A Polish name I believe.

Holger (hard G)Shookai with a bit of a 'Z' in the 'Sh' sound and the ai as in eye. Jeff to his friends.

Jeez (soft J), has my life come to this?

Kazookay.

(with a hard 'g' in Holger)

... but this is good.

One of my patients was a Polish WW2 RAF veteran who had a surname which, at first glance, looked like:

Chczchzsztchlovskzkzkzchsklychsshch

He told me, very patiently, how the Polish consonant groups worked and how logical the pronunciation of these names actually was. I have always remembered what he taught me and, in recent years, many Eastern European people have been pleasantly surprised that I can manage their names without help.

Today, The Times carried the obituary for the last Polish pilot who flew in The Battle Of Britain.

I thought of my old patient, who wore his pilot's wings on his blazer with fierce pride and refused to leave the country which had given him the chance to strike back against his most hated enemy and to which, he felt, he owed a debt that could never be repayed.

I still feel proud to have met him and to have learned from him.