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Subject: How to say "Walesa"
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Date: Wed, 21-Dec-83 16:06:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 21 16:06:00 1983
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In Polish, the "e" in "Walesa" is written with a small squiggle under
it. An "e" with such a squiggle is pronounced as a nasal vowel
resembling the French "un"; a French transcription of the Polish
pronounciation of "Walesa" would be "Val-UN-sah". If you don't know how
to pronounce a nasal vowel, the american transcription "Val-EN-sah" is,
I guess, as good an approximation as any.
						Na prawde,

						Adam