quest for info/suggestions. re: dialects

[Andrea Vine]

"Dennis R. Preston" wrote:
>
> dInIs (who has even heard Frenchified pronunciations of his homeland
> cities, e.g. budaPEST - there are no 'pests" in "pesht" [it would be
> "peszt" if it were "pest"], and Hungarian stress always falls on the first
> syllable - [BUdapesht])
>

I was told that if Szeged (city in Hungary) is pronounced as though it were
written in Polish, the resultant meaning is "shit" (sheged [Polish] vs. seged
[Hungarian]).  So Hungarians get a real kick out of Polish tourists trying to
ask directions.

Andrea