Lyszczarz - what's the most Z's you've ever heard in a last name?
Anybody ever here of a last name with more than 3 Z's? My married name is LYSZCZARZ, and it took me awhile to learn it! and it's hard to type too, especially if you have tiny pinkies like me.Most people pronounce it Liz-siz-arz but it's actually La-sarz. In Poland it's pronounced Wish-stash.Cheryl
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That is the most I've heard of unless you include the man in a news story I read who tried to change his surname to "Zzzzzzzzzzzz" in order to be the last person alphabetically.
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RzezeazzerWas a guy who came in to the library I volunteered at. Dunno how to pronounce. I've also seen Zzoha as a last name.
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szcz in Polish = "щ", romanized as "shch" which is only 1 letter in the Cyrillic alphabet as opposed to 4 letters in Polish using the Latin alphabet! Lyszczarz = Лйщарз in Cyrillic alphabet which = 6 letters as opposed to 9 letters in Polish using the Latin alphabet! People will say it's a crazy idea, but since Polish is a Slavic language, I believe they should start using the Cyrillic alphabet for ease of writing.
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Actually, Łyszczarz is pronounced Wishchash (sz=sh, cz=ch, rz=sh). What's interesting is that there's no actual z-sound in it.
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