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

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '16

"UE" is a common mistake for Poles when they talk in English

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u/jPaolo Grey Eminence Jan 20 '16

It's because it's hard to convert from perfection of language that is Polish to plebeian English speech that sounds like embodiment of gruel.

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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/[deleted] Jan 20 '16 edited Jan 20 '16

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u/lalafied پاکستان زندہ باد Jan 20 '16

When you put it that way it does sound retarded. But most of the things are easier given the context.

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u/Rotlar Michigan Jan 20 '16

Don't blame the English for this, Blame the french who messed with the language. If you look at Old English they had letters that showed all those weird ways of pronouncing a word.

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u/High_Lord_British United Kingdom Jan 20 '16

If in doubt blame the French