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Michal
  Aug 9, 07, 09:08  #61

Quoting: Krzysztof
"to produce" and "a produce"

To produce the stress is one the last syllable, uce, and in a produce, the stress falls on the first o of pro. Stress in Polish is quite easy as it almost always falls on the first syllable unlike in Russian where it moves all over the place.

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tornado2007
  Aug 9, 07, 09:47  #62

Two more on the funny side here, i had some polish classmates who when they first started to learn english couldn't distinguish between these words, firstly there was 'sheet' which sounded always when they said it like 's**t'

The second one which sounded great when giving a powerpoint presentation was instead of 'theorist' they would say 'terrorist' which unfortunately for them made the whole room erupt into laughter. iI tried for a long time to teach them the difference in the two words and the way they are pronounced but for some reason it was very difficult for them.

I later found it was even worse for me to pronounce polish words than it ever was them speaking in English :)

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Michal
  Aug 9, 07, 12:33  #63

Have you been a teacher of English?

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Hueg
  Aug 9, 07, 12:35  #64

Quoting: tornado2007
terrorist


I'm still not sure why George Bush declared war on tourists.

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Michal
  Aug 9, 07, 12:36  #65

Quoting: Hueg
'm still not sure why George Bush declared war on tourists.

Probably because they decided to go to Germany or France and not spend their hard earned money in New York.

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osiol GOLD MEMBER
  Aug 9, 07, 12:39  #66

Quoting: Hueg
I'm still not sure why George Bush declared war on tourists

I thought it was terriers he had a problem with.

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Hueg
  Aug 9, 07, 12:42  #67

Those Gîtes. And he says that the French don't have a word for Entrepreneur. He's missunderestimating again they'll be doing B+B next. In the countryside and everything. :)

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tornado2007
  Aug 9, 07, 14:30  #68

Quoting: Michal
Have you been a teacher of English?


I am english but i have never been an official english teacher, i helped some of the people in my class with their english, grammar, spelling and all sorts really.

They used to wonder why i helped them, well thats part of the reason, secretly it was so funny listening to some of their pronunciations :)

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loco
  Aug 11, 07, 03:25  #69

for me the worst words to pronunce are with 'th' and very often I avoid them, for example I say pavement insted of foot path etc... the worst thing is that I always hear difrent pronunciation, like some the english sound like 'fenks' when say 'thanks' and the oders sound more correctly, btw is there any diference in pronunciation 'live in' and 'living' and between 'coming' and 'come in' etc...?

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Wroclaw
  Aug 11, 07, 05:09  #70

Quoting: loco
btw is there any diference in pronunciation 'live in' and 'living' and between 'coming' and 'come in' etc...?


A lot of problems are related to region. Basically each county in the Uk pronounces words in a slightly different way.

live in vs living. In lazy English some people will drop the 'g'. So, both will sound similar.

The two 'th' sounds are easy, but you need to watch the speakers mouth and understand that the sounds are connected to the way you breath or the way you blow the air out as you speak.
Practice this: thirty three thousand three hundred and thirty three.

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frilly_lilly
  Jul 24, 08, 09:22  #71

english: "Then they....."

polish: "Zsen zsey....."

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polishgirltx
  Jul 24, 08, 09:23  #72

frilly_lilly:
polish: "Zsen zsey....."

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Svenski
  Jul 24, 08, 09:33  #73

I almost fell out of my chair when this hot Polish lady I know first said the word "focus" ;-)

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eagle
  Jul 24, 08, 19:41  #74

hyypia:
my polish friends always misuse the word "teach" and "learn"


As well as ''lend'' and ''borrow''

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MartynC
  Jul 28, 08, 05:11  #75

I teach english to some fresh Polish People and they have a problem with "refrigerator"

Krysia, teach the word fridge then, most people say that instead of refrigerator...lol

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