I'm Polish, I speak some English (as you can see), acceptable German, some Czech and Slovak (not hard to learn for us) and I dabble in Italian. I was learning French in Primary School, but it was years ago and I don't remember much. I tell you learning languages is fun.:-)
Polish is the best European language you could learn. Here's why:
It's found all over the planet (especially Europe).
It's very hard to learn for an Engilsh native speaker. (YES, it's an advantage!)
Polish chicks are hotter then any nationality mentioned above.
Polish people love foreign Polish speakers.
There are many Polish engineers around, but they all speak good English, so you might never know.
Polish people are everywhere, but since nobody dares to learn the language they never realize how many of us are there.:-) EU crawls with Polish people. Since I live in Poland I'm stunned so many of us are still around. You'll get "WOW!" from anyone who's ever learned any language and realizes how hard Polish is. If they were dumb enough not to learn any (pun intended) the sound of it is mind-numbing to non-Slavs. Most importantly, Polish people love foreigners that took the great effort to learn it. Just try speaking Polish in Poland.
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Polish is the best European language you could learn. Here's why:
Polish people are everywhere, but since nobody dares to learn the language they never realize how many of us are there. :-) EU crawls with Polish people. Since I live in Poland I'm stunned so many of us are still around. You'll get "WOW!" from anyone who's ever learned any language and realizes how hard Polish is. If they were dumb enough not to learn any (pun intended) the sound of it is mind-numbing to non-Slavs. Most importantly, Polish people love foreigners that took the great effort to learn it. Just try speaking Polish in Poland.
Accent no substitutes, Polish is the way to go!