[OT] pronunciation (was: Broken caching of servlet: source in some cases)

[Joerg Heinicke <jo...@gmx.de>]

On 20.04.2007 15:48, Grzegorz Kossakowski wrote:

>> Sorry, Grek, I didn't know this! Would be interesting to know how
>> your name is pronounced? Does one simply skip the first "z"?
> 
> It would be too simple to just skip "z" ;-) Actually "rz" is one
> consonant and should be read as whole. Pronouncing is tricky because
> "rz" occurs two times and is pronounced  a little bit differently
> each time.

Also when you want to skip the z you probably want to apply German 
pronunciation. I guess it's hard to tell for Grek if you can just skip 
the z ;)

Actually I have a similar problem at the moment with the visa. Not so 
much with pronunciation, but with spelling. Non-Germans tend to simplify 
the ö (o umlaut) to a plain o, while it actually must be oe. If I don't 
get into the US at the end, you know why ;)

> I think, I'll need to provide a mp3 file some day because
> I really lack skills to explain it using plain, written English ;-)

Looking forward to it! :)

Joerg

Re: [OT] pronunciation

[Jorg Heymans <jh...@apache.org>]

Grzegorz Kossakowski wrote:

> I was under constant pressure so could not refuse: 
> http://reflectingonthevicissitudes.wordpress.com/2007/04/22/pal-how-can-i-call-you/ 
> :)

the second 'rz' sounds a lot like the ř character i know from the Czech 
language. Don't know what to make of the first one though, one can 
hardly hear the z in there. Is your name written exactly like that in 
Polish as well ? Or have you stripped out the Polish chars like e.g. 
Jörg is often written as Joerg.


cheers,
Jorg

Re: [OT] pronunciation

[hepabolu <he...@gmail.com>]

Ralph Goers said the following on 22/4/07 21:27:
> 
> 
> Grzegorz Kossakowski wrote:
>>
>> I was under constant pressure so could not refuse: 
>> http://reflectingonthevicissitudes.wordpress.com/2007/04/22/pal-how-can-i-call-you/ 
>> :)
> Very cool. If I was going to spell it from the way you say it your first 
> name would be something like Grregosh. Americans find it difficult to 
> roll the r's, so if we say it is will come out like Gregosh. Actually 
> the only thing different about your last name is that the o's are not 
> pronounced the way I would expect. I would have guessed it would be 
> Kaw-sa-cowski. Intead it is more like Kaw-sa-kawski.

LOL

This is great fun! I have a Polish coworker, her first name is Agnieszka 
and even after 4 years I'm still not able to pronounce it correctly and 
I AM capable of hearing the difference between her pronunciation and 
mine. Fortunately she settles for Agnes. ;-)

Bye, Helma

Re: [OT] pronunciation

[Ralph Goers <Ra...@dslextreme.com>]

Grzegorz Kossakowski wrote:
>
> I was under constant pressure so could not refuse: 
> http://reflectingonthevicissitudes.wordpress.com/2007/04/22/pal-how-can-i-call-you/ 
> :)
Very cool. If I was going to spell it from the way you say it your first 
name would be something like Grregosh. Americans find it difficult to 
roll the r's, so if we say it is will come out like Gregosh. Actually 
the only thing different about your last name is that the o's are not 
pronounced the way I would expect. I would have guessed it would be 
Kaw-sa-cowski. Intead it is more like Kaw-sa-kawski.

Ralph

Re: [OT] pronunciation

[Grzegorz Kossakowski <gk...@apache.org>]

Sylvain Wallez pisze:
> Joerg Heinicke wrote:
>> Also when you want to skip the z you probably want to apply German
>> pronunciation. I guess it's hard to tell for Grek if you can just skip
>> the z ;)
>>
>> Actually I have a similar problem at the moment with the visa. Not so
>> much with pronunciation, but with spelling. Non-Germans tend to
>> simplify the ö (o umlaut) to a plain o, while it actually must be oe.
>> If I don't get into the US at the end, you know why ;)

LOL :-)

>>> I think, I'll need to provide a mp3 file some day because
>>> I really lack skills to explain it using plain, written English ;-)
>> Looking forward to it! :)
> 
> Grek, put it on your blog! I'm curious as well to hear how your name
> should really be pronounced!

I was under constant pressure so could not refuse: http://reflectingonthevicissitudes.wordpress.com/2007/04/22/pal-how-can-i-call-you/ :)

-- 
Grzegorz Kossakowski
http://reflectingonthevicissitudes.wordpress.com/

Re: [OT] pronunciation

[Sylvain Wallez <sy...@apache.org>]

Joerg Heinicke wrote:
> On 20.04.2007 15:48, Grzegorz Kossakowski wrote:
>
>>> Sorry, Grek, I didn't know this! Would be interesting to know how
>>> your name is pronounced? Does one simply skip the first "z"?
>>
>> It would be too simple to just skip "z" ;-) Actually "rz" is one
>> consonant and should be read as whole. Pronouncing is tricky because
>> "rz" occurs two times and is pronounced  a little bit differently
>> each time.
>
> Also when you want to skip the z you probably want to apply German
> pronunciation. I guess it's hard to tell for Grek if you can just skip
> the z ;)
>
> Actually I have a similar problem at the moment with the visa. Not so
> much with pronunciation, but with spelling. Non-Germans tend to
> simplify the ö (o umlaut) to a plain o, while it actually must be oe.
> If I don't get into the US at the end, you know why ;)
>
>> I think, I'll need to provide a mp3 file some day because
>> I really lack skills to explain it using plain, written English ;-)
>
> Looking forward to it! :)

Grek, put it on your blog! I'm curious as well to hear how your name
should really be pronounced!

Sylvain

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