Urban75 Home About Offline BrixtonBuzz Contact

Shit things that commentators say thread

yes it is

the letter w in polish is pronounced v

the letter ł in polish is pronounced like a cross between a 'l' and a 'w'

the letter c in polish is pronounced like ts

therefore Wrocław is pronounced Vrotslav
 
no it's not exactly like our w - it's like a cross between our l and our w - as i said above

depending on accent and place and word the emphasis can be on the 'l' element of it or the 'w' element - so all in all it's hardly a stupid thing to pull someone up on it
 
as i said it's depending on the word and also who says it and what part of poland and also whether they are younger or older

wuj is correct for Łódź - but you wouldnt apply the same thing for złoty would you
 
bullshit - that's not how it's commonly used, especially amongst younger poles

how about Wisła and Michaeł - the emphasis is definitely more on the 'l' element than the 'w' element
 
it's probably a regional thing - the part of poland where my gf is from they use the older pronunciation which has more emphasis on the 'l' with just a whiff of the 'w' merged into it - which is a much more classy way of speaking than the common 'w' i would say
 
love detective said:
it's probably a regional thing - the part of poland where my gf is from they use the older pronunciation which has more emphasis on the 'l' with just a whiff of the 'w' merged into it - which is a much more classy way of speaking than the common 'w' i would say
Click to expand...
Well I can't say anything about regional accents, I can just comment on how it's supposed to be pronounced (like the "Queens" Polish or whatever they call it).
 
CyberRose said:
Well I can't say anything about regional accents, I can just comment on how it's supposed to be pronounced (like the "Queens" Polish or whatever they call it).
Click to expand...

yeah, although it's arguable as to what the correct pronouncement of it is - modern polish in and around the cities do probably use it more like you say, but the traditional usage of it (i.e. the correct historical usage) and the continued usage in the east/north east is more the other way

This quote tells you what to do with your tongue (on no account should the tongue extend beyond the....!)

Joseph Andrew Teslar & Jadwiga Teslar said:
It is true, of course, that the majority of Poles nowadays pronounce this sound with the lips, exactly like the English w. But this is a careless pronunciation leading eventually to the disappearance of a sound typically Polish (and Russian also ; it has already disappeared from the other Slavonic languages, Czech and Serbian). ... In articulating l, your tongue ... projects considerably beyond the horizontal line separating the gums from the teeth and touches the gums or the palate. To pronounce ł ... the tongue should be held flat and rigid in the bottom of the mouth with the tip just bent upwards sufficiently to touch the edge of the front upper teeth. (On no account should the tongue extend beyond the line separating the teeth from the gums.) Holding the tongue rigidly in this position, you should then pronounce one of the vowels a, o or u, consciously dropping the tongue on each occasion, and you will obtain the hard ł quite distinct from the soft l.
Click to expand...
 
All the greek football/economy puns are fucking shit. I predicted they'd do this before each greece game.. ITV have been saying stuff like "Greece have got some real deficit reduction to do now" and "that should cheer up the greek nation" etc etc.
 
love detective said:
yeah, although it's arguable as to what the correct pronouncement of it is - modern polish in and around the cities do probably use it more like you say, but the traditional usage of it (i.e. the correct historical usage) and the continued usage in the east/north east is more the other way

This quote tells you what to do with your tongue (on no account should the tongue extend beyond the....!)
Click to expand...
Well I was talking about the modern pronunciation, not the medieval pronunciation!!
 
yeah but it's still a modern pronunciation in some parts of poland! and speak to any pole in wilno and they'll use the 'l' sound more than the 'w' sound for it
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

friedaweed
The Official Ingurland are shit 'Euro 2012' thread.
3 4 5 6 7
Replies
199
Views
42K
Lo Siento.
Lo Siento.
Onket
Some initial thoughts/comments/questions about the Euros
Replies
22
Views
2K
littlebabyjesus
littlebabyjesus
Termite Man
BBC says Greece have gone through
Replies
17
Views
10K
Divisive Cotton
Divisive Cotton
T
Euro 2012 Betting Thread
2 3
Replies
89
Views
9K
thriller
thriller
twistedAM
Bendtner's Boxer Shorts (aka Racist UEFA Twats Thread)
Replies
4
Views
542
butchersapron
B
Back
Top Bottom