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   Dorothy J Heydt to garym@mcgath.com   
   Re: Pronunciation   
   05 Oct 25 03:06:25   
   
   From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article <10brt6s$2m3um$1@dont-email.me>,   
   Gary McGath   wrote:   
   >On 10/3/25 4:43 PM, Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:   
   >> On 10/3/25 3:56 PM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> Also, "Georgian" probably isn't the right term anyway, or at least   
   >>> we're not pronouncing it right, given that the first two Georges   
   >>> were German, hence would have pronounced their names as "Gay-org."   
   >>   
   >> But the English people probably all pronounced it the way we do.   
   >   
   >The German name is spelled "Georg." His birth name was most likely   
   >Georg, but if you spell it as in English, it should be pronounced as in   
   >English.   
   >   
   >If I saw "George" as a German name, I'd have to pronounce it "Gay-org-uh."   
      
   [Hal Heydt]   
   Or, if you are taking German, there is that English playwrite...   
   Shock-ess-pay-are-a.   
      
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