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 < [email protected]> 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) > :-) > > -- > 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!) > > > > --- > > Bob Bridges, [email protected], 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. > > Teach them to estimate the value of each prayer by their success in > > producing the desired feeling; and never let them suspect how much > success > > or failure of that kind depends on whether they are well or ill, fresh or > > tired, at the moment. -advice to a tempter from The Screwtape Letters > by C > > S Lewis */ > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of > > David L. Craig > > Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2023 11:42 > > > > The only way I could ever get it to work was to spell it out, so I've > always > > pronounced it ex-why-zee-zee-why. > > Plugh also had to be spelled out, but it's pronunciation was much less > > enigmatic. > > > > --- On 23Aug27:0159-0400, David Cole wrote: > >> For 50 years, I've always used the five syllable pronunciation. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Jay Maynard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
