# World War 1 -- "Galee-chuh Darno"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 3, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-war-1-galee-chuh-darno/747873 "2016-03-03T22:44:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-war-1-galee-chuh-darno/747873/1 "2016-03-03T22:44:48Z")
I have an audiobook about World War 1 that I’ve listened through. It’s narrated by a British guy. One of the battles or regions he mentions is something he pronounces as “Galeech uh dano” or “Galeech uh darno”. Any idea what this might refer to? I know there was a battle on the Eastern front at a place called “Galicia”, but the dano/darno part has me stumped. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-war-1-galee-chuh-darno/747873/2 "2016-03-03T22:53:02Z")
The [Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorlice%E2%80%93Tarn%C3%B3w_Offensive), maybe? ---
**Author:** ![TCMF-2L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tcmf-2l/32/16553_2.png) [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-war-1-galee-chuh-darno/747873/3 "2016-03-03T22:55:35Z")
1st May 1915 Austro-German Spring Offensive in Galicia: Battle of Gorlice-Tarnow begins TCMF-2L Damn. Too slow. ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-war-1-galee-chuh-darno/747873/4 "2016-03-03T22:56:29Z")
Beats me, nothing immediately sprang to mind. Have you got any more details to go on? Which front was it on, what armies were involved, names of commanders and approximate date would all help narrow it down. Damn double ninja’d ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-war-1-galee-chuh-darno/747873/5 "2016-03-03T23:02:21Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > The [Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorlice%E2%80%93Tarn%C3%B3w_Offensive), maybe? That’s GOTTA be it. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-war-1-galee-chuh-darno/747873/6 "2016-03-03T23:45:18Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > The [Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorlice%E2%80%93Tarn%C3%B3w_Offensive), maybe? And, as a nifty consequence, we have a pretty good approximation of how to pronounce the names of these two Polish cities. Ignorance I didn’t even know I had, successfully fought. ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-war-1-galee-chuh-darno/747873/7 "2016-03-04T18:47:28Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > And, as a nifty consequence, we have a pretty good approximation of how to pronounce the names of these two Polish cities. > > Ignorance I didn’t even know I had, successfully fought. I’m not so sure that’s an accurate representation of the pronunciation in Polish. Aren’t w’s normally pronounced like v’s? Or did you mean an approximation of how to pronounce these two Polish cities in English? Ignorance reinstated until further notice. 😛