Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles - I don't know where my tongue belongs. I feel like it doesn't touch any part of my mouth, somehow. - I've never seen letters that do that. - I feel like Polish is a (clears throat) language, right? - "Shet". - "Chet-um". - "Shell-tru-um". - "Chaim". - Chelm? - But there's a T. - That's not a T, that's an L with a cross through it? - Nope, not gonna get this one. - That A's got a dick! - "Groot-squids". - "Grood-zee-gots". - "Grood-zee-odds". - "Grood-goz". - Grudziadz? - Oh, that's much "Frenchier" than I thought. - Okay, this one looks like it has - more of the made-up letters. - Not made up, they're Polish, that's theirs. - What do they sound like? - (honks, laughs) - "Wow-wack". - "La-tock-ick". - "Lock-loo-eck"? - (laughs) What? "Wook-suave-eck"? - See, now I've learned that W's really a V, - and that's something I should have known - from the beginning. - I just get thrown when they - throw all those consonants together. - I'm gonna guess that the R does not make a sound - and that it's "Zes-zow". - "Rue-jew". - "Res-oh". - "Er-zez-ow". - "Rez-is-zwah" (laughs). - Rzeszow. - I appreciate the use of Z's, - because we don't use Z's enough. - "Shush-sho-vah". - "Jiz-stock-on-wah". - "Jesh-stock-ah-wah". - "Zes-osh-uah", "Zes-osh-uh-vah". - How does it sound? - No. - Czeestochowa? - This looks like just something you pulled out - of a bag of Scrabble, like you just reached in - and pulled out a bunch of letters and you're like, - well, I'm (bleeped). - S-Z-C-Z sound is one that escapes me. - "Bid-duh-gah-zvzvzvzv". - "Bid-gah-shhhzzz". - "Bid-go-shhhzzz". - Bydgoszcz. - It's got its own echo. - See now, this is a short one, - but I know it's gonna throw me. - This looks like this word was tried - to be crossed out, like, three times. - This is how they say LOLZ, right? - This looks fun. - I'm just gonna have fun with this one, "luz". - "Lodz". - "Wah-duh-z". - "Yez". - (laughs) Lodz, that's my favorite. - "Wads-ah-wah". - "Wars-wars-ow-wuh". - "War-zhav-uh". - "Was-ah-wah-wah-wah-wah" (laughs) does it repeat? - "Wars-va-va". - Warszawa. - It makes a little more sense now, - when you tell me what the symbols do. - All right, you won, Poland, you won. - [Voiceover] I like the letters you're bringing into the game, these ones I've never heard of, like the (mumbling), I don't know how to pronounce it yet, I'll get there. - Do widzenia, what's that? Do widzenia.
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