Klarinet Archive - Posting 001359.txt from 1997/10

From: Neil Leupold <nleupold@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Meyer und Meyer
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 22:54:42 -0500

On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, Nicholas Yuk Sing Yip wrote:

> On this subject of Meyer and Meyer, How is "Meyer" actually pronounced?
> It would be interesting to know.(^_^)

It's pronounced MY-er, although in German the "r" sound is not as
emphatic as it is in English. It's always a dead giveaway that
somebody is a tourist when they draw out their r's at the ends of
German words.

Neil

   
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