From: Andrew Jarrette
Message: 41385
Date: 2005-10-13
That's way too kind, but thank you very much.
-- I really feel people must be made fully aware of and fully rewarded for their excellence.
It's rather simple: I got interested in the history of English some time
ago and started reading about it. Now I teach it at a university and
make a relatively decent living from it.
-- Did you find the history of English more interesting than those of other languages? I too got interested in the history of English, from about age 10, but I am an anglophone and it arose from finding out about etymologies in the dictionaries I had to consult for schoolwork. I just wonder what makes a Pole interested in the history of English. And do you teach it at a Polish university? By the way, I wish that were my occupation too, but unfortunately for me I developed mental illness at the end of my bachelor's studies and had to withdraw from university.