Someone should publicise the correct pronunciation of Mt Kosciuszko.
Kosh-Choosh-Ko
Needs an accent: Kościuszko
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This international break has seen a record reversion to “off-season” mode. 
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After a Polish colleague at work pointed out the correct pronunciation to me I struggle to go back to the Aussie pronunciation as it actually sounds how it is spelt. The “sciu” is similar to how we would pronounce the “sci” in science.
Dirty nappy and bins in the stadium thread, now name pronunciation in this thread. What next? Train and bus enthusiasts in the Corica thread?
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Fuck Adelaide, they sucked.
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I worked for a couple of brothers in the naughties who had Syrian names.
I got farken confused. Adnan/Adam and Kaleel/Karl. The first couple of weeks I was wondering who these two extra people were.
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I feel like Anglos are way more concerned about name pronunciation than ethnics.
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Too busy concreting their yards, aren’t they.
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They also hated Rolf before anybody else.
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Stay on topic plz
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Just when we were on a roll there’s no games this weekend ffs.
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Just reading about all the QLD Fed projects being cancelled reminded me about another one that needs to be settled: Palaszczuk
Pa-lu-shay never seemed legit… but maybe it is
Would the “l” go toward “w” like in @Paulska’s name? Would “sczc” be the same as in Szczęsny? Based on what I know of other slavic languages, I can’t begin to imagine how “-uk” could possibly become “-ay”?
Had a mate in school who’s last name was spelt szyc and pronounced chick