Czesc
I have been looking at a 'Treasury of Polish Aphorisms' (1997, Polish Heritage Publications) which quotes an aphorism credited to Mikolaj Rej which is 'known to every school child in Poland' as 'The Poles have the language not of the geese but their own' (Polacy nie gesi lecz swoj jezyk maja - sorry had to leave the diacritics as Latin letters). Is this still true as when Rej (I wonder if that was my great-great grandfather's name?!) wrote it?
Anyone of a literary bent know of this?
Leslie the Shark <img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Yes Leslie, that was Rej and that's true it is known to every child in Poland. Rej was one of the first poets/writers who wrote in Polish in place of Latin. And at that time the Latin was the English of Europe :-))
Milego dnia!

Leslie,

check it here:
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art31621.asp

I have a review of the POlish Aphorisms book. It is very good!

Jaga
Many thanks for including the review - I go along with every word it says!! And that is a surprising statement from an author!!! I do as the article says - read one or two pages at a time, otherwise the wealth of information/feeling is too much to take in. An excellent book.
Leslie