Mistaken identity!

sunflower27

So today I was hurrying along to meet a friend who was giving me a lift somewhere.Ii was finsihing off a smoke and saw a woman and who I presume were her two teenage kids sitting on a bench.

The mother screeches out to me 'have you got a spare fag?' to which I shake my head as I hurry past.

The 'son' then says, 'well, f*ck off back to Poland then'

I am not Polish, never even been there, but am curious as to why someone would say that out of nowehere.

:p:p

Anyone else here been mistaken for another nationality?

phasers

it's because you shook your head instead of speaking. You were either Polish or mute, they took a punt.

Nothingbetter2d

i always tell those irish scroungers to learn to live within their means..
the irish ones can get dole, ra, and even child benefit if they have kids...

if they cant afford fags then they need to quit or learn to budget.

sunflower27

No. :rolleyes:

sunflower27

phasers wrote: »

it's because you shook your head instead of speaking. You were either Polish or mute, they took a punt.

Smoke was in my mouth at the time but yeah, maybe.

Seachmall

sunflower27 wrote: »

The mother screeches out to me 'have you got a spare fag?' to which I shake my head as I hurry past.

The 'son' then says, 'well, f*ck off back to Poland then'

I like the fact their requirement for Polish immigration is a spare cigarette.

hairyprincess

I have sallow skin and dark hair, I have been asked if I'm Spanish. I always reply "aye, I am to be sure", in my Donegal accent :O

rain on

When I was younger I used to get taken for a Spanish exchange student a lot :mad:

Mickeroo

Possibility you could look slightly eastern european? you might have a distant slavic ancestor.

Had a shop worker in templebar approach me and start speaking spanish to me once, they apologised profusely when I explained I didn't speak spanish and came from the wesht.

biko

They noticed that you didn't use the proper response to "Have you got a spare fag?", which is "**** off ya dole scrounger!"

branbee

hairyprincess wrote: »

I have sallow skin and dark hair, I have been asked if I'm Spanish. I always reply "aye, I am to be sure", in my Donegal accent :O

I have pale skin and red hair- admittedly dyed- so couldn't look more Irish and still get mistaken as polish! Wish i looked Spanish!

Sar_Bear

Yup.

Used to work in a Centra, and while serving a woman at the checkout one day the guy behind her was staring at me saying "go back to Poland, go back to Poland" over and over, even while I was serving him, and my thick country accent proved I wasn't Polish...

I do have dark hair and sallow skin, have been asked if I'm Spanish or have Spanish roots before, but nope, I don't.

The King of Moo

A Slovakian co-worker once told me I didn't look Irish as I looked more like I was made from stone than other Irish people.
Still not sure if that was a compliment or not.

I don't believe it anyway, as I look like Sinéad O'Connor, and she's Irish.

sunflower27

Mickeroo wrote: »

Possibility you could look slightly eastern european? you might have a distant slavic ancestor.

Had a shop worker in templebar approach me and start speaking spanish to me once, they apologised profusely when I explained I didn't speak spanish and came from the wesht.

Father's side is Danish, I am very fair. Must mean I look Polish

rain on

Domo230 wrote: »

Don't walk so slowly while taking up half the street with your pals and you won't be.

I didn't have any pals

DarkJager

sunflower27 wrote: »

So today I was hurrying along to meet a friend who was giving me a lift somewhere.Ii was finsihing off a smoke and saw a woman and who I presume were her two teenage kids sitting on a bench.

The mother screeches out to me 'have you got a spare fag?' to which I shake my head as I hurry past.

The 'son' then says, 'well, f*ck off back to Poland then'

I am not Polish, never even been there, but am curious as to why someone would say that out of nowehere.

:p:p

Anyone else here been mistaken for another nationality?

You should have told him to **** back off in to his daddy's ballsack. He'd be still trying to figure out which one.

a fat guy

I used to be mistaken for either "French or Italian" by some people.

