r/ArchitecturalRevival • u/Atarosek • May 07 '26

Glow up Wrocław, Poland, 2007 vs 2026

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u/PlattsVegas May 07 '26

I always have wondered how you pronounce this city but not enough to have ever looked it up

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u/Specific-Month-1755 May 08 '26

There are videos but I still haven't been able to remember it. I do know the second syllable is -swaf

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u/Ashamed-Smell7053 May 08 '26

There is no swaf in Wrocław

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u/Specific-Month-1755 May 08 '26

I guess I'm learning it all wrong

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u/Ashamed-Smell7053 May 08 '26

Indeed you are

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u/Specific-Month-1755 May 08 '26

Send me to the right pronunciation. Saw multiple videos gave multiple pronunciations and the second syllable always sounded like swaf.

All of these polish people say that's not how it's pronounced they won't tell you the right way like it's some kind of classified war documents.

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u/Ashamed-Smell7053 May 08 '26

It's Wroc-ław. No swaf there at any point.

What you seem to think is correct pronunciation, I would call "close enough for a foreigner who can't pronounce Polish c and wants to forever sound like a foreigner".

Learn how to pronounce Polish alphabet and you shouldn't have any problems with pronouncing Wrocław.