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tomcam 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Is English a “creole Language”?

I learned the same phrase in perfect BBC Polish and it backfired. I said it so well that the Poles just ignored it and continued to speak in Polish. Then I ended up with a Polish girlfriend back in the states and learned real fast. She was gorgeous.

readthenotes1 3 months ago [–]

That was exactly the response I got.

However, I did not end up with a Polish girlfriend. Your "She was gorgeous", is, I recall, redundant.

tomcam 3 months ago | [–]

> Your "She was gorgeous", is, I recall, redundant.

Your recollection is accurate

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