It was probably the beard.

Michellenman

I get mistaken for Russian a fair bit. Twice in one day once. I asked my friends if they didn't know I was Irish, where would they think I was from and 90% said Russia too I've been told it's because I've got dark hair and light eyes but I would've thought that those were fairly standard Irish characteristics as well?

frag420

OP were you dressed all in black and standing in the doorway to a pub/club per chance with an ear piece and a neck as thick as your thigh??

Bipolar Joe

People think it's funny to point out that I look like the Western depiction of Jesus, so maybe they think I'm Israeli.

The King of Moo

frag420 wrote: »

OP were you dressed all in black and standing in the doorway to a pub/club per chance with an ear piece and a neck as thick as your thigh??

I think if all bouncers were called sunflower27, and had to wear large, brightly-coloured nametags, the world much be a much better place.

Mint Sauce

Pakistani. Purely on the basis that I worked in a call centre.

Although the callers exact description was Paki Ba$tard.

davet82

another, i look foreign or was mistaken for being foreign because of my lovely tan, thread now


ugh

DEFTLEFTHAND

Spare fag? Not at 9.45 a pack I don't, I'm constantly harranged by strangers outside Heuston station looking for cigarette hand outs, very annoying altogether.

To address your question OP I've sallow skin and brown eyes so I've often been asked do I have some foreign connection. The auld Spanish Armada gene lives. :pac:

languagenerd

A woman in France last summer was asking me for directions and I just couldn't remember the French word for what I was trying to tell her (roundabout or dual carriageway or something...) - so, trying to find another common language, she says (in French) "What's your native language? Arabic?".

I have red hair and very pale skin. What Arabic-speaking country does she think I'm from?! :eek:

forfuxsake

sunflower27 wrote: »

Father's side is Danish, I am very fair. Must mean I look Polish

how you doin'?;)

They sound like a delightful family

smash

sunflower27 wrote: »

I am not Polish, never even been there, but am curious as to why someone would say that out of nowehere.

maybe you're just hot!

grindle

While on a school trip, French people thought I was French (yet mysteriously, surrounded by Irish or English students).
I don't have a comically big nose, but my comically small head and face makes it look that way.

Super-Rush

I was presenting a radio show a cuple of years ago, and some tool text the station asking when did the start employing Neil Delamere :mad:

Stiffler2

you should have told him to f**K off back to Mongolia

ignorance is bliss

Defiler Of The Coffin

I got mistaken for being English once while in Japan.

audi a4 2008

i volunteer in the city and myself(irish),the chef (polish) and another guy (romanian) all working away, myself and the romanian guy were makeing up sandwiches.....

anyway two more volunteers show up the chef knew them but myself and the other guy we never met them before....anyway we all working away and then i hear ure man say chef were the boys from they look polish:rolleyes:.
whats the story with them...ha ha jesus i said in my own mind.

chef broke down laughing....after the laughing stoped sorry he said looks can be deciveing...........

p to the e

A while back when I worked in a shop I served a scummy looking bloke who looked me square on and said "what the **** are you looking at?". Not knowing what he was talking about I replied, "what's your problem?"."Oh sorry mate", he said, "I thought you were a foreigner", and walked out.

Crann na Beatha

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Where To

OP mistook us for people who give a f***!

sunflower27

Where To wrote: »

OP mistook us for people who give a f***!

I mistook you for nothing. I asked if anyone had been mistaken for another nationality. You were under no obligation to reply and it would have been better if you hadn't

Nothingbetter2d

Michellenman wrote: »

I get mistaken for Russain a fair bit.

are you sure your not just in a hurry?

Battered Mars Bar

phasers wrote: »

it's because you shook your head instead of speaking. You were either Polish or mute, they took a punt.

Shouldn't have responded at all. I never acknowledge the existence of scumbags, it's the only language they seem to understand.

