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From: armata at vms.cis.pitt.edu
Date: 30 Apr 1999 22:47:55 -0600
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> Oddly, I heard a while back from some Russian speaking folks, and
> depending on
> how you pronounce it and where you put the inflection, Straczynski can
> mean
> either "terror" or "passion."  I kind of like the symmetry of both.... 
> 
>  jms


They must have been trying to derive the name from Russian "strah" = terror, 
or from "strast" = passion.  Neither is likely, since you have to 
explain how to get from them to "stracz" in Straczynski.  

Straczynski is a Polish spelling which would make sense if it came from 
modern Belarus or western Ukraine, which Poland used to rule.  The name 
most likely derived from a town or village named Stratin/Stracin/Straczyn 
that some near or remote ancestor came from (originally the -ski ending 
was used by nobles to indicate ownership of a placename, but when it 
spread to lower classes -ski just indicated someone from there).  There's 
a Stratin in Ukraine, probably some others elsewhere too.  The name could 
also come from the root "strat", meaning loss (the t/cz alternation works 
out linguistically).  


Joe
armata at vms.cis.pitt.edu


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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 2 May 1999 19:27:33 -0600
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>Straczynski is a Polish spelling which would make sense if it came from 
>modern Belarus or western Ukraine, which Poland used to rule.

That's my understanding, that its roots are in Belorussia (Belarus).

 jms

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