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> It still has potential to be misunderstood ofc > It can't just be the struggle of a Pollak getting people to pronounce his name correctly I just happened to
by fsckboy 3y ago
> It still has potential to be misunderstood ofc
> It can't just be the struggle of a Pollak getting people to pronounce his name correctly
I just happened to research this recently, rabbit hole a propos nothing: (1) in English, "Polack" is an ethnic slur for a Polish person; (2) in a handful of unrelated European languages, Polak is just the word for a Pole; just so y'all know.
- inglor_cz 3y agoIt is interesting that the native word (because in the Polish language, "Polak" is a neutral standard word for a male Pole; a female would be Polka, just like the dance) mutated to a slur an ocean away.