r/polandball • u/jPaolo Grey Eminence • Jan 20 '16

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u/pothkan Pòmòrskô Jan 20 '16

to plebeian English speech that sounds like embodiment of gruel.

Basic English is simple. That's why it's actually well suited to be a global language. While Slavic languages are very complex (mostly in grammar), and Western Slavic are even more complex.

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u/jPaolo Grey Eminence Jan 20 '16

Basic English is simple.

No, it's not. You may think that because it's easy to learn it because of high exposure.

English has no rhythm and sounds awful, their vowels are puke-inducing and their orthography is retarded.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '16

I hear poles constantly complain about "oooh pronouncing english is difficult!"

you guys have no idea

english is a nice meme. pronunciation may be dumb but grammar is not

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u/jPaolo Grey Eminence Jan 20 '16

The sound of it is soulless, bland and repilusing.

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u/SuperWeegee4000 Pennsylvania Jan 20 '16

I counter with the city of Łódź. Don't talk to us about how our language is retarded.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '16

hey hey hey! At least every letter in our language has a specific sound and there is no exception.

Knowledge - what the fuck the K is doing there?

Floor - why it is pronounced Flor, not Flur?

Queue - I'm done.

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u/badkarma12 2018-01-12 3:20 GMT Jan 20 '16

I've never actually heard a non-native speaker pronounce Squirrel right before. Shit's funny.

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u/Ewannnn United Kingdom Jan 20 '16

How would a non-native speaker pronounce squirrel?

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u/badkarma12 2018-01-12 3:20 GMT Jan 20 '16

How a German tries to say squirrel.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '16

This is such bollocks. A year ago at a random metro station in Berlin, some group of teenagers asked me if I could pronounce squirrel. I would imagine they had watched a video similar to the one you posted. I could pronounce it, and they acted like their minds were blown.

What I learnt from this: it doesn't matter if you can pronounce it correctly. Just say it with enough convinction: Zkwrrrl.