Where To

sunflower27 wrote: »

I mistook you for nothing. I asked if anyone had been mistaken for another nationality. You were under no obligation to reply and it would have been better if you hadn't

You're a scary person OP.
Are you German?

*crawls back into box*

sunflower27

Where To wrote: »

You're a scary person OP.
Are you German?

*crawls back into box*

Stay there.

MikeD22

Once again I'm reminded of a scene from father ted

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC7s17K2uMY

I Heart Internet

A polish guy once stopped me on the street and started talking to me in polish.

I'm not polish. But apparently I have a "big polish head" up on me.

oddman2

I was over in Munich earlier in the year with some friends and we were talking to some German people.

We'd said we're from Ireland and one of the lads says "Oh you look like you're Airen", and we say "you mean Eireann? As in Irish?" thinking that it was mighty impressive that he knew that.

He goes "No, no, Airen, blond hair, blue eyes, you know, Hitler liked the Aryans." Didn't know what to say.

tightropetom

I live in Cumbria and people over here don't seem to know the difference between a Northern Irish accent and a 'Southern' Irish (that's another annoyance, don't get me started on that one) one. The usual conversation goes like this -
Them "Oh, are you Irish?"
Me "Yes"
Them "I've been to Belfast once."
Me (In my head) "Grrrrrrrrrr!"

The usual thing I say when they ask if I'm from Northern or Southern Ireland is that I'm from the West. Totally confuses them.

The Radiator

Unlucky, OP

hairyprincess

tightropetom wrote: »

I live in Cumbria and people over here don't seem to know the difference between a Northern Irish accent and a 'Southern' Irish (that's another annoyance, don't get me started on that one) one. The usual conversation goes like this -
Them "Oh, are you Irish?"
Me "Yes"
Them "I've been to Belfast once."
Me (In my head) "Grrrrrrrrrr!"

The usual thing I say when they ask if I'm from Northern or Southern Ireland is that I'm from the West. Totally confuses them.

I'm from Donegal and when I lived in Dublin, a lot of people would ask if we took the Euro up there *bangs head repeatedly off wall* :mad:

IrishAm

You started this thread just to boast that someone thought you were a Polish mot, didn't ya?

Paco Rodriguez

I had an Italian couple speak Italian to me..so I guess I look Italian........or maybe its because I was in Italy at the time.
Im a scandanavian version of Forest Gump though....

Ellis Dee

sunflower27 wrote: »

So today I was hurrying along to meet a friend who was giving me a lift somewhere.Ii was finsihing off a smoke and saw a woman and who I presume were her two teenage kids sitting on a bench.

The mother screeches out to me 'have you got a spare fag?' to which I shake my head as I hurry past.

The 'son' then says, 'well, f*ck off back to Poland then'

I am not Polish, never even been there, but am curious as to why someone would say that out of nowehere.

:p:p

Anyone else here been mistaken for another nationality?

It's happened to me a few times in Ireland.

Once, I was speaking Finnish to my daughter in a pub in Portarlington when a middle-aged women we don't know snarled "Speak English or go back to Poland!" at us. I replied: "Fcuk off! I'll speak whatever language I want, and you speak whatever one you can.":):):)

Borboletinha

sunflower27 wrote: »

So today I was hurrying along to meet a friend who was giving me a lift somewhere.Ii was finsihing off a smoke and saw a woman and who I presume were her two teenage kids sitting on a bench.

The mother screeches out to me 'have you got a spare fag?' to which I shake my head as I hurry past.

The 'son' then says, 'well, f*ck off back to Poland then'

I am not Polish, never even been there, but am curious as to why someone would say that out of nowehere.

:p:p

Anyone else here been mistaken for another nationality?

Funny, I was once called a mexican b*tch because I didnt have a spare cigarette!!:eek: Broke Smokers can be grumpy...:D

Im brazilian btw but i guess i might also look mexican or italian or some kind of spanish...:p