Comments by "PeterC" (@peterc4082) on "Words we've ruined." video.

  1. Given the way you pronounce croissant, you should pronounce Sokolowski correctly also and it's pronounced sokowovski, with the first w said as the w in Wendy. It's a Polish surname and comes from sokol which means falcon. So it's Peter Falconer. But given the chauvinism in the past against Poles (and others) pronunciations were dismissed. But times have changed maybe people should say these names correctly now.
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  2. Other words, eg SICK OR BROKEN. Broken may mean overpowered and sick is now cool.
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  3. Sokolowski is pronounced SOKOWOVSKI. W as Wendy. The L is originally the L with a dash in it, in Polish, it's said as w is said in win or Wendy.
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