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Joined: Aug 25, 10 ♂ 		 Aug 26, 10, 23:14    #31
pgtx:
always use this


Ok I used that and it got my name wrong as far as I know. My last name is lukasiewicz and it pronounced it lye-kos-ovich and that is not how my grandparents pronounced it.
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Joined: Feb 14, 09  Gold Member MEMBER ♀ 		 Aug 26, 10, 23:26    #32
Suppoko:
lukasiewicz and it pronounced it lye-kos-ovich

not in Poland :)
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Joined: Aug 25, 10 ♂ 		 Aug 26, 10, 23:32    #33
pgtx:
not in Poland :)


I'm sorry but what not in Poland?
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Joined: Nov 25, 08 ♂ [Suspended] 		 Aug 27, 10, 01:28    #34
nunczka:
Its sad, but in todays America, there are very few Polish Americans that understand Polish.


Yet they claim to be Polish. Riiight.

Polonius3:
Only it's owner can say how it should be pronounced.


Just don't claim that it's a Polish name if you pronounce it completely wrongly!
ProudPoleAmer  Aug 27, 10, 11:54    #35
Des Essientes:
In America only large intimidating people with Polish surnames, like Larry Csonka, get them pronounced properly.


Sorry to contradict you, but Csonka is a Hungarian, not Polish, surname:

From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Csonka

"One of six children, Csonka was born in Stow, Ohio. He was raised on a farm by his Hungarian family in Stow."
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Joined: Feb 1, 10  Pictures: 1 ♂ 		Edited by: grubas  Sep 16, 10, 14:21    #36
delphiandomine:
Just don't claim that it's a Polish name if you pronounce it completely wrongly!

It may not be their fault.Their parents or grandparents or grand.... did not teach them how to pronaunce their name.And they don't know ÆÊ£ÑÓ¦¬¯ sounds or letters .I am not a Pol Am but a Pole living in the US and when asked always pronounce my name just like I do in Poland.Interesting that when Americans have to read my name (like at the doctor's office or something) they usually ask afterwords if they had it right.I am telling them they where very close.(they have no chance since my name starts with CH and include ñ sound).They do pretty good with SZ though.Personally I have no respect for those who have changed the spelling of their names.
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Joined: Sep 13, 08 ♂ 		 Sep 16, 10, 18:19    #37
delphiandomine:
nunczka:
Its sad, but in todays America, there are very few Polish Americans that understand Polish.

Yet they claim to be Polish. Riiight.


Most of the Poles kept the original name.. But the stupid Americans had trouble pronouncing the names. I for one maintained my name but when I run into trouble with people that cant pronounce it, I drop one letter C, that makes it easier for them . I go from Krawczyk to Krawzyk. They have trouble with the CZYK thingy.
Grateful  Jan 16, 12, 18:24    #38
I have been reading so much on here and want to thank this active community for this accumulation of information. I notice there seem to be alot off differing feelings on American spellings (mutilations) of their Polish last names. It seems that the Pole who immigrated is taking the brunt of the blame for this. Although I am sure many did make this change to better fit in, I do not see much mention of how this was frequently imposed on many.
Often times when coming thru Ellis Island, those doing the processing would alter the last names of those coming through due to either their own biases or because of the inability of the immigrant to communicate the proper spelling.
This has always been my understanding anyway.
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Joined: May 28, 09 ♀ 		 Jan 16, 12, 18:41    #39
I abmit it is annoying when people say cow instead of kov. It's like, "no cows live in this house!" The only one who ever pronounced my last name properly was one grad student who went to boarding school in England and spent a lot of time in Europe and could speak several languages fluently.
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Joined: May 29, 11 ♂ 		 Jan 16, 12, 18:44    #40
PlasticPole:
I abmit it is annoying when people say cow instead of kov.

It amuses me to see 'coworkers' in American English. I thought they were called cowboys.

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