I agree with you Pam! I just think nobody has the guts to start a petition because of Scientolgists’ potential repercussions…

I’m asserting Myszkiewicz is its origin. Argue over alternatives if it pleases you. Ideally without appeals to authority.

Oh, well, a native English speaker playing with dictionaries.

The name discussed is Mickiewicz. The version mentioned above, namely Miskewicz, is just an incorrect past transcription, because native English speakers cannot readily pronounce Mickiewicz [mitskyewich].

As a native speaker of more than two Slavic languages and having lived about 30 miles from Poland for about 25 years before moving to England, I can assure you that I happen to know what I am talking about.

This is my last comment on this topic, as I do not wish to spend the rest of body’s life in this thread.

From myszka, mysz, myšь‎ (mouse)

+ wicz/witz/vich/vic, etc. (family, clan)

Good try, but that is not true.

From the slavic word for “mouse.” 🐭🐭

Ellanorah, I think the CofS will lose a lot of money due to neglect as well, when finally some of the “ideal” buildings are sold off. I’ve heard of existing buildings left to suffer damage due to leaky roofs, and with elevators that don’t work.

And if you’ve ever seen what happens to these sort of properties when they get sold, new tenants with new ideas move in and they usually get gutted and renovated – just as the orgs did with them. Buyers will want to pay just for the “bones” of a building that they can then do what they want with. Except for possibly a few buildings in places where property values have gone up enough to wipe out losses from the sort of factors already mentioned, they will be getting something like pennies on the dollar for what they shelled out originally