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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