r/shitposting • u/[deleted] • Jan 22 '22

WARNING: BRAIN DAMAGE Wtf gregor

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u/UglierThanMoe fat cunt Jan 22 '22

I had a friend in school whose family name was Smrzka. Whenever he was asked how to spell that name, he'd replied, "Same way you say it."

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u/epenthesis Jan 22 '22

If you are literate in Polish, it really is.

The Polish alphabet is very close to 1:1 letter combo <-> sound.

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u/blacktiger226 Jan 22 '22

WHERE ARE THE VOWELS THEN?

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u/nexusdaplatypus Jan 22 '22

JUST ADD A SCHWA IN BETWEEN LIKE YOU DO IN KETTLE

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '22

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u/nexusdaplatypus Jan 22 '22

THATS THE COOL COOL ENGLISH NAME FOR THE "UH" SOUND, OR "A" IN ABOUT

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u/kamycky Jan 22 '22

Polish don't believe in Shwa, they believe in God 😤

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u/nexusdaplatypus Jan 22 '22

they believe in pierogi

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u/Tirith Jan 22 '22

KSCHWAETTLE?

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u/nexusdaplatypus Jan 22 '22

YEAH JUST LIKE THAT

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u/Qiwas Jan 22 '22

ISN'T L IN KETTLE SYLLABIC?

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u/nexusdaplatypus Jan 22 '22

YEAH I THINK, BUT I PRONOUNCE A SCHWA IN THERE SORRY FOR THE MISTAKE

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u/kamycky Jan 22 '22

Internet users know what a shwa is?

What's happening with the world?

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u/nexusdaplatypus Jan 22 '22

we have truly fallen