News / Poland and Russia in military alliance - Is that even possible? At least temporary? [71]


There were a few in the seventeenth century.


Never quite respectable.


Are archaic. And 'Polesses' is a meaningless term.

News / Poland and Russia in military alliance - Is that even possible? At least temporary? [71]


No.
Poetess hasn't been used much for over a century and both actress and waitress are old-fashioned. Languages evolve.


And anyone who uses it is deranged. It sounds silly.

News / Poland and Russia in military alliance - Is that even possible? At least temporary? [71]


Polesses just sounds daft. As he well knows, the English language isn't gendered and that is one of its strengths.


We have the Lionesses however that is a worthy exception. The whole point when genderising English is to create an exception like that either to praise, or like 'Manageress' to diminish or like 'hostess' to distinguish a role.

Genealogy / What are common Polish character traits? [425]


Something that has rarely been rooted in reality.

It's not a theme park.

Off-Topic / Let's talk about shoes [334]


Dinner jackets? Still worn for quite a few things in the U.K.. As I remember, you're a Londoner which is probably different however in the 'gin and jaguar' belts of northern cities (even more in smaller affluent towns) they're still part of an affluent man's wardrobe.

Just buy a copy of Yorkshire Life, Cheshire Life, L*nca*shire Life, Lincolnshire Life, whatever, and the society' pages will be full of photos of local worthies wearing them.

Off-Topic / Let's talk about shoes [334]


Only if you're French, Italian or at a pinch, Spanish.


Same here. Always matt leather for me rather than shiny; it's a sort of style trademark.

Life / Poles speaking English - examples [263]


That can certainly be the case. Also people with a high IQ but poor social skills can talk too fast.


Quite. I remember that with Thatcher they had to get her to slow down a bit. With a local politician near me though, his fast speech sounds like he's trying to drown you with facts to make replies more difficult.

News / Ups and downs of the democratic government 2023-2027 in Poland [363]


She'll get my vote.

Life / Grisly crimes in Poland [124]


Given the number of Poles who work in those shops in PL, no.he wouldn't. Did you look at his Facebook page?

The rest of your post suggests you need psychiatric help.

Life / Poles speaking English - examples [263]


It's a slip. He wouldn't lose marks in an assessment.


Or anywhere else.

You're still wrong, no matter how much you argue.

Life / Poles speaking English - examples [263]


It's not a surprise. And a simple slip at the most rather than a mistake as such. Perfectly normal when speaking a foreign language even if someone has a high skill level and not an unknown in someone's first language. And as slips go, it's an "intelligent error" that doesn't impede understanding. It's also grammatically a grey area; an educated native speaker of English might say this and it wouldn't be considered an error.

It's worth mentioning that someone who takes the American prescriptive approach to grammar may view this differently to someone who takes the more universal descriptive approach.


There aren't enough hours in the day.

Life / Grisly crimes in Poland [124]

It's actually a bit faster than normal; must be the time of day.

Wykop has a reference to him being called Dorian Slawczyk and a Facebook page for someone of that name is full of invective.

Life / Grisly crimes in Poland [124]


Indeed, though we can mention it here.

If I wasn't on such a painfully slow connection I'd Google it myself.

Off-Topic / Use your old PC or smart phone to land on the moon (or Mars) [3]

They were certainly there. They were tracked by telescopes and also took amazingly beautiful photographs of our globe.

Life / Grisly crimes in Poland [124]

Isn't that Doric?

I suspect he's not Greek.

And if he is, beware of him bearing gifts...

Genealogy / Polish looks? [1410]


That one has a face and bearing that looks a bit like an actor in a horror film set in South Dakota who's got a female hitchhiker manacled to the wall in his cellar with both legs broken.

They only join the police anyway if they're lacking in the trouser department.

Life / Poles speaking English - examples [263]

You're thinking of that doll in the horror film, aren't you...

As I say, context is everything...

Life / Poles speaking English - examples [263]


Out of context.

Chucky Egg is better.

Life / Poles speaking English - examples [263]

And obvious that he'd be speaking in a different register than that used while giving a speech at the UN Assembly, wouldn't he, Chucky Egg.


And Sikorski's is at a better level than his.

Life / Poles speaking English - examples [263]


No.

He's giving an interview rather than a speech at the UN Assembly which is why you're confused.

And B2 pronunciation with distinct American influences which suggests he's spent time there.

Life / Poles speaking English - examples [263]


Which oral exam?

His fluency is fine however both his pronunciation and his catenation distract.

Life / Poles speaking English - examples [263]


It's the national sport.

Life / Poles speaking English - examples [263]


Feel free. It dunt mek thi reyt :-)

Life / Poles speaking English - examples [263]


Which oral exam?

I conduct them all the time and am qualified to do so(and have to renew that regularly by being tested).

The definition of fluency in discourse was given to you several posts above and it's telling that your criteria doesn't actually agree with what you originally said.

Telling too that three people who work in education, at least one of whom is a currently accredited examiner, disagree with your inaccurate assessment of Mr Sikorski's fluency in spoken English.


He was giving a speech to the UN assembly not taking an oral exam for school kids, and as you were told, the CEFR takes into account different functions of speech. I suspect your language exam from whatever source does not involve assessing a UN speech.

Life / Poles speaking English - examples [263]


Neither of those.

The toxic ones have been voted out.

Life / Poles speaking English - examples [263]


A poster had said that his English was less fluent than another politician's.

It isn't.

Life / Poles speaking English - examples [263]


Yes. Sensibly, the CEFR scales don't stress rapidity, not least because that can vary naturally between individuals and between cultures. Appropriate/inappropriate hesitancy is a metric but not speed unless it distorts communication which of course it can also do if too rapid.


This is the key. His English is both fluent and natural.

The CEFR metrics also of course distinguish between speaking to an audience, giving an announcement, taking part in a discussion, explaining a point of view and a few other functions of speech.

Law / Mandat Karny & Criminal Record [3]

It's just an administrative penalty and nothing to worry about.

Life / Poles speaking English - examples [263]


More a continuum than a specific level. It also involves cultural factors and individual speech habits.


As the word suggests.

Life / Poles speaking English - examples [263]


It's in the post you replied to.