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Re: Pronunciation of the Polish name Prosimir.

by Kirke (guest)

5/15/2012, 6:28 PM

in reply to a message by ADT

I will preface this by saying that Polish is my first language.

The stress should be on the next to last syllable.

proh-SHEE-mihr

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- Dorchadas (Lucille) +2

5/15/2012, 7:02 PM

Thank you for your input, Kirke!

Thank you, now I finally know how it is pronounced... and it is going to take me a little bit of time to get adapted to the correct pronunciation, because in my head, I had been pronouncing it as 'PRAW-see-meer' all this time. ;) Still, it nevertheless remains a beautiful name with an interesting and somewhat poetic meaning! It might be a viable option for me to honour my distant Polish heritage with someday (I have ancestors on my father's side of the family that hailed from Bydgoszcz). :)

This message was edited 5/15/2012, 7:11 PM

- Kirke (guest) +1

5/18/2012, 3:32 PM

Polish language wiki is a great source of Polish names

http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategoria:Alfabetyczna_lista_imion

Masculine Slavic names only:

http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategoria:M%C4%99skie_imiona_s%C5%82owia%C5%84skie

Feminine Slavic names only:

http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategoria:%C5%BBe%C5%84skie_imiona_s%C5%82owia%C5%84skie

- Dorchadas (Lucille)

5/22/2012, 7:10 AM

I know, I already knew about it... as that is where I first encountered Prosimir in the first place. ;) Thank you for mentioning it anyway! :D

- ADT

5/15/2012, 6:57 PM

It's my first language too, you're right.

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