Correct terms for the marks over letters in the Polish alphabet

Hello. I'm a new member and I was wondering if anyone could help me out with question?
I do am doing Polish/English language exchange, and neither my partner nor I know the correct term for the marks over letters in the Polish alphabet. We can't go on saying, for example, the c with a comma over it He says it is not an accent mark. So what is it called?
We are also saying "the z with a tail". Is there a correct term for that mark? Or is it just a part of the letter itself? Hope these questions aren't too silly.

This should answer all of your questions

freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~atpc/learn/tools/pl-alphabet.html

with a dash
a dot on top
an apostrophe
a tail
at least according to this site

thanks " at least according to this site"

i found very interesting and now i have polish dictionary

Thank you Fisz. So there is no unique name for the dot/ thing on the top or bottom. Thanks also for the geneology directory. When my grandparents came to America in the early 1900's, there was no Poland. So technically, by the church records, I am Austrian. It's nice to know that even though we didn't have our country, we were still Polish and remain so to this day! We seem to be more stubborn than most: we don't give up. And we got our country back again. It is good to be Polish. Now if I could just learn to speak it properly - but here again being stubborn and not giving up will get me there!

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polish alphabet on the net

Cany anyone please give me the link to polish alphabet for the purposes of being able to include all the special letters etc., I think you know what I mean????

Something like this ?

modersmal.net/polska/jezyk_alfabet.htm

thanks Grzegorz - have checked it out, but it doesn't allow me to "insert" those letters in my writing - or am I doing it wrongly????

nice Fisz!

any audio link to the Polish alphabet?

Try here:

apronus.com/learnpolish/polishsounds.htm

wow, thanks a lot!

Hope that helps

that's all great....but, it doesn't help me.....this is what I need: when I'm typing in polish, I want to use the correct lettering, e.g. o kreskowana, etc. so that it's written in correct polish, which I know how to write........does anyone know of such a link???? many thanks once again for your fantastic efforts in helping me........

did you checked this thread: http://www.polishforums.com/polish_letters_alt_codes_anyone-17_3204_0. html

thanks heaps "Hello" ....finally found what I was looking for; this will be a great help to me when writing polish.....