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Subject: Re: Pronunciantion of Zelazny
Author: Christo   (guest, 195.138.130.5)
Date: March 8, 2007 at 2:50:12 AM
Reply to: Pronunciantion of Zelazny by Jen-Nigh
Zelasny is a Polish family name (approx. translated as Iron-man).

The Polish pronunciation is zhe-LAZ-nee, where zh- stands for the voiced -sh- sound which is also heard in words like pleaSure or meaSure.

In Polish spelling, there is a dot over the initial Z.

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