[78-L] Bix who?

[Taylor Bowie]

I figure a name should be pronounced however the person who bears the name 
decides to say it.

Many families who moved to the US from other countries ended up with 
"Americanized" spellings and pronunciations of their names...sometimes they 
chose to do so,  and sometimes they had it done by some immigration clerk at 
Ellis Island or wherever.

I've run into a few people over the years who have told me that my last name 
is "supposed" to be pronounced other than the way my family has chosen to 
say it for at least five generations..pretty funny when you think about it!


Taylor Bowie




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Erwin Kluwer" <ekluwer at gmail.com>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Bix who?


>I am Dutch but I know German..
>
> It is a German name and it should be pronounced (in the way you
> decribe) with the extra ''e" on the end
> ..
>
> Erwin
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 1:14 AM, <marimbamoods at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> what is the correct pronunciation of "Beiderbecke" ? one biography
>> suggested it is like "wider cheek," but that seems odd.
>>
>>
>> is that name German? don't the Germans pronounce the "e" on the end like
>> "eh" ?
>>
>>
>> "Bix" i can pronounce.
>>
>>
>> best, david harvey
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