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Nit: it's not pawnch-kee if you're speaking American English, it's more like pown-chkee. But still not quite.
by avaer 9y ago
Nit: it's not pawnch-kee if you're speaking American English, it's more like pown-chkee. But still not quite.
- ghomrassen 9y agoYeah, I think you're closer, as long as you pronounce the own like owned rather than pow-n, as I read it at first.
- jdmichal 9y agoOr, for those who are versed in IPA: /pɔ̃.tʂki/. * There is no individually-pronounced "n" sound; it is built entirely into the nasalized vowel. * The /ʂ/ sound is actually a laminal retroflex. This is best described as making a "sh" sound, but with the blade of the tongue.
- yorwba 9y agoWiktionary has audio: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/p%C4%85czki#Polish https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/p%C4%85czki#Polish
- yawgmoth 9y agoIn Michigan people will unabashedly say poonchkee. I've stopped arguing about it with people :).
- mtrycz 9y agoYeah, we poles are as obsessed with our prononciation as much as italians are obsessed with their food. People form other countries just can't get it right :)
- lukasm 9y agoThe french `bON ton` is the closes to ą you can get.
- marzell 9y agoThis phoneme (or something close) is also common in Portuguese.