Well... There are no silent letters in Polish.
However we use several digraphs like SZ, CZ, RZ, CH, DZ, DŹ, DŻ. And
trigraph DZI. Not to mention single letters Ą,Ć,Ę,Ł,Ń,Ó,Ś,Ż,Ź. But we
don't use Q an V.
SZ is similar to English SH (shame), CZ to TCH (scotch), the rest is
harder to explain, especially in short off-topic msg. ;-)
BTW: another city name: Wytrzyszczka. Honestly it's funny even in Polish.
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Radoslaw Skorupka
Lodz, Poland
W dniu 28.08.2023 o 20:30, Jay Maynard pisze:
I read something not long ago that had a line about "nobody tries to
pronounce her name, since it's a Polish name with five silent Zs in it..."
On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 1:23 PM Radoslaw Skorupka <
00000471ebeac275-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
(My €0.02 contribution to the off-topic thread)
I'm happy Polish has no doubts regarding pronunciation. No flavours,
different versions, etc.
And it is IMHO very clearly and simply defined. Note, it doesn't mean
the Polish is easy to learn to at least easy to speak.
BTW: German pronunciation rules are also quite easy and consistent.
Something to learn:
Szczebrzeszyn
Łękołody
Łódź
(Google translate will pronounce it quite correctly)
:-)
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Radoslaw Skorupka
Lodz, Poland
W dniu 27.08.2023 o 20:04, Bob Bridges pisze:
I didn't think of PLUGH. I just pronounce that "ploo".
Anybody here ever figure out what to do with "Hello, sailor!"? I never
did,
but a friend of mine told me where it's valid.
(Oh, "5-syllable pronunciation"! I get it now!)
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Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313
/* Keep them watching their own minds and trying to produce ~feelings~
there
by the action of their own wills. When they meant to ask Him for
charity,
let them, instead, start trying to manufacture charitable feelings for
themselves and not notice that this is what they are doing. When they
meant
to pray for courage, let them really be trying to feel brave. When they
say
they are praying for forgiveness, let them be trying to feel forgiven.
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