How to pronounce "Tomasz"

Mister X   Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:28 pm GMT
How is the "sz" combination pronounced in Polish? Is it voiced or unvoiced? Is more like /s/ or more like /ʃ/?
matko   Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:34 pm GMT
/ʃ/
K. T.   Thu Sep 03, 2009 5:22 pm GMT
That's interesting. I'm glad you asked that.
matko   Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:26 pm GMT
but attention, in Hungarian it's vice versa, S [ʃ] while SZ [s]
Tom   Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:53 pm GMT
The Polish "sz" is a harsher and lower sound than English "sh". By the way, the proper IPA symbol for the Polish "sz" is ʂ.