[78-L] Pronunciation of "Thies" [FWD]

[Mike Harkin]

Looks German, which would be Teece, as in 'fleece'.  As always, the question is, 'how does the owner of the name say it?'

Mike in Plovdiv


--- On Sat, 11/1/08, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Pronunciation of "Thies"
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Saturday, November 1, 2008, 8:40 PM
> "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
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- On Sat, 11/1/08, Glenn Robison
> <Glenn at GlennRobison.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> 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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