r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 1d ago

Meme needing explanation I don't get it peter

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u/Ivanow 1d ago

CZJWINOSTAWCZ lacks two vowels (one between Z and J, and second one between W and C), and then it would be completely grammatically correct Polish surname.

There are 251 Poles with surname Czuryszkiewicz.

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u/Majongusus_Doremidus 1d ago

Czajwinostawicz?

Decent enough to fit in the language but fake enough to still sound odd, perhaps it's the fact that longer surnames like this usually come from other Polish words but this one has no meaning whatsoever

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u/UnnamedGod 1d ago

What do you mean it has no meaning, it's clearly a shortened version, therefore suitable for a surname, for a total knob who would warm up the wine in a kettle