In article m,
(Paul Cummins) wrote:

In article
,
(Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:

ISTR it's not uncommon in Scotland though I can only think of place
name examples off the top of my head. Given the spelling and
pronunciation of my (German origin) surname, I have taken a slight
interest in this rule.

--
Colin Rosenstiel


Row-zen-sh-teal, shirley?

Not in the UK. -steel here.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article m,
(Paul Cummins) wrote:

In article
,
(Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:

ISTR it's not uncommon in Scotland though I can only think of
place
name examples off the top of my head. Given the spelling and
pronunciation of my (German origin) surname, I have taken a
slight
interest in this rule.

--
Colin Rosenstiel


Row-zen-sh-teal, shirley?

Not in the UK. -steel here.

And '-stile' in America.

--

Phil ,,,^.".^,,,




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In article ,
(Redonda) wrote:

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article m,
(Paul Cummins) wrote:

In article
,
(Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:

ISTR it's not uncommon in Scotland though I can only think of
place name examples off the top of my head. Given the spelling and
pronunciation of my (German origin) surname, I have taken a
slight interest in this rule.

Row-zen-sh-teal, shirley?

Not in the UK. -steel here.

And '-stile' in America.

Not so. My brother, sister-in-law and nephew all live there. The North
Americans seem to have fewer problems with the name than the British.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article ,
(Redonda) wrote:

snip
Not in the UK. -steel here.

And '-stile' in America.

Not so. My brother, sister-in-law and nephew all live there. The
North
Americans seem to have fewer problems with the name than the
British.

The Americans I met while living in Berlin (including the 3 I shared
an apartment with) always pronounced 'ie' as 'eye' for example they
called Riesling (wine) 'rye-sling'. Maybe it's regional (my American
friends were mostly from California) or proper names don't follow
general usage?

--

Phil ,,,^.".^,,,




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Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article ,
(Redonda) wrote:

snip
Not in the UK. -steel here.

And '-stile' in America.

Not so. My brother, sister-in-law and nephew all live there. The
North
Americans seem to have fewer problems with the name than the
British.

The Americans I met while living in Berlin (including the 3 I shared
an apartment with) always pronounced 'ie' as 'eye' for example they
called Riesling (wine) 'rye-sling'. Maybe it's regional (my American
friends were mostly from California) or proper names don't follow
general usage?

Americans have great problems with names such as Cecil ("SEE-sul" rather
than "SESS-ul") and Bernard ("ber-NARD" rather than "BERN-ud"). And then
you've got names like Zellweger which they pronounce as spelled rather than
"TSELL-vayg-air". But I'd have problems with many US names of American
Indian origin, so I suppose we're about honours even!

What's the correct pronunciation of Braun, as in the name of the
manufacturer of kitchen appliances - "Brawn" or "Brown" (the latter being
the German pronunciation).

"Martin Underwood" wrote in message
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What's the correct pronunciation of Braun, as in the name of the
manufacturer of kitchen appliances - "Brawn" or "Brown" (the latter
being
the German pronunciation).

Some years ago I read an interview with Dieter Rams (Braun design
genius) who said something along the lines of "It means brown and it's
pronounced brown"

In article ,
(Redonda) wrote:

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article ,
(Redonda) wrote:

snip
Not in the UK. -steel here.

And '-stile' in America.

Not so. My brother, sister-in-law and nephew all live there. The
North Americans seem to have fewer problems with the name than the
British.

The Americans I met while living in Berlin (including the 3 I shared
an apartment with) always pronounced 'ie' as 'eye' for example they
called Riesling (wine) 'rye-sling'. Maybe it's regional (my American
friends were mostly from California) or proper names don't follow
general usage?

I can't be held responsible for ignorant North Americans.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Graham J wrote:
What's the correct pronunciation of Braun, as in the name of the
manufacturer of kitchen appliances - "Brawn" or "Brown" (the
latter
being the German pronunciation).

I think it rather depends on where you are. It 'should' be "Brown"
but internationally they themselves use the "Brawn" pronunciation
to
go with the flow. Other German brands like Adidas and Volkswagen
do
the same thing.

But 'Vee-Dub' sounds *much* better than 'Fow-Vay' (that's 'fow' as in
'how', not 'low') :-)

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Phil ,,,^.".^,,,




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Being new to this (AND from Germany) I must admit that you're absolutely
right: Vee-Dub sound a lot better than our Fow-Vay (wouldn't have known how
to write this so that everybody know how the Germans pronounce it until I
found it here)... :-)

Lars



"Redonda" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Graham J wrote:
What's the correct pronunciation of Braun, as in the name of the
manufacturer of kitchen appliances - "Brawn" or "Brown" (the
latter
being the German pronunciation).

I think it rather depends on where you are. It 'should' be "Brown"
but internationally they themselves use the "Brawn" pronunciation
to
go with the flow. Other German brands like Adidas and Volkswagen
do
the same thing.

But 'Vee-Dub' sounds *much* better than 'Fow-Vay' (that's 'fow' as in
'how', not 'low') :-)

--

Phil ,,,^.".^,,,

Martin Underwood wrote:
"Redonda" wrote in message
...
Lars wrote:
Being new to this (AND from Germany) I must admit that you're
absolutely right: Vee-Dub sound a lot better than our Fow-Vay
(wouldn't have known how to write this so that everybody know how
the Germans pronounce it until I found it here)... :-)

But "Käfer" sounds better than "Beetle" or "Bug" - I hate insects
:-(

What does the German word "Käfer" mean?

Beet..oh yuch!! )

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