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> ... you probably haven’t heard of Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kosciuszko. Nor can you spell it or pronounce it; join the club, but we’re working on it. The l

> ... you probably haven’t heard of Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kosciuszko. Nor can you spell it or pronounce it; join the club, but we’re working on it. The largest mountain in Australia is named after him. So most Australians know, and can pronounce, his surname at the very least. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kosciuszko https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kosciuszko

YayamiOmate 7y ago
Emmm sorry to doubt Aussies, but type in Kościuszko in google translate and hit play. Their TTS is really good at pronounciation. It's hard to do it correctly if your native tongue is not slavic. I'd like to be wrong though. They should know the name, though. Yup. If anyone's inclined towards random wiki trip I suggest reading about Strzelecki, who named the moutain. He was an explorer.
- satori99 7y ago
  Yeah, the wikipedia article addresses this somewhat; The name of the mountain was previously spelt "Mount Kosciusko", an Anglicisation, but the spelling "Mount Kosciuszko" was officially adopted in 1997 by the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. The traditional English pronunciation of Kosciuszko is /kɒziːˈʌskoʊ/, but the pronunciation /kɒˈʃʊʃkoʊ/ is now sometimes used, which is substantially closer to the Polish pronunciation [kɔɕˈt͡ɕuʂkɔ]
- viraptor 7y ago
  You're not wrong unfortunately. It hurts me on a few levels when I hear the pronunciation butchered by pretty much all Australians. I understand why / don't hold it against them, but it's still totally wrong pronounciation.
  - satori99 7y ago
    Australians are notorious syllable droppers in general. Many of us don't even pronounce the name of our own country correctly in our own language. ('Straya)
    - caf 7y ago
      The language known as Strine.
    - Someone 7y ago
      Reminds me of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDb_WsAt_Z0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDb_WsAt_Z0, which, to me, still feels exaggerated, but that’s probably because of the bombardment of examples.
- Someone 7y ago
  ”It's hard to do it correctly if your native tongue is not slavic.” I guess it’s also hard to hear whether somebody pronunciates it correctly if your native tongue isn’t Slavic.
ruserioussdfg 7y ago
Created an account to just to say that Australians have no idea how to pronounce this name. As an Australian I worked with a polish guy, the only thing he knew about Australia was the name of its tallest mountain. I had forgotten at the time and when he said "mount coz chiz ko" I knew something was wrong. We call it "mount cozzie osko"

YayamiOmate 7y ago

Emmm sorry to doubt Aussies, but type in Kościuszko in google translate and hit play. Their TTS is really good at pronounciation. It's hard to do it correctly if your native tongue is not slavic. I'd like to be wrong though. They should know the name, though. Yup. If anyone's inclined towards random wiki trip I suggest reading about Strzelecki, who named the moutain. He was an explorer.

satori99 7y ago
Yeah, the wikipedia article addresses this somewhat; The name of the mountain was previously spelt "Mount Kosciusko", an Anglicisation, but the spelling "Mount Kosciuszko" was officially adopted in 1997 by the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. The traditional English pronunciation of Kosciuszko is /kɒziːˈʌskoʊ/, but the pronunciation /kɒˈʃʊʃkoʊ/ is now sometimes used, which is substantially closer to the Polish pronunciation [kɔɕˈt͡ɕuʂkɔ]
viraptor 7y ago
You're not wrong unfortunately. It hurts me on a few levels when I hear the pronunciation butchered by pretty much all Australians. I understand why / don't hold it against them, but it's still totally wrong pronounciation.
- satori99 7y ago
  Australians are notorious syllable droppers in general. Many of us don't even pronounce the name of our own country correctly in our own language. ('Straya)
  - caf 7y ago
    The language known as Strine.
  - Someone 7y ago
    Reminds me of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDb_WsAt_Z0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDb_WsAt_Z0, which, to me, still feels exaggerated, but that’s probably because of the bombardment of examples.
Someone 7y ago
”It's hard to do it correctly if your native tongue is not slavic.” I guess it’s also hard to hear whether somebody pronunciates it correctly if your native tongue isn’t Slavic.

ruserioussdfg 7y ago

Created an account to just to say that Australians have no idea how to pronounce this name. As an Australian I worked with a polish guy, the only thing he knew about Australia was the name of its tallest mountain. I had forgotten at the time and when he said "mount coz chiz ko" I knew something was wrong. We call it "mount cozzie osko"