Klarinet Archive - Posting 001364.txt from 1997/10

From: Detlef Kretschmer <detlef@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: Meyer und Meyer
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 22:54:47 -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

The "Y" sound is actually not QUITE correct. The most common pronounciation
is slightly more closed, somewhat like the "i" sound in "height".

I agree, the difference is minor.

Detlef

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