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At 10:43 PM 6/17/2003, Lars wrote:
I hope Steve speaks up to remind us of the interesting fact that his family pronounces his name "Minch", which appears to be an adaptation (and as such fairly unusual) of a German umlaut into English. (I see, Jeni has already done so.)
The vast majority of Americans will fake it and get it wrong, and say something closer to "Munchian" with a short 'u' as in the way they (we) say "Punjab". And Americans hate to be told they're wrong. :->
(Sorry, OT)
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Subject: RE: [xsl] grouping by unique... From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 12:44:39 -0400 |
At 10:43 PM 6/17/2003, Lars wrote:
Or go Muenchian. (Btw how do you pronounce that?)
I hope Steve speaks up to remind us of the interesting fact that his family pronounces his name "Minch", which appears to be an adaptation (and as such fairly unusual) of a German umlaut into English. (I see, Jeni has already done so.)
The vast majority of Americans will fake it and get it wrong, and say something closer to "Munchian" with a short 'u' as in the way they (we) say "Punjab". And Americans hate to be told they're wrong. :->
(Sorry, OT)
Cheers, Wendell
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