Life / Poles speaking English - examples [245]

Sikorski went to UK, because he won the Olympics in English. Radek learned English from books and private lessons, he was quite proficient when he left Poland in '81.

Life / Poles speaking English - examples [245]

Jan Vincent Rostowski, Minister of Finance

youtu.be/gc1o3Wyeb6s

Leszek Balcerowicz, economist

youtu.be/Vy5d1snizXs

Janusz Lewandowski, Budget and Financial Programming Commissioner of the European Commission

youtu.be/8doO2ngRFBY

Genealogy / How common was Polish-Jewish intermarriage? [21]

That's a misleading question. One can be both Jewish and Polish.

Study / Going to Medical School in Poland (University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn / and others) [51]

2010 ranking:

1. Warszawa (Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny)
2. Kraków (Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego)
3. £ódź (Uniwersytet Medyczny w £odzi)
4. Poznań (Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu)
5. Katowice (Śląski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Katowicach)
6. Gdańsk (Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny)
7. Wrocław (Akademia Medyczna im. Piastów Śląskich we Wrocławiu)
8. Białystok (Uniwersytet Medyczny w Białymstoku)
9. Lublin (Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie)
10. Szczecin (Pomorska Akademia Medyczna w Szczecinie)

Language / Is this true about Polish pronunciation of English (that some words sound identical?) [34]

Great thread.
I'm often embarrassed because of my pronunciation.

My biggest problems are:
live - leave
as - ass
sheet - sh*t

I often can't hear any difference...