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NOTE ON THE PRONUNCIATION OF POLISH NAMES
| C | = | ts. |
| Ć, ci, | = | a soft English ch. |
| Ch | = | strongly aspirated h, resembling ch in Scotch loch. |
| Cz | = | ch, as in charm. |
| Dz | = | j. |
| J | = | y. |
| Ł | = | a peculiarly Polish letter, roughly speaking to be pronounced between u and w. |
| Ó | = | oo, as in mood. |
| Rz | = | the French j, as in Jean. |
| Ś, si, | = | a slightly hissed and softened sound of sh. |
| W | = | v. |
| Ż, zi | = | French j. |
The stress in Polish falls almost invariably on the penultimate syllable.
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