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2007-05-31 Iraq

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Posted by Bobby 2007-05-31 06:39|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 HEy, se have a Sarkozy as president why couldn't we have Rozansky and Gluckzacks in our officer corps?

Posted by JFM">JFM 2007-05-31 06:47|| 2007-05-31 06:47|| Front Page Top

#2 No offense intended, JFM. It had occurred to me the names might also reflect Norwegian ancestry...

Posted by Bobby 2007-05-31 06:58|| 2007-05-31 06:58|| Front Page Top

#3 It had occurred to me the names might also reflect Norwegian ancestry...

And Google sez:
17th Mechanized Brigade (Poland) (Brig. Gen. Miroslaw Rozanski)

Posted by Steve 2007-05-31 07:19|| 2007-05-31 07:19|| Front Page Top

#4 The more consonants in a name, the more likely it is to be Slavic. If pronouncing the name sounds like coughing up a hairball, it's probably German or Czech.

I grew up in the Chicago area, with neighbors and classmates named Miloshev, Jelencic, Szczech, Matousek, as well as Nakamoto, Abu-Gheida, Boodoosingh, Mastrantonio, Castellaneta. I come from a long line of Schlinzachs, Vogelsangs, and Gutswillers; and my own family couldn't agree on how to pronounce the Dinaric Alp surname I was born with. Rule of thumb for pronouncing your neighbors' names: Break these names into syllables and pronounce them with whatever confidence you can muster.

Posted by mom">mom 2007-05-31 09:53|| 2007-05-31 09:53|| Front Page Top

#5 The eye doctor asked me if I could read the eye chart. I said: "Not only can I read the eye chart, I think I know that guy. S-z-c-z-e-p-a-n."

Posted by JohnQC 2007-05-31 11:00|| 2007-05-31 11:00|| Front Page Top

#6 I thought the headline was about Evita.

Posted by anonymous2u 2007-05-31 17:56|| 2007-05-31 17:56|| Front Page Top

#7 #4: "If pronouncing the name sounds like coughing up a hairball, it's probably German or Czech."

Hey! I resemble that remark. ;-p

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