[Ads-l] Przbyla

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Sat Aug 5 01:44:35 UTC 2017


> On Aug 4, 2017, at 8:58 PM, Galen Buttitta <satorarepotenetoperarotas3 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> It'd be closer to the original Polish as "pshiBILLa".
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Aug 4, 2017, at 20:38, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> 
>> What they is that? Heidi? Her parents?
>> 
>> I wouldn't expect news people to get my name right, and mine is actually
>> easy.

Well, maybe just if they were practicing Goncha-journalism.  (I’m sure you’ve heard that too often…)

LH
>> 
>>> On Aug 4, 2017 8:31 PM, "Jonathan Lighter" <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> But they say "Priz-BELL-uh."
>>> 
>>> JL
>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 6:34 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Przybyla.
>>>> per-zih-bih-la
>>>> 
>>>> DanG
>>>> 
>>>>> On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 6:28 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Is her name _Przbyla_ or _Przybyla_?
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 6:01 PM, Jonathan Lighter <
>>> wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com
>>>>> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Heidi Przbyla, senior political reporter for USA Today.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> MSNBC anchors pronounce it "Priz-BELL-uh" or "Prez-..."
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> JL
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