"tsawn-rat-fuh-briek free-driks-hu-fn"
Kim "How would you pronounce Klakow" Klakow Berlin, Germany
> It took my a while to figure out what Ernest Csuka meant when he spoke
> about a Monsieur "Sawn-Chay". When I apologized, because I used the
german
> pronounciation ("Singer" pretty close to the same english word) in the
same
> conversation, he said that this is also ok because the name is of german
> origin. Alex Singer's family came from Alsace which is France (since 1919)
but
> the language spoken there is german.
>
> Dirk "how would you pronounce Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen" Feeken
>
> --
> Dirk Feeken
> Heidelberg
> Germany
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
> [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of
raleighpro@dejazzd.com
> Sent: Montag, 12. Januar 2004 13:56
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Cc: Mercurys43@aol.com
> Subject: Re: RE:[CR]French Names and Pronunciations (Dave Whitney)
>
> [...]
>
> Seriously though if it's a family name that the company is named for seems
> there is only one right way to say it.
>
> Pete Geurds (ryhmes with birds - though people try to turn me into a
> certain ornamental vegetable on occasion)
>
> Douglassville, Pa
>
> _______________________________________________
>
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