#pronounciation

[wronghands1]

[firemedicdiaz]

Around here we've always pronounced it appa-lay-shun so when I heard it the other way for the first time a few days ago it was like a punch to the face.

[vengoesbatshitcrazywithpolls]

I can’t be the only one who says vikle.

[loth-moth]

GROMSKO - A Pronunciation Guide

Suave Sobiesław (It rhymes. Get it?)

Sobiesław - Soa - Beh- swav

O like Oat. ł is a W like Web. W is pronounced as a V sound.

Kosciuszko - KOSh-CHews-skO

Kos like Gossip.

C iu-s like Check and Useless with a partially voiced S/Z.

Sko like Go.

Notes:

Voiced and unvoiced referring to how involved your vocal cords are. A good way to understand this is try switching between F - V and S - Z. V in many central and eastern European countries sometimes sounds like a 'voiced F' . (I will not be making an accent/speech guide as I have for König as I don't speak Polish and feel it's not my place. If you are Polish and have any feedback or would like to help me work on such a post feel free to reach out.)

"ZA HONOR I OJCZYZNĘ!"

Now go, be free, have fun with everybody's favourite beefy Polak.

[thetimetraveler24]

Sorry Rick but I’m going to keep saying Luke’s last name like Kuh-stell-an. Not Cast-uh-lan.

[thatswhywelovegermany]

The man who taught the Germans to speak

[daybreaksys]

So, apparently, Simon is a Hebrew name written שמעון and pronounced Sheem'on

(Petrikov is a Balkan Slavic surname, and their version of Simon is Šimon and also pronounced Sheemon)

And Groff is a Dutch surname pronounced ʁroff, with a French R immediately followed by a Spanish R

[wronghands1]

[brightgreendandelions]

Important Question about Cations

inspired by this post

[spottlessspectre]

I had a realisation today

[pikolswonderland]

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ATTENTION ALL TRANS PEOPLE ON THIS SITE!!

I’d like to formally inform y’all on behalf of every Swedish person in existence that “Blåhaj” is meant to be pronounced as “Bloo-high” with my source being my part-Swedish dad who laughed in my face and had to correct my pronunciation when I asked for the plushie. Save yourself the embarrassment folks and spread the word.

THANK YOU AND HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY

[ct-multifandom]

Can you guys rb this or comment with how you pronounce “Goncharov”? I didn’t really think anything of it until one of my friends said it out loud and I was like huh? I think it’s interesting how people can have different pronunciations of a word or name they’ve never heard out loud in their head an not question it. For reference, I’m a native Russian speaker and I’ve always read it like gohn-CHArohv and my US American friend said GAHNCHA-rahv.