Talk:Kosciusko County, Indiana

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I am assume this was named for Tadeusz Kosciuszko? --- Anonymoues 10:57 Oct 26, 2002 (UTC)

This is correct. General George Washington named the land after him as a thanks for Poland's support in the Revolutionary War.

Correct Pronunciation
I'm aware that residents of Kosciusko County do not pronounce their county's name in a way that old Tadeusz's countrymen across the pond would recognize. That doesn't make it wrong, funny, or invalid, of course... just different, and not as a Polish scholar would recognize. There are a lot of American cities like this... Coeur d'Alene, Idaho's name is pronounced in a way that isn't quite Parisian, and there are similar tales to tell about the pronunciations of Cairo, Illinois, Paris, Texas, and other places. This is a long-winded comment to request that someone--preferably a Kosciusko County resident--put up an IPA explanation of the local (and therefore correct) pronunciation of this county's name. Prosze. Xenophon777 22:16, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

It's common for Polish names to get 'anglicized' in America. For one thing, Many Polish words have diphthongs and diacritic marks which bewilder English speakers. I have a Polish surname and I anglisize it just to make it easy for neighbors and friends. Another factor is the gradual dissolution of Polish ethnic neighborhoods in the Ohio city we reside in. There used to be Polish Catholic parishes here that had Polish priests, schools taught by nuns of Polish descent, and local shops where one could do business in Polish. Today some of this is still preservred in Chicago, which has newspapers printed in Polish, and a Polish FM radio station.

When I served in the Air Force fifty years ago and was stationed in Mississippi, I learned of a town there named Kosciusko. The locals pronounce it "KAH-SKI-AHS-KO".

In Shelby County, Ohio there is a village named Russia that's pronounced "ROO-SIE". In Wyandot County, Ohio there is a township and a creek names Tymochtee that's pronounced "TIE-MOCK".

Musicwriter (talk) 02:36, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

I went on a tour of Poland in 1999 and it was most gratifying to hear my name pronounced correctly and to speak Polish there and be understood.

Musicwriter (talk) 02:36, 13 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I was watching the news on several stations in South Bend, and I think they were pronouncing it . I don't have a proper source for it unfortunately. —/M endaliv /2¢/Δ's/ 16:44, 5 July 2013 (UTC)