One of the most beautiful medieval rooms I've ever seen, the paintings are of former Polish royalty extending charters to the University. Other folks adorn the walls; Jan Pawel II is there as well. A big speech, then off to the Centrum .
I've discovered that I cannot speak Polish. Folks are very nice about it; the tipoff is when litle old ladies say something like " I'm so sorry, I didn't realize that you were not Polish." meaning: you are unintelligible to them but they don't want to hurt your tender American feelings. Hopefully this will change; there are a lot of really expert speakers in the crowd, but the instruction is by ability, so there's hope.
Correction: you CAN speak Polish, just not as well as you want to.
ReplyDeleteSeconded. Plus most of us don't even have the chance to begin a conversation with little old ladies in Polish, no matter the outcome. Now that you are outside the Ivory Tower, lose the binary notion of "I can/I cannot." Assimilate, gain ability, and enjoy.
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