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I like Pat Sajak . D or no d.
Absolute bookmark.
Neat guy. He is a Viet Nam era vet who down plays his service. Yes, he was a disc jockey for armed forces radio, but unlike so many, he served.
VERY NICE!
Mr. Sajak’s family came from an area of Poland that was ruled by Austria during WWI and before.
I wonder if he had been from a village that was under control of Russia and the cyrillic alphabet, it would look different when it was translated into latin letters.
Thanks so much for posting.
Leni
Great story. Wish I could know more about my father’s side of the family, not from Poland, but in that corner of Europe.
Sorry, I have to disavow Pat Sajak because his father was an abusive alcoholic, and of course white, hence inevitably racist. /sarc
“Zero-tolerance history”
Nice
Interesting story. He seems to be a thoroughly nice guy.
Hey, thanks for posting that. I enjoyed it so much!
Hey, thanks for posting that. I enjoyed it so much!
Thanks for that post - it really touched my heartstrings.
I wish I had a chance to tell Pat there really is at least one advantage to having an unpronounceable Polish name with a bunch of silent letters: you always know when it’s a telemarketer on the phone. Although I guess if you’re Pat Sajak, you may not have to worry about telemarketers that much.
Thanks for the best overnight/early a.m. reading I’ve seen today. Pat Sajak tells his unique story yet it’s not hard to imagine that there are millions of parallel stories from that era of European immigration to the US. All of the endings may not match the fame and fortune of a TV personality but Pat’s story illustrates well that essentially all benefitted greatly from one heroic act of that faraway family member who left to find freedom. The “d” was lost along the way yet so much more was added, due to freedom.
Great story! Pat grew up in the same neighborhood I am from on the East Side of Chicago. He is just a few years older than me.
bkmk
