Re: Is Donald Tusk a Scotsman?
For ever young
| Hanna Burdon a écrit (¤) :
|> In news:hflam-D176F8....@news.telus.net, Henry Flam wrote:
>> I sent the following question to the Vancouver Public Library but did
>> not get an answer.
>> ================================================
>> I'm not quite sure how to begin to research a particular topic: In the
>> recent presidential election the losing candidate is named Donald Tusk.
>> Neither the first nor the last name are particularly Polish. That
>> puzzles me. Until fairly recently modern Poland has been a country with
>> with a population of homogenous ethnic background.
>
> Oversimplification.
>
>> One can tell this as the majority of Polish names have a Slavic origin.
>> Aside from Jews, the only sizeable source of non-Slavic names is German.
>>
>> The other wrinkle is the tendency to polonize foreign names, by adding
>> polish suffixes, for example, Berlin becomes Berlinski. Thus the name is
>> assimilated into Polish. While _Tusk_ could be German, or a
>> shortening of some other name,
>
> "Tusk" is a Kashubian name.
On aura entendu le pauvre Poivre, l'auteur du fameux « ouojtioua »,
parler, repris par sa Chazal (celle qui ignore la date du référendum sur
la constitution européenne en Suisse...) et autres pintades de la même
acabite, d'un certain « teusc », comme le « Sun »...
>> _Donald_ stands out like a sore thumb.
>
> Donald was his father's name. Apparently his father's mother spent some
> time abroad, where she met an English lord of that name. It is indeed
> uncommon in Poland.
>
>> I'd like to know how a Polish politician has a Scottish name. Is there
>> any way that I can track down an answer to this question? Thank you
>> in advance for any help that you can give me on this, admittedly, odd request.
>> ================================================
>>
>> I can speak and read Polish but can't write in Polish. If there are no
>> scholarly sources, I'd be interested in speculations and educated
>> guesses. TIA
>>
>> Henry Flam
>
> Hanna
>
> --
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> Google might not be right, but it certainly is quick.
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From: Hanna Burdon <babelfi...@poczta.onet.pl>
Newsgroups: alt.languages.polish
Subject: Re: Is Donald Tusk a Scotsman?
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 04:24:59 +0100
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