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Thanks :-)
The reason is actually because I was born in London. I have Polish origins and we moved back to Poland when I was eight. Of course now I'm ten years older, so my English is not quite at a native speaker level, my Polish is much better :-), but I can still sometimes fool people that English is my first language. My accent is ok and it's usually when I make a weird grammar error or start speaking on a serious topic, which I don't have the vocabulary for that people notice.
Back to skating though. How many of you have seen Euros and what did you think of P&T's finish? Some thought it a bit contreversial (although I think I more or less agree with and understand the result). Is this by now a non spoiler topic?
Hi, Monika,
I was shocked to learn that you`re only 18 years old (8yrs. in London + 10 yrs. in Poland) because your communication skills are that of a person 30 yrs. old or older.
When my wife`s younger sister came here to the US from Poland at the age of 18 it took her about a year to learn English and about three more years to lose the accent completely.
Euros is no longer a spoiler because pairs and dance long finally aired last night in the US. What struck me most was how sloppy Totmianina/Marinin were doing a program they`ve been doing for two seasons. The American commentators mentioned that P/T were very slow and still very much out-of-breath in the kiss and cry. In an interview I read of P/T at the time of the Good Will Games in September Alexei mentioned that they wouldn`t be going for the high-altitude training in Logan , Utah, but rather would be staying home in St. Petersburg. If that is still the case, I wonder if that`s wise. Jet-lag could also be a problem if they get to SLC only a couple days before the pairs short comp. I`m going to surf the web and try to find out if they changed their minds about that.
Best to all,
Arthur
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