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"The vampire of Bytow" - Is that pronounced [bite...ow]??

• mzs 3y ago
  Ha, it's BI-toof (bi like in bit) and in Kashubian Bëtowò. Their city website has some nice multimedia* BTW, the songs (Bytów w piosence) is particularly great. They commissioned some Pomeranian artists (not the dogs, though that would be even cooler, the region) to record them, many are written especially for this page. Some are even pò kaszëbe. Anyway, it's a really nice place that had an unfortunate occupant. Now try to pronounce Bydgoszcz ;) * https://www.bytow.com.pl/Multimedia,27 https://www.bytow.com.pl/Multimedia,27
  • Etherlord87 3y ago
    > Ha, it's BI-toof (bi like in bit) Almost. I'm Polish, so I know how to pronounce "Bytów", but I got confused for a moment if maybe I didn't know hot to say "bit" in English… Wiktionary says "bit" is pronounced as [bit] using IPA. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bit https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bit Wiktionary also says "Bytów" is pronounced as IPA: [ˈbɨtuf], AS: [bytuf]. You can listen to it here: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Pl-Byt%C3%B3w.ogg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Pl-Byt%C... London, South African, Southern American "lip" is one example of this vowel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_central_unrounded_vowel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_central_unrounded_vowel
    • mzs 3y ago
      bit + vampire... Get it ;) Anyway I was born in Gdańsk so now I'll be self conscious about yet another thing I mispronounce in English.