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WHY POLISH PEOPLE DON'T USE THEIR NATIVE FIRST NAME WHEN ABROAD? [136]
I was just kidding there.
Still, sometimes I am surprised at the difficulty people have in pronouncing names. Mine is Dariusz. It confuses the heck out of so many locals here. If I drop the "z" then it makes it kinda easy for them. In the end, I give them just one try and then I suggest they use a name they are most comfortable with, and from then on I react to anything weird that starts with the letter "d" ;)
Oh my this sounds similar to my problem as well. Im half polish half persian and my parents choose Dariush (Dariusz in Poland) as my name since it is a name that is quite familiar in both Poland and Iran. I live in Canada and most people mispronounce my name and it is really irritating to me. In the english language it is pronounced Dare-eee-osh and to me it sounds rediculous that way. The Polish way of pronouncing Dariusz is much better, sometimes I wish my parents had left out the H in my name =(
