Month: April 2022

When the American Revolutionary War officially ended (in 1783) and the British surrendered at the Battle of Yorktown, the colonists were determined to make the end of the war the end of all British influence in America. This is probably why our light switches turn on the other way, we drive on the other side…

Just like in French, accents matter a lot in Polish. In the last post, we covered how this is true for some unusual consonant combinations that show up in Polish words. Today, however, we’ll be focusing more on vowels and accents. The first element that can cause some difficulty to spellers is the ogonek. This…