Horse talk (Grossman - V gorode Berdicheve)

[Jan Zielinski]

Robert Chandler writes:

> This sentence presents a surprising number of difficulties. Here it is in
> full.  My other uncertainty is about the language the Poles use.  Why is
> their language astonishing?  NOT simply because it is Polish - this is, or
> at least was, a multilingual part of the world, and I would expect people to
> have heard Polish often enough.  Is it that the language they speak is
> composed mainly of swear words?  If so, I perhaps should be trying to convey
> this more clearly.

How about replacing "astonishing" by "wondrous" or "superb" or 
"amazing"? They were positively surprised to hear a sort of a common 
language.

Jan

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