How to pronounce the Polish "sz"?
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December 24th, 2010
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Sz is sh. The novelist Alan Furst has a Polish character named Szara in his “Dark Star.” The reader ( in books on tape) says, “Shara.”
Cz is z. ( it is in Hungarian, at least). I had an office mate named Szabo. He said, “Zahbo.”
Edit: My answer confused even me.Sz is z in Hungarian.
I speak polish, so be sure in the correctness of my answer ;)
sz is like sh in english *(shoe)
cz is like ch in english *(chair)
My understanding is that it’s not exactly like English sh, but it’s close. It’s actually /ʂ/
I trust that @Spaiz is correct. Cz is used in Russian to, or at least we write it in English Czar is prnounced Zar, also wriiten as Tsar.
@Spaiz By the way, welcome to fluther!
@Spaiz I guess there’s some disagreement. Some sources say ś is /ɕ/ and sz is /ʂ/
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