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The linguistic unity reinforces the national and cultural unity. The processes of urbanization, migration, technical development, as well as political and economic integration of the continent influenced the character of the language (as the element which integrates Poles). Unfortunately, growing popularity of general / higher education has not improved conversational language. The media and politicians cease to be sources of good linguistic practices, and start functioning as sources of colloquial, vulgar linguistic manners. At the same time local dialects are vanishing, social variants of languages are blending, and the language of “everyday communication” is slowly developing. The users of Polish drastically change their attitude to language perceived as a value in itself. The author illustrates those problems referring to authentic linguistic material taken from politicians’ speeches, media resources and overheard conversations.