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brammy · Post by **brammy** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 2:12 pm

haaaa....

even Prince finally came to the realization that

was one of the dumbest ideas to come down the pike in ages.

desertgoldenboy · Post by **desertgoldenboy** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:12 pm

Jwilli, I believe Prince's full name is Prince Rogers Nelson.

Paul, fyi, my late mother's maiden name was Przybylska. Good one, eh? My uncle (her brother) Americanized his name and shortened it to Pry.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:17 pm

Kenn, that's pronounced:

Shi BIL skuh.

Easy, huh?

Now, if people would just realize that some of our English consonants are vowels in Polish, we could get on without changing our names!

Pry, indeed.

desertgoldenboy · Post by **desertgoldenboy** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:18 pm

And Monty's full name is Doug Youland...it's in his info.

desertgoldenboy · Post by **desertgoldenboy** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:23 pm

Actually, Paul, Mom always pronounced the 'P'...
pshi-BIL-ska.

My non-Polish brother-in-law always called her "Shibilski".

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:00 pm

You're right, of course, Kenn.

But Americans have trouble with "nuclear", so that "psh" diphthong is usually a deal-breaker. I speak from experience--you oughtta see the names on my pizzas when they're finally delivered--cold!

So I dumbed it down a bit for that reason. Apparently so did your Polish BIL.

jps · Post by **jps** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:16 pm

"Easy, huh?"

Yeah, right!

Actually my father's real last name was Tkach, the immigration officers gave his family the Scott name when moving here from Argentina, his parents having moved there from Russia.

desertgoldenboy · Post by **desertgoldenboy** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:16 pm

Nukular - one of my favorite mispronunciations! It's to the point now that I say it that way just to get a reaction from people, along with asterix, heighth, simyilar, pixture and omost!

"Lookout, the 'calvary' are coming!"

Anyway, back to the topic - Welcome, Montezuma!

desertgoldenboy · Post by **desertgoldenboy** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:19 pm

Interesting, Jeff. How is 'Tkach' pronounced?

jps · Post by **jps** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:25 pm

T'Cotch.

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 11:18 pm

mmm... in Russian it's actually pronounced [tkatch], "a" the third sound, if i'm not mistaken

... and means "weaver"...
So like Doug "Monty"'s back? Welcome, Montezuma!

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 5:58 am

My fave is "aloonium"

It's REALLY hard to keep from laughing when co-workers say that.
I find Russian not TOO difficult to get around, but Polish & Czech ARE a bit trickier, though superficially similar (or simyilar).

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 6:14 am

Not really similar, Kevin - you can take it from me

Even the letters are different...

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 6:55 am

Sorry, not an expert by any means! I've always found Eastern European, & particularly Russian history & literature most interesting.