When I first came here, I was absolutely overwhelmed by the amount of Irish Gaelic I heard. I had thought that most people would speak English - but no, at every corner I came across a language I did not understand.It took me some days to realise that it was not Gaelic but Polish.
My (Polish) flat mates once complained that there were just too many Polish people in Limerick and that you could divide them into three groups:
Group 1: Older people who came here ages ago and have adapted to Irish life. (except for the bread maybe)
Group 2: Young people who work a lot and send some money home.
Group 3: Young people who do not work a lot and do not send money home.
They assured me that they deeply abhorred group 3. Mmmh, after one week I was still not sure what group THEY belonged to. They had hardly left the flat, spent hours watching TV, DVDs and playing video games, had stayed up until 2 or 3 in the morning and slept till lunchtime. They could not possibly belong to group 3, could they? They did not look as if they hated themselves.
If they had ever belonged to group 3: In my second week they apparently changed to group 2. When I came home from my "holidays", they all had a job. Thank God - now I have the telly for myself.
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Is it you now who watches DVDs and the telly all day long ;-) ?
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