When I was a child, I attended a Catholic school that was predominantly Polish. The choir was composed of the school children, so I learned to sing the Polish hymns. I was 11 or 12 at the time, maybe.

I guess I had a very good ear for the pronunciation, because the choir director (Sister Ann Cecile, I remember her well) would make me sing it alone when she wanted the rest of the class to get it right. Never mind that I had no idea what the words meant!!!

A lot of the kids learned Polish at home, and their pronunciation was a little "loose" by her standards. I, on the other hand, didn't know anything else but what she taught us.

I still remember the Polish Christmas carols, even 50 years on.

Don't let that pompous blowhard get you down.

Regards,
Maryanne