Poles speaking English - examples

I would much rather that Polish diplomats use Polish and qualified interpreters rather than trying to use English. I'd make an exception for those with substantial life experience in anglophone countries but it's too dangerous to try diplomacy in a foreign language (it's far too easy to agree to something you didn't intend to or don't fully understand).

The only alternative would be for Poland to self-colonize and make English the number one priority of the entire education system (like a lot of former british colonies do). But that's not a good strategy either.

Not understanding in diplomacy? Even with average English that would have to be on really lousy diplomat not to read the written or told accurately.

I guess I would be a lousy diplomat (despite being a native speaker of English) cause I can't understand what you're trying to say....

Former President Aleksander Kwaśniewski:

youtu.be/rP5_rwsaxHI

Former Education Minister in PiS government, Roman Giertych is presenting the main goals of his program:

youtu.be/JMVHTXq14jY

Grzegorz Lato, chairman of Polish Football Association:

I agree with you that would be logical and normal. However they are playing for Polish audience, for them it seems a fact that politician can speak a foreign language is very important - ignorants.

Fantastic Tactics, I doff my hat to you sir, challange a Dyslexic non Graduatist to prove you do not need to be an English language graduate to speak perfik engerlish...

TBH, Ive listened to a lot of the posted example.....you are all making a mountain out of a mole hill, as a native speaker we just adjust our ears to different accents anyway as the following links may prove;

youtube.com/watch?v=8k7VoFiagfs

youtube.com/watch?v=U4yeqSgNxiE

And a guide to the scouser alphabet,keep ears peeled for the letter C ;)

youtube.com/watch?v=sBYlXfjKru4

Roman Giertych: barely understandable and is reading directly from his notes. he can't speak english.

Grzegorz Lato: you must be kidding even posting that.

Kwaskniewski: at the very least, he isn't reading directly off his notes the entire time. he mentions a Q and A session but he never does it. granted i was FF a bit but it would have been interesting to see if he would even understand the questions being asked of him and if he would be able to say something that isn't pre-prepared. for an older dude though, this isn't a bad example. i still think though that a man that was president of a european country for 10 years should speak much better english than that.

Just a question: How well presidents of USA can speak Spanish?

Presidents of the USA haven't had any reason to learn Spanish.

Probably quite a few of them. Certainly there have been plenty of French-speakers among them.

Fuzzywickets, since our US neighbor closest to our southern borders is Mexico, I'd say the push to learn at least basic Spanish is as strong as a European's to learn English.

that's laughable.

europeans need english to communicate with their neighbors as well as do international business. if you travel to Sweden, what language do you speak? what about Switzerland? what about Belgium? Portugal?

i fail to recognize how learning spanish for an american has the same urgency or level of importance. most americans want nothing to do with Mexico and the ones that actually visit Mexico only go to sit at a resort and get a sun tan and drink all day.....and everyone at the hotel speaks english. how accommodating.

16% of Americans are of latino descent and the vast majority of them are perfectly fluent in both spanish and english. for that tiny group that doesn't speak english, they're mostly illegal anyhow.

Chicago Pole repels the gator attack.

This is classic! I love it.

So you can join the Forfiter/Predator qurva fan club:

Sayings which became cult proverbs:
1. gona giwem a cziken
2. gary mów ałt
3. bierz tą ku*wa kurę

Chicago Pole repels the gator attack
...it's the best I've seen for a very long ltime. Laughed so much I nearly peed in my knicks....

Click on Let`s Twist Again on this site by a Polish party music group from Silesia

klikadamika.eu/muzyka.html

JK speaks Neglish:

I thought you were at least serious pawian but I cannot take you seriously after such stupid posts

gumi, don` be silly. :):):):):)

the film is plain primitive - if you don't find it primitive I don't know what's primitive for you

I wonder why our national PiS-PO battle is taking place even here?

OMG!! I am sooo glad someone necro'd this thread..that clip turned my entire bad day back to reset!
An oh my! the things he called that gator..he kiss his momma with that mouth?

In an aside; My BF speaks very good english most days (his accent does creep in heavier when he is very tired or sick. And certain words get tripped now and then.) his written is pretty high level. And his learning was informal at first..lol..gaming and the internet. It is getting more polished now that he jumped into skype with my radio station buddies and we talk daily.

Well, that was kind of well deserved.

Though Donald Tusk was able to learn how to speak for an arranged interview

youtu.be/1dDRs2uWiRU

he seems a bit lost when running a live discussion

Duda was just in Greenpoint, Bklyn. Although he doubtless spoke only Polish during his brief trip to visit the Polish-American community, apparently he doesn't really speak English. Perhaps some conversational German??

:-)

He spoke English in Britain. Cameron even praised Duda for his language skills.

But I laughed my head off when he welcomed the audience in the church with Excellent Ghasts! at 0:07

youtu.be/IWDdXjaFISw

Apropos this thread, how about Poles WRITING/POSTING English right here on PF??! Admittedly, a thread called "Foreigners speaking Polish - examples" might well yield similar guffaws, the present thread reveals the problems and pitfalls Poles ( as well as others) have with English.

Did I not recount the (true) instance of the Greek waiter who, upon hearing from my lips the compliment "Excellent, waiter!" on his speedy service, promptly brought me "egg salad", for which though I of course wasn't charged??

LOL

That was in 2015. Tusk has made an incredible progress since then. Despite a heavy accent, he communicates with world leaders freely.

Tusk at G7 conference.

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I think Tusk might well be the historic exception to the rule.
Until quite recently, Polish leaders exclusively spoke only their own language and
required an interpreter at all state functions:-)

The former interpreter for Cyranewicz and Gierek was the late brother of my second Polish teacher.

Tusk is a Poish traitor.
He doesn't care for Poland.
All he cares about is The EU.
He is an untrustworthy pig with his snout in The EU trough.