To: Enterprise
Who do so many Polish names end in ski? Because they don’t have toboggans over there.
15 posted on
11/16/2006 11:52:27 AM PST by
Andyman
(God loves you just the way you are . . . but too much to leave you that way.)
To: Andyman
16 posted on
11/16/2006 11:55:53 AM PST by
Enterprise
(Let's not enforce laws that are already on the books, let's just write new laws we won't enforce.)
To: Andyman
Because they don’t have toboggans over there. Can you imagine? The character in "A Streetcar Named Desire" would be Stanley Kowaltoboggan. The soviet-era general would be Jaruzeltoboggan.
17 posted on
11/16/2006 11:58:33 AM PST by
Oberon
(What does it take to make government shrink?)
To: Andyman
The thought is that names that end in "ski" are tied to the village that was formerly owned by that family. Thus, the perception is that names that end in "-ski" denote relatives of the former Polish nobility. So for example, if you have the last name Grabowski, that would indicate that your relatives came from the village of Grabowo.
19 posted on
11/16/2006 12:02:52 PM PST by
dfwgator
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