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I need help pronouncing...Lubasz



JoeThreads: 1
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Joined: Mar 5, 10 ♂ 		 Mar 5, 10, 12:36    #1
Hello:

First, I need to apologize. I posted this thread in another part of the forum, but I believe it may be better to post it here.

My last name is Lubasz. In American English, we pronounce it (Loo' bash).

I am wondering about the true Polish pronunciation. Maybe it is more like (Loo' bäsh) or (Loo bäsh').

I appreciate your time. And thank you ahead of time.

-J. Lubasz
AdamKadmon  Mar 5, 10, 13:00    #2
Polish pronounciation is (Loobash) then the same as the American one.

sz = sh
u ≈ oo
JoeThreads: 1
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Joined: Mar 5, 10 ♂ 		 Mar 5, 10, 13:12    #3
AdamKadmon:

Thank you. I am wondering if the 'a' is pronounced as the English 'a' as in 'bat' or if it is pronounced 'ä' as in 'dot'.
AdamKadmon  Mar 5, 10, 15:10    #4
Compare two charts:

You can find them in Wikipedia, find section Vowels in the Polish phonology
and also section Vowels in the International Phonetic Alphabet.

I cannot put the links here because of some restrictions imposed.

bat <æ>
dot <ɒ> in the British English and <ɑ> in the American English

Neither is <a> of the Polish phonological system.
AdamKadmon  Mar 5, 10, 15:16    #5
Don't worry about the a, it is almost the same as <æ> in bat.
SeanBMThreads: 41
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Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂ 		 Mar 5, 10, 18:55    #6
Hello joe and welcome to the Polish Forums.

Type the word in Ivona and she will pronounce it for you.

Good luck.
JoeThreads: 1
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Joined: Mar 5, 10 ♂ 		 Mar 5, 10, 22:08    #7
Thank you everyone for your help. I'm fairly confident that I have the correct pronunciation now.

-J. Lubasz

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