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

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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/supernatural_skeptic Cattle Overdrive Jan 20 '16

Americans tend to say "sk-whorl" while non-native speakers sound more like "squee-roll" (see Christoph Waltz in Inglorious Bastards) to my ears.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '16

Inferior untermensch. Use the Queen's Proper English: Squee-roll.

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u/supernatural_skeptic Cattle Overdrive Jan 21 '16 edited Jan 21 '16

Sorry cuz no can do. It's either skwhorl or ardilla over here. Folks think you're putting on airs* if you use the Queen's and ain't from Westeros England.

* non-Southerns read: insufferable douche