Talking Smart: Foreign Names

Vlastimil Stožický (Czech.)
In Czech language "ž" stands for [zh], while "-cky" and "-cka" endings should be read as [tski] and [tska], NOT [ki] and [ka]: [stozhitski].

Zbigniew Małkowski (Pol.)
A tricky Polish name is pronounced this way: [zbignev].

Edu Drácena (Br.)
In the nickname of this Brazilian defenseman of Besiktas the stress falls onto the first syllable.