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Oh, I'm very intrigued by Barry! Because it's not like Bartholomew doesn't exist in English. Maybe it was the less familiar looking Bartosz? But then, even for Bartosz the obvious anglicisation is still Bartholomew, maybe Bart, Barry is really out there. Which kind of makes me think it could've been a name without an obvious English counterpart, like Bronisław or Bogdan or something along those lines.
I can see how someone might use Warren for Wojciech. There's the "War" and the "Woj", I can see that happening. But then again, going off of Barry, it could probably be Włodzimierz or Wacław or Wawrzyniec, really not much to go on there.
https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/109883
I can see how someone might use Warren for Wojciech. There's the "War" and the "Woj", I can see that happening. But then again, going off of Barry, it could probably be Włodzimierz or Wacław or Wawrzyniec, really not much to go on there.
https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/109883
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Thanks, I think it might be Wawrzyniec!
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I think it might well be Wawrzyniec - if I only spoke English, I'd probably assume it's pronounced WAWR-in-yets, and that's not far from Warren.
This message was edited 10/25/2022, 11:29 PM
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I think you might be right, thank you so much!
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Polish is my first language and I wanted to say that the W in Polish is pronounced like the letter V in English. Therefore Warren doesn't sound close to Wawrzyniec to me.
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Oops, I meant to write "if I only spoke English" in the above post. Polish is my first language as well.
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