[78-L] Bix who?

[Taylor Bowie]

Our family goes with Door #3.

The well-known English singer whose first name is David uses #1...but his 
birth name was actually "Jones."





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 9:58 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Bix who?


> BO-wee, BOW-ee, or BOO-wee?
>
> (Only one way to pronounce Lennick, denks gott)
>
> dl
>
> On 2/27/2013 12:39 AM, Taylor Bowie wrote:
>> 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
> _______________________________________________
> 78-L mailing list
> 78-L at klickitat.78online.com
> http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l
>