Comment by jacquesm

Comment by jacquesm 14 hours ago

7 replies

In Polish there is 'szczoteczka', which took me just about forever to learn how to pronounce. I just could not hear what I was doing wrong.

usrnm 13 hours ago

Same word in Russian is "щёточка". The lengths to which Poles are willing to go instead of just using Cyrillic will never stop to amuse me :D

  • black_knight 13 hours ago

    I struggled quite a bit with "существительное" when learning Russian.

    • usrnm 13 hours ago

      I was talking about spelling. I can clearly see how these clusters of consonants characteristic of all Slavic languages can be a pain for a beginner, no matter how you spell them.

  • kakacik 13 hours ago

    No Cyrillic imports, thank you. Russia decided to be the bully and murderer of its closest neighbors, don't need any more russian influence, even if literally just on paper. The further one is from them the more safety and prosperity there is, in every possible way.

    • usrnm 13 hours ago

      Dude, this is a linguistics thread. Ukrainian also uses Cyrillic, btw

      • int_19h 11 hours ago

        And Cyrillic is, if anything, Bulgarian originally.

yaris 10 hours ago

With Polish it may be even harder to go backwards, look for a clip from "Jak rozpętałem drugą wojnę światową" movie on Youtube.