Posted on 05/12/2024 9:57:57 AM PDT by Pontiac
Best way to really learn a language is listening to music. I became a big fan of Polish music that way. It helps to recall words if you can memorize the song lyrics.
Off topic, but related. A FReeper posted “You could have heard a pin drop” years ago, and I saved it, but neglected to save the FReeper’s screen name.
A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of officers that included personnel from most of those countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English. He then asked, “Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?”
Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied, “Maybe it’s because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn’t have to speak German.”
You could have heard a pin drop. ***
A guy with a Polish name goes to an eye doctor who displays a chart with the line:
A-X-J-D-E-R-K-L-N
The doctor asks, “Can you read any of that?”
The Polish guy says, “Can I read it? I KNOW da guy!
If I am dancing with a Polish girl.
Am I Pole dancing?.....
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