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Do you often hear people using the incorrect pronunciation?
Yes 29%  29%  [ 7 ]
No 46%  46%  [ 11 ]
Other 25%  25%  [ 6 ]
Total votes : 24

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13 Aug 2014, 7:18 am

skibum wrote:
Aspardzer??? That's a first. LOL!! !!

Aspardżer= Aspurger = asparjer
"dż" = Polish equivalent of English "j" (Polish "j" sounds like English "y")

But as I explained before noone says it this way because the natural way for all Polish people to pronounce it is As-per-ger, without any anglicizes. I guess it sounds just the same in Polish as it does in German because Germany is our neighbor and many people got German origin surnames.