Every time I see an "ł", I think there's something on my monitor, or dead pixels. I definitely tried to remove the debris from my monitor with my thumb before realizing it was an "L with stroke" haha :)
In Polish there's no "v", "u" is always the "oo" sound and "w" is always the "v" sound.
Same with "c"/"k"/"q" mess. In Polish there's no "q", "k" is always the sound in "Cat" and "c" is always the sound in "TZar". Simple. In English you have 3 letters randomly assigned to encode the same 2 sounds in different words.
Regarding "wine" Polish is also closer to latin: https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the/latin-word-for-e4fd69b...