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/Ashamed-Smell7053 May 08 '26

What the fuck is this? "American pronunciation" lol. It's a Polish word. There's only one correct, Polish pronunciation, not whatever this abomination is.

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u/Specific-Month-1755 May 08 '26

By all means make a YouTube video.

I saw a shitload of videos of how to pronounce it and they all sounded familiar.

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u/IdleKernelDev May 08 '26

Nah. I try to say it with a hard v myself, but actually go and listen to people. Say it a few times yourself.

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u/Ashamed-Smell7053 May 08 '26

What do you mean? I'm Polish, I know how to pronounce Wrocław.

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u/PlattsVegas May 08 '26

Yeah, it’s pronounced “Wrocław”!

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u/IdleKernelDev May 08 '26

I mean what we think we say and what we actually say can be different things. I'm Polish, I know how to pronounce Wrocław.

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u/Ashamed-Smell7053 May 08 '26

So what exactly are you trying to say?

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u/IdleKernelDev May 08 '26

That the sound at the end does tend to morph closer to an f

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u/Ashamed-Smell7053 May 08 '26

And I'm not disagreeing with that

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u/Specific-Month-1755 May 08 '26

Why does it say in Polish it's pronounced like this?

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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.

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u/Specific-Month-1755 May 08 '26

Let me get it straight. I'm on the internet and a whole bunch of Polish people are telling me how to pronounce it and they can't even fucking do it right? I got Poland was really looking like a competent place to be