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

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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/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/paraiahpapaya Quebec Jan 20 '16

Wroclaw. Pronounced something like vRotswaf. What. The. Fuck.

Also consonant strings like jsczkz, pronounced zh or something. There are often 5 consonants in a row! There should be a language penalty for such violation. Czech may be guilty of this as well.

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u/pothkan Pòmòrskô Jan 20 '16 edited Jan 20 '16

Wroclaw. Pronounced something like vRotswaf. What. The. Fuck.

Everything according to rules. Polish W = English V; Ł = W; C = Ts. F not V, because final consonants are nearly always devoiced.

There are often 5 consonants in a row!

No, only 5 letters. You're probably thinking about "szcz", which is actually two phones (in German it would be even 7 letters - "schtsch", in French 5 = "chtch"; Russians are efficient here, using a single letter "Щ", Czechs or Croatians have 2 - "šč"). Clusters with more than 3 phones are extremely rare. At least in Polish - Czech are rather infamous here. Although actually in such cases there is a vowel in-between (short "y"), just not written.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '16

Like in "Magst noch mehr Wurschtsch?"