Kyle? Russian?

Kyles last name sounds russian (or whatever the correct term is...). Is it? Or am I mistaken? If it isn't then does anybody know what it is?

Cyberwolf

Cyberwolf wrote:

He's Jewish, so he has a Jewish last name.

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I'm not intending to make any incorrect generalizations here, but I've noticed that many names which end in -ski are polish, so Broslovski may be too.

I think it might be Polish/Austria-Hungarian (as Poland wasn't really Poland a *WAAAAYYY* back when--all those Eastern European Countries were one big thingy called Austria Hungary--no separate Poland, Czechlaslovakia, etc.) as I'm pretty familiar with those names--my ancestors were all from various places in Eastern Europe, and their names (can't remember the names--I read them once on a family tree that's being researched right now) had that same sound about them.

~Kyle Broslofski~

Poland was not part of the Austria-Hungarian empire. It(Poland) has been partioned many times in in its history. Much of the time it has been part of the Russian empire. Variously, it has been controlled by Prussia, and even Lithuania. Besides, the Polish language and culture still existed regardless of which power controlled Poland. Broslofski is a Polish name, the family is Jewish. Poland had a large Jewish population which was nearly oblitarated during the Holocaust. Very few of the survivors stayed in Poland, for obvious reasons. Both the mother, Sheila, and Kyle have Irish first names, which are seem somewhat unusual.

What I meant to say was that most of modern-day Poland was not part of Austria-Hungary. Krakow and other parts of southern Poland were part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire.

If you excuse the history lesson, Poland was a country for a while...or at least until russia, Prussia (now part of germany), and Austria divided it up amoungst themselves in the 1600-1700's. Now I must also include, that I'm hungarian (100%), and I'm damned you know anything about hungary, b/c when I tell everyone where I'm from they're like WHERE?

If you excuse the history lesson, Poland was a country for a while...or at least until russia, Prussia (now part of germany), and Austria (at the time austria and hungary were both ruled by the same person but still had seperate names) divided it up amoungst themselves in the 1600-1700's. Now I must also include, that I'm hungarian (100%), and I'm damned you know anything about hungary, b/c when I tell everyone where I'm from they're like WHERE? -me

As anyone who has seen the movie "Avalon" would know, ending with an "i" is Polish. Ending with a "y" is Russian. Kyle's family is most likely of Polish descent. I think.

--CS

Ohh my god, I know so many fake Russians. They're last names end in R, N, M, and uhh, I don't know the last one. But ne ways my point? Don't assume...it's makes an ass out of u and me. -me

Dearest Ann,

My cheek. My tongue. Firmly planted in it. At all times. When in this newsgroup. Besides, I didn't make an assumption. I pointed out a trend (I.e., that a name ending in a "ski" sound that ends in an "i" tends to be Polish, while names ending in "ski" sounds with a "y" tend to be Russian. They do. Tend that way. Further more, just to make sure my ass was extra well covered, I cited as my source the movie "Avalon". Hardly heavy-weight material.)

--CS

As anyone who has seen the movie "Avalon" would know, ending with an "i" is Polish. Ending with a "y" is Russian. Kyle's family is most likely of Polish descent. I think.

Your original post is above. Sorry I have to nitpick but you were broadly saying "is", properly you should have said, "is often" -me

I agree my last name is Rygielski and I'm polish.

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On 29 Sep 1998, Ann wrote:

I meant that he was saying "every" polish person's last name ends in an I. Given, many may end in an I but not everyone. -me

Hey, Maybe Kyle's mother is Russian. She has her accent and everything, and his dad and him have no accent. Thanks, Jeremy Gallen [email] http://www.bigfoot.com/~jmgallen

Well...

My original post is still above, and it looks to me like I'm not saying that every Polish name ends in "I". It looks like I'm saying that every name ending in "I" is Polish. (There *is* a difference.) I'd like to ammend that to, "ending in 'ski'", but I stand by the ammended statement. Can you find an exception?

Besides, we're speaking in the vernacular, here. Does it really matter if one little implication is just slightly off?

--Morris Kurzman (Guess *my* ancestry.)

P.S. If I'd been saying, as you say, that every Polish name ends in "I", my original post would have read, "...Polish is ending with an I. Russian is ending with a Y", instead of "...ending with an I is Polish. Ending with a Y is Russian".

P.P.S. In the interests of keeping this thread at least tangentially related to South Park, I'd like to add that I am not only without cable, but also without TV entirely, and if their are any kind souls in the NYC area who'd be willing to tape South Park until I'm with TV, I'd be very grateful. Potentially financially grateful. Potentially.