Language / Do Poles prefer US American or UK English language? [147]


Well, I decided to have a try at some wordplay ;)))
Couldn't help myself ;D


:)


So what other tongues have you acquired? :)

Language / Do Poles prefer US American or UK English language? [147]


I've never been to Zakopane and don't know what's this 'Zakopane ł' is :P And I'm not sure what this 'dark' Russian variety means.

Do you mean the old "ł" which you can hear in old Polish films and which is spoken by people from Kresy? It sounds more like "l", yes?

Language / Do Poles prefer US American or UK English language? [147]


OK, thanks :)


;))) Does our conversation still has something to do with tongue? ;D


I can see that ;)

Language / Do Poles prefer US American or UK English language? [147]


But I'm older than that :)))
Me and two of my friends were reading Harry Potter books when we were studying at the university, but I know even older people who read them. Even my mum have read those books ;D


Yes, I like fantasy in general and I like all the stuff that J. K. Rowling put in her books, in this world created by her, the wordplays, etc. It reminds me of J.R.R. Tolkien and him I simply adore :]


But this Doric is a dialect of English or Scottish Gaelic?


What ways? ;)

Language / Do Poles prefer US American or UK English language? [147]


True :) But I'm an adult, not a kid, so I guess I'm too old for films (and books :P) about Harry Potter ;D


Our English teacher at high school told us once that even English people from different parts of their country have problems with understanding each other. Is that true?


Yes, Polish language is almost the same throughout Poland. Maybe except for the mountains, Silesia and Kashuby region (but I guess Silesian and Kashubian are often considered as different languages than Polish, and not Polish dialects).


Wow, so you're like double cool ;D
:)))

Language / Do Poles prefer US American or UK English language? [147]


Oh, I don't know - I've seen so many films in my life... ;) I always loved those adaptations of English literature with Emma Thompson, Helena Bonham Carter, Anthony Hopkins, Kenneth Branagh, etc. Emma Thompson is one of my favourite actresses :) I like Monty Python and "The Black Adder" TV series, some comedy films. And "Wallace & Gromit" ;)

And I like Harry Potter, though I'm too old for this :PPP Don't laugh ;)))


Yes, that's true... But on Polish TV foreign films are translated so it's no problem ;)
But when I'm watching films without translation I have more problems with understanding British English, than American (probably because of this lack of exposure ;)).

And I guess I don't know much British slang. I remember that when I had some BBC channel I watched "EastEnders" and there a girl was called "bird" (?) and a man: "bloke". I didn't know that before ;) I also tried to watch some TV series about a castle in Scotland and the Scottish pronunciation made it very difficult ;) I had an impression that they spoke with gritted teeth or something ;) But I like those Scottish and Irish accents :P

Language / Do Poles prefer US American or UK English language? [147]

Indeed ;)

Language / Do Poles prefer US American or UK English language? [147]


That's true - I'm one of those Poles myself :) But there are simply far more American films than British ones on Polish TV ;)

Language / Do Poles prefer US American or UK English language? [147]


British English - at high school, at private English school and at the univeristy.


Hmm... British sounds better, in my personal opinion :P But American pronunciation is easier for Poles, I think.
I usually pronounce words in a more British way, as I was taught this way. However, I often use American words - it's because there are a lot of American films and TV series on Polish TV and I've learned some English by watching them :)


British, I think. The UK is closer to Poland than USA and so there are more English people here than Americans ;)