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Chernicky

English translation: TCHER-nik-eee or tcher-NIK-eee

11:03 Feb 16, 2005
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Names (personal, company) / name
English term or phrase: Chernicky
Another last name. How do Americans pronounce it?
Antonina Zaitseva
Ireland
Local time: 14:57
Selected answer:TCHER-nik-eee or tcher-NIK-eee
Explanation:
I believe that's how a person who's not familiar with the name would say it. The stresssed syllable would depend, but likely the former version would be more common.
Selected response from:

Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
Local time: 15:57
Grading comment
Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +7TCHER-nik-eee or tcher-NIK-eee
Mikhail Kropotov
3 +1cher-NITS-ki
Сергей Лузан


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
chernicky
TCHER-nik-eee or tcher-NIK-eee


Explanation:
I believe that's how a person who's not familiar with the name would say it. The stresssed syllable would depend, but likely the former version would be more common.

Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
Local time: 15:57
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anna Maria Augustine (X)
3 mins
  -> Thank you!
agree  David Knowles: and that's how the possessor of the name would pronounce it himself, at least if he was second generation American.
16 mins
  -> Thank you David. I assume that the original pronunciation would include a "ts" sound before "keee". But it is true, it does get dropped in the adulterated second-generation form.
agree  RHELLER: :-)
3 hrs
  -> Hi Rita. I'm glad you are in a good mood :)
agree  jccantrell: yep, the 'ts' sound would NOT be reproduced by an American.
4 hrs
  -> Thank you. Used to sound a bit weird to me, but in fact that's perfectly natural.
agree  Rania KH
4 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  mstkwasa: The fact that the spelling has been altered probably from "Czernicki" to "Chernicky" suggests that this person would pronounce his/her name as you suggested above.
4 hrs
  -> The spelling you provided is likely to have been the original. Thank you.
agree  Will Matter
3 days 5 hrs
  -> Thank you Will!
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
cher-NITS-ki


Explanation:
if it's an original Polish name. In Polish the last but one syllable is stressed. Good luck, Antonina Zaitseva!

Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Local time: 16:57
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Chmelarova: or Slovak Èernický - Chernicky - Cher-nit-sky
1 day 15 hrs
  -> Pretty nice of you, pretty! Thank you :)
neutral  Mikhail Kropotov: Informative but irrelevant :) The question requests American pronunciation, not Polish.
3 days 7 hrs
  -> It depdends.
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