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Igel

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2. The problem is requiring obeisance to orthography and transliteration.

Reply to sprinkleeninow (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 14, 2023, 05:54 PM

Mar 2023

Knew a guy whose last name was Drzewiecki. Even he mangled the Polish.

Jevyetsky would do it justice without much confusion. But we obeyed the Polish orthography.

Another last name was Czech--Jedlicka. In Czech, "Yedlichka." But mangled to "jedLICKuh".

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Exegesis. sprinkleeninow Mar 2023 #1

The problem is requiring obeisance to orthography and transliteration. Igel Mar 2023 #2

Slavic and like Hungarian, mb Polish, the accent is on the syllable not expected. sprinkleeninow Mar 2023 #3