Re: [tied] Re: Piotr Gasiorowski

Andrew Jarrette wrote:

> Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...>/* wrote:
> 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.

I mean, many of my Anglo-Saxon colleagues are far more excellent
scholars than I can ever hope to become, so there's no need to flatter
us "foreigners" at their expense.

>
> -- Did you find the history of English more interesting than those
> of other languages?

No, it was an accidental case of falling in love. I still specialise in
English, but my juvenile infatuation has developed into a more general
and deeper interest in historical linguistics. Just the natural course
of things.

> 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.

It is a mystery also to myself :-).

> And do you teach it at a Polish university?

Yes, the School of English at the University of Poznan.

> 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.

When I decided to apply for a post, back in the 1980s, some of my
friends thought I was a mental case. They were probably right.

Piotr