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Joined: Nov 25, 10 ♂ 		 Dec 14, 10, 18:31    #541
landora:
Also "możesz być one day on a cover of a magazine" - how is this great Polish?


This is hilarious. As a Chicago-Pole I always cringe when I hear her try to speak polish. Why would she as a person in the media not take intensive Polish language classes and “brush” up on her Polish. People manage to learn entirely new languages I’m sure she would be able to improve her Polish if she applied herself.

Why does my 18yr old cousin who was born in the states speak perfect polish yet she cannot say a sentence without inserting English words?
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Joined: Dec 7, 08  Pictures: 2 ♂ 		 Dec 14, 10, 18:36    #542
stallion:
Why does my 18yr old cousin who was born in the states speak perfect polish yet she cannot say a sentence without inserting English words?

If a child is born in the States parents have to force him to speak Polish at home, it's the only place he will, his friends all speak English, in school everyone speaks English to him. It has to be the first language and continue to be into the teenage years.
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Joined: Feb 26, 09 ♂ 		 Dec 14, 10, 19:21    #543
stallion:
Why does my 18yr old cousin who was born in the states speak perfect polish yet she cannot say a sentence without inserting English words?

How the hell should I know ? She is your cousin !
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stallion:
Why does my 18yr old cousin who was born in the states speak perfect polish yet she cannot say a sentence without inserting English words?


Because it's "Ponglish".
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delphiandomine:
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Joined: Nov 25, 08 ♂ [Suspended] 		 Dec 14, 10, 21:02    #546
Vile!

But endlessly fascinating too. If some Polack wants to mix English and Polish when speaking, why not? Means her language is "alive".
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Joined: Dec 2, 10 ♀ 		 Dec 20, 10, 17:00    #547
At least she is trying, and not just walking around not knowing any and yet thinking very adamently that Busia and Jaja are how you say Grandma and Grandpa and that Poles only eat Purrogeez and Kehbosah (lol)...

stallion:
Why would she as a person in the media not take intensive Polish language classes and “brush” up on her Polish. People manage to learn entirely new languages I’m sure she would be able to improve her Polish if she applied herself.


I have to agree w Stallion, she as a person in the media could learn better Polish, though. Unless she froze up or mind-blanked bc she is in front of the camera. Idk...

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