[Buckeye Battle Cry]

“Polish” and “polish” are the only words in the English language that change BOTH pronunciation AND meaning merely by capitalizing the first letter.

[Arthur McGowan]

And it would be correct to write:

“Polish” and “Polish” are the only words in the English language that change BOTH pronunciation AND meaning merely by capitalizing the first letter.

[PLMerite]

” “Polish” and “polish”...”

Not to mention being the basis for a bad joke.

[left that other site]

re: “Polish” and “polish”.

There is a manicure place nearby called the “Polish Spa” and I always mentally read it as the central European Slavic Nationality rather than the enamel that is painted upon the finger and toenails.

Every time.