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<blockquote data-quote="cartaphilus" data-source="post: 1055637" data-attributes="member: 99742">Tak ja wiemI&#039;ve spent many years in Germany and Poland.&nbsp; Neat nations.&nbsp; Nothing changed about Poland invading Germany.&nbsp; Back in the day many Polish citizens would work in the DDR side of Germany since according to them the pay was better.&nbsp; I stayed majority of my time in FRG;&nbsp; whenever I crossed to DDR I was followed by Stasi which was fun.&nbsp; Also FRG Mark was worth 10 DDR Marks (on the black market; since officially it was 1 for 1 and the exchange tellers would pocket the FRG franks) since you could purchase FRG items with FRG Marks which were very difficult to obtain (and forbidden) with DDR Marks.&nbsp; Back then Poland had the same system. They had a store called Pewex (if I recall correctly) it was a state run store that would sell USA items but you could only purchase the items with USD.&nbsp;&nbsp; But I digress.Edit: I wish my kid takes the love of languages after me.&nbsp; Currently I am trying to teach him Spanish and Latin.&nbsp; Why Latin?&nbsp;&nbsp; Because it&#039;s the root of romance languages and one can deduct modern meanings from Latin roots.&nbsp; It also helps with memorization of Romantic languages since you memorize by association of what you already know.Edit: by the way; swear words when spoken in Polish or German sound more heartfelt and gutteral then they do when spoken in English, Spanish or French</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cartaphilus, post: 1055637, member: 99742"] Tak ja wiem I've spent many years in Germany and Poland. Neat nations. Nothing changed about Poland invading Germany. Back in the day many Polish citizens would work in the DDR side of Germany since according to them the pay was better. I stayed majority of my time in FRG; whenever I crossed to DDR I was followed by Stasi which was fun. Also FRG Mark was worth 10 DDR Marks (on the black market; since officially it was 1 for 1 and the exchange tellers would pocket the FRG franks) since you could purchase FRG items with FRG Marks which were very difficult to obtain (and forbidden) with DDR Marks. Back then Poland had the same system. They had a store called Pewex (if I recall correctly) it was a state run store that would sell USA items but you could only purchase the items with USD. But I digress. Edit: I wish my kid takes the love of languages after me. Currently I am trying to teach him Spanish and Latin. Why Latin? Because it's the root of romance languages and one can deduct modern meanings from Latin roots. It also helps with memorization of Romantic languages since you memorize by association of what you already know. Edit: by the way; swear words when spoken in Polish or German sound more heartfelt and gutteral then they do when spoken in English, Spanish or French [/QUOTE]

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