[78-L] Pronunciation of "Thies"

[David Lennick]

"Teez" is what a linguist would tell you to say. Most furrin names got 
themselves Americanized (except Ferde Grofe, which is always mispronounced 
"gro-FAY") so it would probably be "Theez".

dl

DanKj wrote:
>  "Teez" is how I'd say it ... but what do I know
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> --- On Sat, 11/1/08, Glenn Robison <Glenn at GlennRobison.com> wrote:
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>> From: Glenn Robison <Glenn at GlennRobison.com>
>> Subject: [78-L] Pronunciation of "Thies"
>> To: 78-l at 78online.com
>> Date: Saturday, November 1, 2008, 7:31 PM
>> Greetings
>>
>> Does anyone on the list know the correct pronunciation of
>> Henry Thies 
>> last name?
>>
>> He was born on this date in 1893, and will be featured on
>> my program 
>> tomorrow.
>>
>> Thanks!
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