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[Facts] Re: spelling a Polish name
by Caprice
10/19/2004, 12:02 PM
in reply to a message by bluefrog62
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

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- bluefrog62 (guest)   +1
10/20/2004, 2:36 AM
Thank you bothI 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.
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- Ivayla
10/20/2004, 1:25 PM
YesPoles (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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