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Re: spelling a Polish name

by Caprice

10/19/2004, 12:02 PM

I guess it would be spelled Vladek, with a special Polish letter instead of "L" - it looks like "l", but with a stroke in the middle...can't explain it really. Any Polish speakers?

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- Ivayla +2

10/19/2004, 12:27 PM

Or rather...

Wladek

This message was edited 10/19/2004, 12:27 PM

- bluefrog62 (guest) +1

10/20/2004, 2:36 AM

Thank you both

I have a feeling "Wladek" is it...I remember that some of the guys he worked with used to call him "Walt" so if Wladek starts with a W instead of a V maybe that's where they got it from.

- Ivayla

10/20/2004, 1:25 PM

Yes

Poles (like Germans) use "w" to represent the sound of the English "v". Check out the Polish names on this site:
http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/pol.html

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