# How do I pronounce Andruchow? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 29, 2011, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-pronounce-andruchow/587242 "2011-06-29T11:14:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Michael\_of\_Lucan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@Michael\_of\_Lucan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_of_Lucan)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-pronounce-andruchow/587242/1 "2011-06-29T11:14:07Z")
I have to meet a lady in a couple of days’ time. Her surname is Andruchow. She is certainly from Eastern Europe. I believe she is Polish, but I may be wrong. To be polite, I’d like to say her surname properly. My instinct is to say Ann-droo-kov. Is that correct? ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-pronounce-andruchow/587242/2 "2011-06-29T13:01:42Z")
If it’s Polish, and there are no diacritics in the spelling that you left out, it would be [[an ˈdru xɔf]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPA_chart_for_Polish). Edit–I googled it, it is Polish, and in fact there was an acute accent over the o that you omitted from Andruchów… making its pronunciation [[an ˈdru xuf]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPA_chart_for_Polish). ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_of\_Lucan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@Michael\_of\_Lucan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_of_Lucan)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-pronounce-andruchow/587242/3 "2011-06-29T14:58:09Z")
Thank you, Johanna. I took the name from the plate outside her office, and it had no accent. However, that may reflect some inability of the sign maker.