The names of Polish towns can be really difficult to pronounce. What’s more, you don’t even have to be a foreigner to have a problem with this. All because of non-obvious combinations of letters, unusual grammatical solutions, many outdated elements or simply a large number of characters. Sometimes, even if you stare at a word for a long time, it becomes difficult to pronounce it. It’s even more interesting when we just drive past the sign and have only a few seconds to do so.
Do you know Chrząszczyżewoszyce?
Everyone knows the dialogue from the cult film “How I Unleashed World War II”, in which a German officer tries to write down Frank Dolas’s details. He claims to be Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz. Then the place of origin is to be recorded. Chrząszczyżewoszyce, in the Łękołody district, is definitely not the simplest place name. However, it turns out that they are not true either.
The longest place names
However, the longest place names we are writing about today are definitely true. According to , the most characters, as many as 40, can be found in the name: Wólka Sokołowska k. Wólka Niedźwiedzka. Yes, it’s one town. Among the longest names there are also Sobienie Kiełczewskie Dzień (anticipating questions: yes, there are also Sobienie Kiełczewskie Drugie, but it is a name shorter by two letters) and Przedmieście Szczebrzeszyńskie. Both are 30 characters long. They are divided into several words, but this does not necessarily help with pronunciation. Saying them on time can be a lot of fun, especially in the presence of people who don’t speak Polish.
To counterbalance, it is worth adding the shortest name of a town in Poland. This one consists of just two characters: Axis.
It doesn’t seem long, but how do you pronounce it?
In Poland there are also places with exceptionally difficult pronunciation, which are quite long but consist of only one word. Try to say without hesitation: Jazgarzewszczyzna, Siemienikowszczyzna or Szymankowszczyzna. How did it go? Then try this. As we read on the website, you don’t need many characters to have a problem reading some Polish place names. The most interesting of them? Get ready, because it might get funny. Dzierzążenko, Wieczfnia Kościelna, Brzys Benefitewko, Żżanne, Poszeszupie. You guys had fun? Because we definitely do.
Source: Gazeta
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