stevepl
11 Dec 2009
Language / Can you recognise the nationality of foreign Polish speakers by their accent? [43]
I agree, I doubt any foreigner would not eventually be recognised as such. I was just wondering if the nationality could be detected by a common mispronunciation of words by everyone from a particular geographical region. As an example the pronunciation of the english 'i' sounds closer to the english 'e' from most eastern europeans when they are speaking english.
Then again, my polish must be getting fairly close because my wife always tells me to explain to people that i'm English when i'm talking by telephone. Just in case they think i'm a Pole who is either:-
a) very drunk
b) mentally retarded
c) under the influence of halucinogenic drugs
in Poland whilst Poles are surounded by nothing but Poles-forget it if you think that you could get one over on them!
I agree, I doubt any foreigner would not eventually be recognised as such. I was just wondering if the nationality could be detected by a common mispronunciation of words by everyone from a particular geographical region. As an example the pronunciation of the english 'i' sounds closer to the english 'e' from most eastern europeans when they are speaking english.
Then again, my polish must be getting fairly close because my wife always tells me to explain to people that i'm English when i'm talking by telephone. Just in case they think i'm a Pole who is either:-
a) very drunk
b) mentally retarded
c) under the influence of halucinogenic drugs