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[Facts] Polish George ?
Is Jurek the Polish version of George ?
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The Polish version of George is Jerzy, but maybe Jurek is a pet form(?)

This message was edited 10/20/2004, 11:42 AM

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By the way, Jerzy is pronounced "yay-zhee" in Polish.
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Yes, Jurek is a pet form of Jerzyn
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My books say: Yes, it is!n
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Think about the russian nameYuri... ¿could they be related? (after all "Yuri" is the popular occidental transcription of the original russian form wirtten with a different alphabet... phonetically "Yuri" and "Jurek" are much the same... Then there is Yanek)
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