Work / Poland - Expat Careers [26]

Well you don't want to live there do you?

I don t feel hatred for you, more amusement.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Have a nice day!

Work / Poland - Expat Careers [26]


well go and live there then and stop bothering people about your non existent career.

youtube.com/watch?v=yKQ-_AdfRmA

USA, Canada / Polish or American Education? [180]


chemi I am not that young..:):) but thanks. It's the Welsh system..

I think Scotland might be similar.

So in fact you are just talking about 'English' universities.

USA, Canada / Polish or American Education? [180]

no it was the same if you were admitted to the science faculty.

USA, Canada / Polish or American Education? [180]


mine didnt. IN the first year we had to study equally three subjects, from any in the faculty, and then choose one or two in years 2 and 3. mind you that was a welsh uni which might be diffferent, I dont know.

In some ways the US system seems better. 16 is very young to choose just three subjects to study, really.

USA, Canada / Polish or American Education? [180]

...talking of Chinese and Korean students, I am an academic proofreader and some of the stuff I have read has been atrocious , goodness knows how they passed TOEFL and kept up with the work, even from so called 'good' universities. Seems like UK degrees are for sale tbh.

USA, Canada / Polish or American Education? [180]

I think the tuition fee is £9000 for home students!! More, much more for international students. Imagine. I live in a small university town and the students do look...glossier,richer, than they used to. I am sure of it.!

I am so glad my children are not academic.
My 18 year old daughter is earning £200 a week and her rent paid...!!

You are right no degree is useless, it has 'entitled' me to a better hourly rate over the years i suppose...and it was certainly fun times.

USA, Canada / Polish or American Education? [180]

Sounds cool. The land of opportunity...:)
Debt is the main problem for students these days here, i suppose it is the same on your side of the pond.
I was one of the last lucky ones who had it all paid for by the goverment, along with a grant. Now its all loans and students are graduating with useless degrees and thousands of pounds in debt.

At least i got my useless degree when it was free ha ha

USA, Canada / Polish or American Education? [180]

so you don't pay for a private school?

USA, Canada / Polish or American Education? [180]


it's a privilege isn't it

UK, Ireland / Are you able to hear the different English accents? [97]


lol is that like Bells? or more upmarket like Glenmorangie?

Language / Are Anglophones able to detect different Polish accents? [17]

according to my ex there is not such a wide variation of regional accents in Poland as in the islands because of various historical factors, population movements and loss, etc

of course he did often talk nonsense so would be glad to be put right.

UK, Ireland / Are you able to hear the different English accents? [97]


you miss my point which was that English grammar has in some aspects developed from the old languages.

UK, Ireland / Are you able to hear the different English accents? [97]


exactly what I meant..:) thanks
Here the auxhilary very is 'to be'

UK, Ireland / Are you able to hear the different English accents? [97]


oh lol the African prince, I was just thinking about him...

UK, Ireland / Are you able to hear the different English accents? [97]


well exactly and here the auxiliary verb is 'do' .
I am sure you wouldnt answer 'do you live in Poland?' with 'I live' would u? No, you would say, 'I do'. Interestingly....the Welsh for 'I do' is 'ydy' which sounds very similar.

UK, Ireland / Are you able to hear the different English accents? [97]


that's right, like Wales and Ireland too. So the way English is spoken in those places, is like English words overlaid onto their old grammar systems....so you have eg different word order and constructions..that change English much more than accents do.

I am endlessly fascinated by this. In Welsh and Irish for example, there is no direct way of saying 'yes' or 'no'.. your answer has to agree with the question. Is Scottish the same?

"Are you going out?" "I am"
"Do you like sausages?" " I do"

This has obviously affected English too,with the endless 'question tags' that are such a nightmare for learners. .."isnt he?" " arent you?" Other more sensible languages like say Spanish, just have one question tag word "verdad?". No wonder so many learners have settled on 'isnt it' (innit) as a generalised question tag, which in turn, has affected the way English is spoken everyday,esp in London.

By the way I think OP's question should be changed to 'are you able to hear the different accents of English' - semantics,. semantics.

UK, Ireland / Are you able to hear the different English accents? [97]


not until the 80s though. Until then all faces were white as i recall. And even after Moira and Trevor, they were tokens for a long time.

UK, Ireland / Are you able to hear the different English accents? [97]

oh lol I think i meant the 'establishment' programmes like the news and public information .... you know the ones. No more did u see a brown face either. But NO Lenny Henry YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY BLACK M AN ON TV.

Terry Wogan was a great novelty though wasnt he?

UK, Ireland / Are you able to hear the different English accents? [97]


well that is one way of looking at it if you like.
I see it more as a freedom for the other 99.9 per cent of people to speak and be heard.
You would never hear a regional accent on TV back then. It was London centric, and yes very middle class.

UK, Ireland / Are you able to hear the different English accents? [97]

yes its true that up until the 70s you could hear this clipped 'Brief Encounter' type accent, especially if you listened to the news on TV . This has completely changed. It wasn t a particularly natural or widely spoken accent, but it was 'establishment'.

UK, Ireland / Are you able to hear the different English accents? [97]


oh yair? i rimimba when we all started making statements? into questions?

UK, Ireland / Are you able to hear the different English accents? [97]

we were talking about speakers of other languages though, specifically Polish people learning English and L made some comment that more highly educated learners would lose their accent more quickly. I disagreed with this, judging from the people around me.

UK, Ireland / Are you able to hear the different English accents? [97]

you havent said anything humourous

UK, Ireland / Are you able to hear the different English accents? [97]

as I said, your pomposity grates. Your 'point' had nothing to do with the discussion. You try and sound all intelligent but fail miserably.
Do not call me 'old girl' thanks.

UK, Ireland / Are you able to hear the different English accents? [97]

Lyzko.
Your pomposity is starting to grate, tbh.
I am not a 'sir', thank you.
there was no 'argument' just an interesting discussion which you derailed by going on about Diana and Kate (clue, 30 year age difference) Then start blithering on about me 'failing'. If anyone has 'failed' here it is not me. Thanks.

UK, Ireland / Are you able to hear the different English accents? [97]


well we were talking about learners recognising and gaining accents and then suddenly you started spouting nonsense about the British Royal family. So no I havent 'failed' to do anything, rather you 'failed' to grasp the topic, as usual....and went off on some vague digression.

Have a nice evening.

UK, Ireland / Are you able to hear the different English accents? [97]

you might be snobbish but you are incapable of framing an argument...:):) But then i have always found that your average snob has very little to be snobbish about.

complete non sequiter, that guff about Lady Di and Kate Wales. What on earth do they have to do with the educational standards of people learning English? Random.

UK, Ireland / Are you able to hear the different English accents? [97]

not in my experience tbh. These days people watch TV or listen to music to learn English, and do it very well. even 'common' people in my experience. You sound very snobbish.

UK, Ireland / Are you able to hear the different English accents? [97]


so are you saying that if you have a degree, you will lose your accent more quickly? What utter nonsense.