[78-L] fwd: The CD is dead

[Steven C. Barr]

From: "Michael Shoshani" <mshoshani at sbcglobal.net>
> On Sat, 2011-01-15 at 21:35 -0800, Cary Ginell wrote:
>> As for the erros in this blog..."Emil" Berliner? 
> They're correct, on a technicality. He was born Emil, and changed it to
> Emile when he came to the US. Why he did that, I have no idea; I've
> heard his first name pronounced "Emily" so many times it drives me
> nuts. 
> However, in his native Germany it's still Emil, and Deutsche Grammophon
> has a complex that they call Emil Berliner Haus.
> 
Berliner was born/raised in Alcase-Lorraine; an area which was constantly
being fought over by France and Germany for MANY decades! As a
result he was very likely to have been fluent in both Gernan and French
He may well have been registered as "Emil" if he was born while he
lived under German rule; however, once France took over control
(and especoally after moving to Montreal!) he would gave becone "EmilE!"

Steven C. Barr