Oh, you mean how a mere five letters covers something like a dozen or so vowel possibilities, not even taking into account diphthongs? Yeah, that can be a problem (I blame it on the French, actually ) even for native speakers. Might also explain why I prefer Spanish, since the sounds rarely vary (the "r"/"rr" bit being the only deviation that comes to mind).



I did like what I read last year, but I think a re-read will solidify a few impressions I had at the time. Hopefully in 2-3 weeks. Oh, I learned today from Sapkowski's Spanish publisher that they do hope to publish the second volume sometime in 2011, depending on translator availability. Spanish-Polish translators seem to be in very short supply there and all.




Soon. I had hoped to be finished with it already, but I have been laid up these past few days with an increasingly bad sinus infection, so it might not be until toward the weekend that I can finish reading the series.




Not to mention his "drinking" problem?



You might find watching paint dry to be a more exciting affair







Interesting information about Sienkiewicz. I've only read Quo Vadis in full (I glanced through the Trilogy when I was in college back in the mid-1990s, but haven't read it in full), but I do recall the translator (from the beginning of the 20th century) utilizing some stylized turns of phrase in that book. Been too long since I last read it. Maybe I'll place an order for the Trilogy in the near future, even though I'm trying to buy very few books over the next three months or so, in order to clear out space in my house.