe that’s something that people only do in my area.) (“What the thing is is that…” is fine. But “the thing is is that…” bugs me.)...
I don’t disagree with what you’re saying, but I don’t think they’re claiming that this move alone will prove a panacea. It still might encourage people to walk or cycle - not as many as the changes you suggest, but it could help.
Also this line:
Getting hit by a car at 20 is better than 30, sure, but it’s objectively better to not risk getting hit by a car at all.
At least if it’s going at 20 that reduces the risk of being hit at all (as well as the consequences if you are hit).
Will I ever be seen as truly British?
My family immigrated to the UK from Poland when I was six. I’m 20 now, speak much better English than Polish and feel like this is my land/culture. However I have a Polish first and last name, Polish passport and “unique” accent everyone picks up on, so despite this I’m usually perceived as an outsider. It makes me...
What some Lemmy communities that are dead or very low number of new posts that you would like to get more active?
My pick is /c/albumartporn
What's it called when an inventor's invention backfires on them?
Is there a name for this specific concept? Where somebody invents something (to do them good) but then that thing turns around and backfires on them?
If somebody spends the whole day watching fox or religious propaganda, gets worked up and all he can think of is owning a liberal or converting an unbeliever, is this person a victim or just gullible?
Let me explain the question:...
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2x2 lumber at Home Depot is now 1.28x1.28. Actual size is supposed to be 1.5 (kbin.run)
I dont know why they have to lie about it. At $5/8ft board you'd think I paid for the full 1.5. Edit: I mixed up nominal with actual.
What plot holes could be adequately explained away with a single shot or line of dialogue?
“We’ve almost got some of their telecommunications cracked; the front end even runs on a laptop!” The Mac that sunk a thousand ships could have been merely clunky product placement, not a bafflingly stupid tech-on-film moment....
What linguistic constructions do you hate that no one else seems to mind?
It bugs me when people say “the thing is is that” (if you listen for it, you’ll start hearing it… or maybe that’s something that people only do in my area.) (“What the thing is is that…” is fine. But “the thing is is that…” bugs me.)...
TIL that a 30-year boycott of 'The Sun' newspaper in Merseyside UK resulted in a substantial rise in EU support, as shown in a 2021 research paper on public opinions & media
The study is available for free here, via. cambridge.org:...
What would your last words be?
How many users will chrome browser lose after phasing out manifest v2 this June ?
give your estimation in percentages !
What is your purpose?
What is you purpose right now?
What is the Anti Commercial-Al license and why do people keep adding it to their comments?
I know what the Creative Commons is but not this new thing or why it keeps popping up in comments on Lemmy
4,000 Glasgow streets to have speed limit cut to 20mph (www.bbc.co.uk)
Great to see. Almost naebidy does 20mph in Edinburgh, but they aren’t doing 35 at least any more!
Edinburgh Filmhouse set to reopen following funding boost - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)
Great news this, was such a shame to see the Filmhouse closed. So glad it’s not been turned into a chain pub or something.