She lived on Green Acres? On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 1:30 PM Jay Maynard <jaymayn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 < > 00000471ebeac275-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> 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, robhbrid...@gmail.com, 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 <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> 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 lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > -- > Jay Maynard > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
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