quest for info/suggestions. re: dialects

[Dennis R. Preston]

Close Andrea. It's where shit comes from rather than the stuff itself, but
us Hungarians are always ready to yuk it up.

dInIs

>"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

Dennis R. Preston
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Michigan State University
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