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You have very good English YyU3, did you learn it in Poland or did you spend time in the States?

I've first learned English in Poland. I could easily read books and newspapers - I was really proud I know English so well. Then I went to London. It turned out that in England the most popular language is absolutely dissimilar to the English tongue I've been learning. And then it somehow happened that the Englishmen I met have improved their linguistic capabilities and commenced speaking in an understandable manner... Well, that was years ago. And then I went to the States for my first visit. It took some time and many visits before the Americans I met eventually learned to speak proper English I brought them. And then after even more years I found myself in the symposium taking place in Glasgow, Scotland. I was listening to a speech by a native Scotsman. The title and the abstract were written in English but I did not understand a single word of the speech! I turned to my English companion for help. And he said - Sorry, I can't help you, I just don't understand :-)

LOL, YyU3. I know exactly what you mean - first I studied Spanish (in the US), and I learned enough so that in Spain I could ask a question, but I could never understand the answer. Now I am studying Polish and I am sure that this time I will not even be able to ask the question, never mind understand anything that is said to me.

I'm learning Spanish in school. I can ask questions and understand the written material, but when we have the audio section of our tests where a tape is played, I cannot understand what the people are saying. Very interesting YyU3. I've always wondered what it'd be like to listen to a native Scotsman.

Hi Yu,

I am glad you came again. You are so nice <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> I am not sure that Poles leave us just because... I know this all!

I was accepted to the PhD studies in Texas in 1993. You know, in spite of the fact that i try to go to Poland every 1-2 years for some time - it changed so much there recently! It is really hard to recognize everything.
I guess, I left in the very beginning of th transformation to the capitalism. The stores were becoming more and more full with things.

I guess, everybody get used to the place where you are. I definitively feel a need to know more about Poland... maybe this is because I am abroad. Probably if I would still be in Poland I would rather look for information about countries abroad but since I am here - I feel more attached to where I was before.

Thanks for the update about Warsaw. I just talked to my dad on the phone. He stated that they had some snow in Krakow.

In Idaho is very cold (here I am), we had -17 C in the morning when I was going to work

To Forum jest ladne ale jakies skomplikowane. Nie wiadomo kto mowi, a kto odpowiada. Kto lata a kto fruwa?

Panie Jurku,

it seems that you do not have any problems to post the messages in the forum. thank you! Maybe you can write something in English so that everybody would understand?

There are always ways to tell who is speaking <img src="/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

I am George, born in 1942 in Warsaw. I am glad to meet you all and greet you in this forum. Do you follow any subject, or just say whatever come to your mind? Have a Happy Presidents' Day!

Hello George,

A couple of my ancestors' names were translated to George, but they actually were called something else in Polish - I forget - what is George in Polish?
dziekuje!