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

[Chris Zwarg]

At 08:54 02.11.2008, you wrote:
>Looks German, which would be Teece, as in 'fleece'.

Certainly rather "Teece" than "Teez" - spoken German doesn't have voiced consonants at the end of words (even where they are written they are always pronounced as their voiceless equivalent). Carefully pronouncing final -b/-d/-g as written (insteda of correct -p/-t/-k) is a common mistake by non-native speakers of German.

> Most furrin names got 
>> themselves Americanized (except Ferde Grofe, which is
>> always mispronounced 
>> "gro-FAY") so it would probably be
>> "Theez".
>> 
>> dl

"gro-FAY" is probably rather correct, as the name is usually spelt "Grofé" with an accent on the final E. 

Chris Zwarg