(October 30, 2025 at 1:55 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote:(October 30, 2025 at 1:05 pm)Ivan Denisovich Wrote: It's not silent as such but rather read differently. When in conjunction with "z" "r" is read just like "ż". Except for Tarzan that is - it is one case when both "r" and "z" are read as "r" and "z" not "ż".
ETA: I don't know however how much of a practical difference it makes to one speaking English.
I got this info from the International Phonetic Alphabet, and they spelled/pronounced it ˈandʐɛj. Maybe to someone speaking Polish, there’s some material difference between “Rz is read like z” and “the R is silent”, but when you’re an Anglophone trying to explain Possession to your Dad, it doesn’t seem to matter. Then again, with a film like Possession, trying to grasp the less intuitive nuances of Polish pronunciation is probably the least of your worries.
I don't know about IPA but for all that it's worth there isn't an "r" there for all practical purposes. It's not silent but joined with another letter making "rz"; you don't omit it while speaking the name but treat it as different letter altogether. In fact there aren’t any silent letters in Polish.
It's only a quibble though, nothing with practical relevance. I would say that no Andrzej would care but who knows, there might be one in this big, big world who would.
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