# What Polish name might be pronounced "Jashuskey"?

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**Created:** [September 29, 2015, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-polish-name-might-be-pronounced-jashuskey/732900 "2015-09-29T00:33:21Z")\
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> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#):
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> Perhaps a slurred rendition of “Krzyzewski”?

You know, that’s not a bad guess, either. That name gets all sorts of varied renditions in English, and the OP’s name is not that far off. In Polish, it’s something like “kshih-SHEF-skee.” But in English, I hear “ker-ZOO-skee,” “chih-SHEV-skee,” “chuh-ZOO-skee,” all sorts of stuff.

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