Talk:Annastacia Palaszczuk

message: So her surname is polish, yeah? Anglicised it would be pronounced something like pa-lAz-chook, where the z is like the s in measure. But no, she (and I assume her father) pronounce it palA-shay. WTF? How do you even get shay out of chook? Are queenslanders really that bad at reading and pronouncing 'foreign' name? This is the state that had to deal with Bjelkepetersen, Byel-key, surely a good aussie word like chook isn't beyond them. Anyway, does anyone know? 60.240.207.146 (talk) 23:51, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps it was not because it was more or less difficult to pronounce, but because it sounded like the "good aussie word" 'chook' that Annastacia's father decided to pronounce the name a different way. I know a few people whose migrant ancestors have altered their name's native pronunciation or spelling because it sounds like a slang word or insult in their new country. --Canley (talk) 00:27, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Quite possibly. Although, chook is not too uncommon a nickname, though, but usually due to having the surname Fowler or similar. The earliest reference to the pronunciation is in Hansard from 1985, where her father (also an MP) corrected the pronunciation of his name. Since he was elected in 1984, I suspect there might not be an earlier reference on the record. It may have even been his parents that altered the pronunciation. They would have arrived in very white times, and reffo kids did often have a hard time growing up. 60.240.207.146 (talk) 11:41, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

text: Not entirely sure about that. Apparently her nickname in her final year at school was 'Chook' and her father was already in Parliament at the time. 60.242.1.97 (talk) 13:29, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

text: In any case, it's not hard to imagine that a pollie, particularly a Labor pollie, wouldn't want to be known as the Palace Chook! Ptilinopus (talk) 07:18, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

text: still gives no right to this site to change the truth as Wikipedia does all the time.. 193.116.239.223 (talk) 21:20, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text:  The "truth" is that this is how her father and she both pronounce their own surname. That's the end of the matter. As to why it changed from the "correct" Polish pronunciation, that's not of concern to this article. -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 21:44, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

text: Whether it is "right" or "wrong" isn't the issue here, it's what is in common use. If you listen to radio/TV news (e.g.  , the pronunciation that is *used* consistently is what is here in the article. In the 2nd URL at about 42 seconds, you will hear her say her name as she takes the oath of office. Kerry (talk) 22:47, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

text: I’d love to know! How many -szczuk names are there? Is it a Qld thing; an Aussie thing; or most “Englanders”?  Why not change the spelling?  MBG02 (talk) 07:07, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

text: Then we have Daniel Ricciardo, pron. as "Ricahdo". Nobody has any trouble saying Christina Ricci's surname as "Richy", but add an -ardo on and all bets are off. Ah, Australia, the most multicultural nation on Earth, whose citizens have the greatest proportion of tin ears of any country. --  Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 06:10, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why the weird pronunciation? 

message: She is Premier-elect until sworn in on 14 February. 203.9.185.136 (talk) 06:55, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
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message: This article seems to be getting repeatedly vandalised with biased political opinions relating to the February 2016 lockout laws. 1.132.96.117 (talk) 09:04, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I have requested semi-protection, which might help a little. LynwoodF (talk) 12:50, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
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message: Yet to be added is an approved summary of recent actions that are introducing increasingly stricter anti-protester laws.
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message: “Polish: Annastacia Pałaszczuk”, in Polish her name would of been Anastazja, not Annastacia.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2406:E003:A23:8801:84C1:2886:21F6:B2ED (talk) 23:40, 27 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  But in English, her name would have been since "of" does not belong in a modal verb. 49.179.16.148 (talk) 07:22, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Polish 

message: In the article, amicably is in Scare quotes here:
 Palaszczuk and Drabsch split 'amicably' in February 2018.
Either Szcz and Bsch "split amicably in February 2018" if that's a direct quote from the reference or they split amicably in February 2018 if it's a paraphrase but the scare quotes around amicably do not benefit the reader. Maybe some contributor had an unknown axe to grind and used scare quotes, but this isn't the place for that.
I propose removing the apostrophes from the excerpt I quoted. 49.179.16.148 (talk) 07:16, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:06, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Amicably 

message: Should we add a reference perhaps in the lead, or personal life section about her nickname "Palachook'? This is in common use in Queensland and somewhat resembles the traditional pronunciation in her native Polish, as discussed in the topic above. 203.46.132.214 (talk) 06:49, 8 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference to her nickname Palachook?