[78-L] How do you pronounce "Gennett"?

[David Breneman]

--- On Sat, 1/19/13, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> That's a soft G. And emphasis on the
> second syl-LAB-ble.

Interesting.

I would expect it to be spelled "Genette" if that were
the case.  There's no accounting for how people pronounce
their family names (an associate of mine named Keane
pronounces it "Cane").  But "Gennett" as a hard G with
the accent on the first syllable seems a no-brainer.
It appears to be a central European name, and there are
no soft Gs in German (not even in "Germania").  :-)
It's like the difference between Giselle (Jiz-el') and
Gisele (Gee'-za-la).