Polish Advertising In Britain?

Was driving through the lovely People's Republic of Newham the other week and was somewhat surprised to see some of the adverts on the bus shelters were in Polish. Can someone tell me why we are we permitting exclusively Polish advertising in Britain? Is this not detrimental to the ability of immigrants to integrate with the indigenous communities in this country?

Polish Advertising In Britain?
Lol in Caerphilly Miners' Hospital there are posters on the walls in Polish





(apparently advertising Polish-only Ante Natal and Mother and Baby classes according to one of the midwives who was as amused by it as I was)





Now in Wales we are used to having Bilingual Welsh/English posters but POLISH?!





So much for "its only single young people coming here to work for a few years and then going home" if they need ante natal classes in Polish!
Reply:You can find adverts written in English language in Poland.


As far as the ability of immigrants to integrate is concerned, take a look at this link, it's a site for Brits in Poland.


http://expats-in-poland.com/


On the forums many are seeking expat English nationals for meetings, socialising etc


That will give you some idea of the none existent effort many of the English make to integrate with The Poles.


It is just the same as many of the Brits in Spain. They start their own little communities because they are too lazy to learn the language and integrate.


Perhaps this is just the case that some of the English don't want to accept the Poles in the UK.


By the way I'm English, living in Poland. I did take the trouble to learn the language. It's the same all over the world if you have a go at speaking the language, most nations will respect you for it and be happy to accept you into their community. Perhaps one exception to the rule is the UK where some people tend to think they are better than the rest.
Reply:So what about English advertising in Spain? You see it everywhere.
Reply:I agree with Mr Sceptic %26amp; think you are nothing short of being a racist. The Polish community in Edinburgh is huge. I have Polish friends now. I have no problems with advertisements in Polish, or anything else Polish for that matter. Good luck to all my Polish friends!





Xenophobes attract Xenophobes as I have seen from some of the answers to your question.
Reply:god i wish britain would leave the EU so we could kick them all out
Reply:I understand your opinion entirely and have to agree. Lets hope the advert flops and the company that used it learn from it.
Reply:Where's Newham. Is it middleclass. You don't want to


know the reply I've just cancelled.
Reply:So you are saying that advertising in a language other than English should not be allowed?





All immigrants should learn to speak English as soon as they can - it is impossible to function in UK without a working knowledge of English.





But not permitting advertising in other languages? I think you're taking things a bit too far.
Reply:I personally don't have much of a problem with Polish people coming to the UK to work. The trouble is there seems to be so many of them.





I think they should learn to speak English as best they can, and most of them do try to be honest. Having advertising exclusively in Polish is just a sign that things are changing... and people don't like change.





But you can't blame the advertisers. If they are targeting a specific audience then they will do that. Although it would be nice to see some adverts with a mixture of the two languages.





The guy who answered first may have 5 thumbs down, and counting, but he does have a point. Why do we have to be so stuck up that we can't accept foreign people into our country, and when they do come we demand them to learn our language... The Americans are having the exact same debate about the Hispanic invasion, but it's true that some of them (a minority I admit) are embracing the changes and using it as an excuse to learn Spanish.





I must admit I've never thought about the prospect of learning Polish before, but something tells me it might become a handy skill to have in a few years time.





The fact is, these guys are coming here and doing the jobs we won't do becasue we're too lazy... I hate these pikey's on the telly who stand there and say "Deyz're cummin over 'ere an nickin' all r jobz innit bruv" but if you asked that guy wether he has actually gone out and applied for a plumbing job or even picked up a hammer in his life he'll say "aaahh nahh my only job is getting up early once a week to stand in the dole queue"... So some of us should be thankful for the presence of our European friends.





My only concern is not for the state of Britain, but of Poland. In coming here to work in droves, they are leaving behind work in Poland that needs doing and they are running out of people to do it.
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Reply:What, Mr Sheen and such?
Reply:They should learn English.
Reply:I see your point and agree to some extent, I do not like to see foreign advertising but it doesn't bother me. I agree that immigrants should be encouraged to learn and speak English . When I was living in Germany I learnt the language and got a lot of reward for it, the locals were very supportive in my first few months, the shameful thing to me was they all spoke very good English.


One thing we should consider though is our behaviour in non English speaking countries, I have observed English holiday makers behaving absolutely appallingly because the locals could not understand them, perhaps we as a nation should look at our own behaviour abroad before judging others.


Personally I have no problem with Polish nationals and this country owes them a lot, we seriously let them down in the last war when we failed to fulfil our promise to them.


Generally I agree with what you are saying, but I drove past a sign yesterday that was in French, now they are a people I have a problem with.
Reply:Surely the answer is to put adverts on poles, like those socialist 'park for for seven hours in your own street' poles and get the Poles to opress the native English who complain?


Fast
Reply:It sounds like the USA with ads in both English and Spanish for the same item!! maybe they ought to learn English and assimilate in your culture!?
Reply:Lets address the situation.


The birth rate in the UK is now 1.4 children per family. This is not enough to sustain people to work and pay the the ever expanding OAP population. Therefore we should thank the Poles for coming over and assisting us in our time of crisis.


The other alternative is for our people of this nation to breed more.


The more important question is, "When Germany opens its borders to the Poles and they leave our great country who is going to work and pay our OAP's pensions then"?
Reply:Maybe you should learn Polish. Every intelligent person in America already speaks spanish.



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