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More about the Polonaise[0].

[0] https://culture.pl/en/work/dancing-through-history-the-polon...

Also https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/FSO_Polonez ;)

It's disappointing that neither Monika Ścisłowska with Rafał Niedzielski of apnews.com, nor Aleksandra Bogucka of culture.pl - all of them Polish people - bothered at least once to mention how this national dance is called in its mother tongue. So, here it is: polonez.

Oh wow, like 3 letters difference, pronounced identically in English, glad you cleared that up.

That's not the point, but whatever.

`polonez` is a deformation from the actual name `polonaise` (cf https://www.reddit.com/r/BoneAppleTea/), it makes sense that they don't mention it since it's obviously not Polish of origin (why would Polish people call it Polish dance ?)

They do mention the original Polish dance chodzony, extensively

Currently it's mostly referred to as "polonez", with that exact spelling. It's one of those loan words that got it's spelling changed in Polish.

And yet, this is exactly how it's been called in Poland for years. [1] Unsurprisingly, you can find "polonez" on gov.pl too. [2]

"a deformation from the actual name" in this context is called a loanword.

Regardless of etymology, an article talking about a national treasure being put on UNESCO list absolutely should mention that, IMO. Can be next to "chodzony". No problem with that. Even better, TBH.

AP didn't write even "chodzony", btw. Only "the «walking dance»".

  [1] https://sjp.pwn.pl/sjp/polonez;2572042.html
  [2] https://www.gov.pl/web/kultura/wpis-poloneza--tradycyjnego-tanca-polskiego-na-liste-reprezentatywna-niematerialnego-dziedzictwa-kulturowego-ludzkosci

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