i bet no one did POLISH continuers!! (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Agnes2810
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You're right, no-one did Polish continuers. :uhhuh:
Hottieflossy
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i'm sure someone out there did...did u have to go to saturday school to study it?
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I think the real question would be "are there any schools that do Polish Continuers?" 
Hottieflossy
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there are schools that teach latin so why cant they teach polish?
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You don't understand. There are schools that teach Latin because Latin is popular and, scaling-wise, very good for your portfolio. Polish is neither, but people do it out of interest.
Not to say it's not worth doing, just that less people do it because there's little BOS derived incentive (other than a potentially excellent performance).
Anyway, I didn't say that schools can't teach Polish. I said they don't.
Not to say it's not worth doing, just that less people do it because there's little BOS derived incentive (other than a potentially excellent performance).
Anyway, I didn't say that schools can't teach Polish. I said they don't.
Hottieflossy
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are you ever lost for words? no, dont answer that
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Nancy! We were referring to normal high schools offering it as an option for the year 12 portfolio, not Saturday schools.
With a vocabulary like mine?
Hottieflossy
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i go to saturday school at ashfield as well but not for polish
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You still go? I thought it would have finished by now.
Hottieflossy
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for spanish and no, i dont go anymore..it finished for yr 12..i got barra for spanish..u know her? shes really snobby and speaks english with a fkn weird accent
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Most foreigners speak English with strange accents. Most English speakers speak English with a "weird" accent, look at the Americans!
But yeah, English is extremely regional and terribly inconsistent in pronunciation.
But yeah, English is extremely regional and terribly inconsistent in pronunciation.
Hottieflossy
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its pretty obvious to most people that foreigners speak english with a weird accent....her accent only makes her sound really posh which she isnt...and for some reason she liked to tell us off in english and didnt make much sense.
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It's likely that your teacher began learning English in the British system (not surprising, as most Europeans learn this way) but didn't go too far after the pronunciation classes. When people do this they gain half a BBC (English RP) accent without the proper phoneme manipulation that should go with it. Then they sound posh and uneducated at the same time.
Hottieflossy
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ok..she isnt european though and learnt english in chile...then she moved to australia.
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Oh, I made the assumption that she was Spanish.
Is her accent more geared to British (English RP) or American? Because if it's RP then it's likely she got her accent from the BBC international service (the only contemporary use of the RP). If American then I have no idea, anyone can teach "Eeenglish" over there.
Is her accent more geared to British (English RP) or American? Because if it's RP then it's likely she got her accent from the BBC international service (the only contemporary use of the RP). If American then I have no idea, anyone can teach "Eeenglish" over there.
Hottieflossy
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its neither...you have to hear her speak, its just plain weird
