difficult English words for Polish speakers?

No, it was usually a Donkey or something (someone) like that.

i forgot how to ride a bicycle and why a donkey??

a wonky donkey?

Kijz (or even Kijiz)
kisssss

:)

thanks ET :)

so many years in the us, everyday contact with english speakers and i can't loose my accent and make mistakes... is it my ignorance or what?

lose

Lets make a deal was a television game show back in the 70's (?) starring Monty Hall. Often, the contestant would win a prize (strategically located behind door 1, 2 or 3). The contestant would choose which door to open, and sometimes, it was a donkey or other such animal...


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thanks :)

Nope...physiological changes occur in our voice boxes and muscles used to make sounds as we age. Only people who learn starting very young or those who do a LOT of spcialized training are going to be accent free.

Don't sweat it..and remember...most guys like a cute accent ;)

Is someone looking for the loos?

Is someone looking for the loos?

<somewhere a mobile phone chirps>

Beckham's lawyers tell me they're now monitoring this thread.

beach - b*tch
can’t - c*nt (in Southern England, at least)
:)


come - go

I have fun with my wife's English, but she has fun with my Polish.

When she says "Don't" it comes out "dunt"
When she talks about our son being "born" it comes out "burn"
Luckily, she calls me "Sweetie" because when she says my name "Karl" it comes out "Car"

But on the flip side, it took me forever to say the word "Elephant" in Polish. I kept saying "Salty" because the words are so similar to the untrained ear. I will readily admit that I butcher the language when I try speaking it.

F's and T's together, like forethought...very funny. My polish friend and I always laugh at each other. I have difficulty between the Polish word for please and the Polish word for piglet. I can't tell the difference...lol

I really can't understand why some Poles mix "teach" and "learn" ("uczyć (kogoś)" and "uczyć się" are two very different actions to me), but I can NEVER remember when you should use "lend" and "borrow" - to me it is just the same action! "Pożyczać" sth from or to someone, LOL.

lol, that's nothing... in English, when someone asks you to lend them a fiver, they know they will never pay it back, so what they really meant was "GIVE me a fiver". lol! :)

The most difficult words that Poles tend to mix up are "queue" they say quee when it should be cue and beach which makes them swing towards bitch or po polsku być.

Mostly anything with Y I E A or the ph th combos/

Comfortable and vegetable. Maybe parallelogram for some.

Hard for some native English speakers ;-)

Collateral is hard for those with an l/r speech impediment. Corollary is another. Rollercoaster too. Colonel :)

English is a stupid language! I wonder how it would be written in Polish?

Kórnal?

:)

I think you got it :)

Another word they have a problem with is failure.

I'm not even going to start explaining how, and why, one pronounces
"St.John Cholmondeley-Menzies"!

LOL :)

schedule, i know Brits and Americans pronounce it differently but i can never remember the right one or just make up my own version lol. vase, why is it vah-zz in British English lol?? basically for me it's anything with an R in it that i probably don't say properly cos i still roll my R's but i never had anyone complain about my accent ;D

Yeah probably not.. :D


Shed-yool: British, Sked-yool: American. More or less. No real right / wrong.

Kolonel :D


I think the Americans have definitely got the right idea re: spelling (tires vs. tyres, and color vs. colour, for example), but as for alternative words... diapers and panty hose just sound ridiculous! lol

Yep, there are some weird words we've spawned, no doubt.

Jihozapad
I guess it is similar in Polish ;-)

Oh, but I have found one way to tell one word from the other :-) There is a book for children titled "Borrowers" (also translated to Polish as "Pożyczalscy"). I have never read it, but I know its about funny little people who borrow things. So... now when I don't know which one to use, I can think about them ;-)

Oh, and speaking about pronunciation: I don't know how to say "species" corectly. With 's' or 'sh' inside (in very rough Polish transcription: spisis or spiszis). I guess that I could hear both. Or maybe I'm wrong and only one way is correct?

Yes, my ex never gave me back that Kryminalni box set she "borrowed" from me, lol ;)