AggieK
19 Apr 2021
Language / Is this true about Polish pronunciation of English (that some words sound identical?) [34]
As someone mentioned, it all depends on how much you were exposed and at what age. I think there is a lot to say about Poles that learned English on a fly vs those that studied English. Some arrived here in US mid age, learned English working and never went to school. When you take English classes they slow down, the exadurate the spelling and sound differences, they slow down to articulate and teach you pronouncing those differences. Where as, when we learn on a fly as we go about our days, ppl in general (Americans) speak super fast, often mumble, eat ends, rush through and in general, no one corrects but expects. When I ask someone to spell it out, they go even faster. I arrive here at 21 with no English, did not go to school. I learned, I can communicate, but still after almost 20 years here, I am one of those that CANNOT hear some of those differences, and some of those i can hear differentiate, i cannot pronounce correctly.
As someone mentioned, it all depends on how much you were exposed and at what age. I think there is a lot to say about Poles that learned English on a fly vs those that studied English. Some arrived here in US mid age, learned English working and never went to school. When you take English classes they slow down, the exadurate the spelling and sound differences, they slow down to articulate and teach you pronouncing those differences. Where as, when we learn on a fly as we go about our days, ppl in general (Americans) speak super fast, often mumble, eat ends, rush through and in general, no one corrects but expects. When I ask someone to spell it out, they go even faster. I arrive here at 21 with no English, did not go to school. I learned, I can communicate, but still after almost 20 years here, I am one of those that CANNOT hear some of those differences, and some of those i can hear differentiate, i cannot pronounce correctly.