It is really astonishing just how much the Polish accent has changed over the past 70 years. My experience with the Polish accent growing up had mostly been with people that moved out after the war, however this experience was from multiple countries and records. Today whenever I hear someone from Poland speak I find the difference is night and day. All this makes me wonder just how much other accents are changing.
Raitsa Hmm, that's a really interesting remark... Is that accent difference between now and than really that clear? I'll try to come up with another idea for a video where I could mix Polish and English again.
the.bilingual.sparrow It could be a regional thing within Poland. When I first noticed it, I thought that it could just be the local country causing it. However I have since heard the same in multiple countries from the same sort of people (people that would have moved out during the war or some first descendants). It is hard to pin down (especially since I barely speak Polish myself), however if I had to describe what the effect was would be a heavier focus from the sounds like dz, sz and cz. The modern accent feels like it is lighter in those areas and moves past the sound quicker. It could be that the language as a whole has increased in it's pacing. By extention this will affect how English is spoken as unless you learn several languages when very young you wil be using your first language as a frame of reference. To be honest we have always known that this sort of thing happens, just you don't observe it too often in a lifetime (even when it does happen). I guess similar to the caught/cot merger in the US where the two distinctively different sounds become the same that is taking over currently.
Raitsa "(...) heavier focus from the sounds like dz, sz and cz. The modern accent feels like it is lighter in those areas and moves past the sound quicker." - now that I come to think of it, that may very well be true :-). The changes are visible when you watch Polish movies from, let's say, 50 years ago - or better yet: from before the war. Are you by any chance of Polish descent Madam, or perhaps your ancestors lived in Poland?...
the.bilingual.sparrow My Gandparents were from Poland and passed in the past few years. My aunt also married a guy from Poland and has been back there to visit relatives. My Cousin even married a girl from Poland. My surname actually is Rajca but good luck getting people of non Slavic origin speaking that correctly (hence why I often write where available Raitsa).
Raitsa It definitely seems you can relate to Poland in a number of ways... so maybe you'd be interested in my other videos? There's only a bit of Polish in them, but some contain quite a lot of Poland. Here's a link to one: ua-cam.com/video/mn9r8B9FtNU/v-deo.html - hope you enjoy it :-). I was thinking about making a video about Warsaw Uprising now, briefly mentioning the event to foreign viewers who happen to stumble upon my channel, but I slept on the 71st anniversary of Uprising's outbreak just a few days ago... and don't know how to get onto the subject now. But who knows, maybe I'll find a way. EDIT: doh, I'm sorry if I mistakingly referred to you as Madam (thought Raitsa is a first name).
re: Diana Gardner Thank you so much for the kind words. Perhaps making this video wasn't completely pointless after all :-). Upon receiving encouragement I'm starting to think I might upload a cover of some song sometime soon, haha :-).
You have an amazing accent. Poland is an amazing country. :)
It is really astonishing just how much the Polish accent has changed over the past 70 years. My experience with the Polish accent growing up had mostly been with people that moved out after the war, however this experience was from multiple countries and records. Today whenever I hear someone from Poland speak I find the difference is night and day. All this makes me wonder just how much other accents are changing.
Raitsa Hmm, that's a really interesting remark... Is that accent difference between now and than really that clear? I'll try to come up with another idea for a video where I could mix Polish and English again.
the.bilingual.sparrow It could be a regional thing within Poland. When I first noticed it, I thought that it could just be the local country causing it. However I have since heard the same in multiple countries from the same sort of people (people that would have moved out during the war or some first descendants).
It is hard to pin down (especially since I barely speak Polish myself), however if I had to describe what the effect was would be a heavier focus from the sounds like dz, sz and cz. The modern accent feels like it is lighter in those areas and moves past the sound quicker. It could be that the language as a whole has increased in it's pacing. By extention this will affect how English is spoken as unless you learn several languages when very young you wil be using your first language as a frame of reference.
To be honest we have always known that this sort of thing happens, just you don't observe it too often in a lifetime (even when it does happen). I guess similar to the caught/cot merger in the US where the two distinctively different sounds become the same that is taking over currently.
Raitsa "(...) heavier focus from the sounds like dz, sz and cz. The modern accent feels like it is lighter in those areas and moves past the sound quicker." - now that I come to think of it, that may very well be true :-). The changes are visible when you watch Polish movies from, let's say, 50 years ago - or better yet: from before the war. Are you by any chance of Polish descent Madam, or perhaps your ancestors lived in Poland?...
the.bilingual.sparrow
My Gandparents were from Poland and passed in the past few years. My aunt also married a guy from Poland and has been back there to visit relatives. My Cousin even married a girl from Poland.
My surname actually is Rajca but good luck getting people of non Slavic origin speaking that correctly (hence why I often write where available Raitsa).
Raitsa It definitely seems you can relate to Poland in a number of ways... so maybe you'd be interested in my other videos? There's only a bit of Polish in them, but some contain quite a lot of Poland. Here's a link to one: ua-cam.com/video/mn9r8B9FtNU/v-deo.html - hope you enjoy it :-). I was thinking about making a video about Warsaw Uprising now, briefly mentioning the event to foreign viewers who happen to stumble upon my channel, but I slept on the 71st anniversary of Uprising's outbreak just a few days ago... and don't know how to get onto the subject now. But who knows, maybe I'll find a way.
EDIT: doh, I'm sorry if I mistakingly referred to you as Madam (thought Raitsa is a first name).
re: Diana Gardner
Thank you so much for the kind words. Perhaps making this video wasn't completely pointless after all :-).
Upon receiving encouragement I'm starting to think I might upload a cover of some song sometime soon, haha :-).
Hi, if I can say something here. The word VASE is pronounced /vɑːz/
Actually, there are two ways to pronounce "VASE": ua-cam.com/video/aRb8iOtDTZ0/v-deo.html
All right. American is /ei/ and British is /a:/. Cheers!