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Subject: [OM] Re: Dvorak - Photojournalist
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 13:12:26 -0500
But it's my experience that most 2nd or 3rd generation Poles in the US 
don't have a clue about how to properly pronounce even their own names.

Chuck Norcutt

Geilfuss Charles wrote:

> Reminds me of the first job I had out of residency when I worked at a
> small hospital outside of Niagara Falls, NY. There was a large Polish
> population in the area and trying to dictate names that are 12
> letters long with only two vowels was quite a challege for someone
> who grew up in an area of the US with few Polish immigrants. The
> secretaries got quite a chuckle out of my attempts of pronunciation.
> 
> Charlie


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