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How to say: Jaros艂aw Kaczy艅ski

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  • 30 Aug 06, 01:08 PM

A guide to names and words in the news from Martha Figueroa-Clark of the 大象传媒 Pronunciation Unit.

"Today's pronunciation is Polish . Our recommendation is yarr-OSS-waff katch-IN-ski (-arr as in marry; -tch as in church).

"The barred L in Jaros艂aw is pronounced like a W in English, while the 艃 in Kaczy艅ski represents a nasalised vowel in a native Polish pronunciation but this is rendered as a nasal consonant in our anglicised pronunciation. Lech Kaczy艅ski, President of Poland and Jaros艂aw Kaczy艅ski's twin brother is pronounced LEKH (-kh as in Scottish 'loch')."

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Craig Oliver is editor of 大象传媒 News at Six and 大象传媒 News at Ten

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  • 30 Aug 06, 10:18 AM

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