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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 2:12 pm
by brammy
haaaa....
even Prince finally came to the realization that
was one of the dumbest ideas to come down the pike in ages.
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:12 pm
by desertgoldenboy
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.
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:17 pm
by jingle_jangle
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.
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:18 pm
by desertgoldenboy
And Monty's full name is Doug Youland...it's in his info.
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:23 pm
by desertgoldenboy
Actually, Paul, Mom always pronounced the 'P'...
pshi-BIL-ska.
My non-Polish brother-in-law always called her "Shibilski".
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:00 pm
by jingle_jangle
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.
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:16 pm
by jps
"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.
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:16 pm
by desertgoldenboy
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!
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:19 pm
by desertgoldenboy
Interesting, Jeff. How is 'Tkach' pronounced?
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:25 pm
by jps
T'Cotch.
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 11:18 pm
by sowhat
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!
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 5:58 am
by kcole4001
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).
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 6:14 am
by sowhat
Not really similar, Kevin - you can take it from me
Even the letters are different...
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 6:55 am
by kcole4001
Sorry, not an expert by any means! I've always found Eastern European, & particularly Russian history & literature most interesting.