From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article <10bu9nm$3jndk$2@dont-email.me>,   
   Gary McGath   wrote:   
   >On 10/4/25 11:06 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:   
   >> In article <10brt6s$2m3um$1@dont-email.me>,   
   >> Gary McGath   wrote:   
   >>> 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.   
   >   
   >Shakespeare is popular in Germany, and they have good translations of   
   >his work. "Sein oder nichtsein, das ist hier die Frage." They follow the   
   >rule of pronouncing the name in the language in which it's written, or   
   >at least giving it their best effort.   
      
   [Hal Heydt]   
   What I cited was from a high school German student, not a native   
   speaker.   
      
   And, of course, Felix Mendelsohn was quite taken with Shakespeare,   
   writing an overture for "Midsummer Nights Dream" when he was 17.   
      
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