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Indeed, will see what I can do. I've just been restoring a whole chunk missing about 'aw', no doubt you noticed the gap. Até logo. [[User:Ro Thorpe|Ro Thorpe]] 15:02, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
Indeed, will see what I can do. I've just been restoring a whole chunk missing about 'aw', no doubt you noticed the gap. Até logo. [[User:Ro Thorpe|Ro Thorpe]] 15:02, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
The actual Polish place name is Kraków, where ó is pronounced oo. The English forms are derived from German or Russian, not Polish. (Rather as we use, perversely, the Polish spelling of Czech.) [[User:Peter Jackson|Peter Jackson]] 09:49, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

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Sorry, but I have only heard the pronunciation 'Shimanoffsky' in English, like the Russian 'Chykoffsky' - this isn't Polish, it's English! A note to the effect that it is regardless of the original Polish, perhaps... Ro Thorpe 16:13, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi Ro. An explanation about the silent w in knowledge would be useful. Hasta la vista.--Domergue Sumien 14:30, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Indeed, will see what I can do. I've just been restoring a whole chunk missing about 'aw', no doubt you noticed the gap. Até logo. Ro Thorpe 15:02, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

The actual Polish place name is Kraków, where ó is pronounced oo. The English forms are derived from German or Russian, not Polish. (Rather as we use, perversely, the Polish spelling of Czech.) Peter Jackson 09:49, 8 September 2011 (UTC)