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From: Bobbi <>
Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Off Subject But Genealogy Related
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:20:04 -0400
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Hi Ursula,

I'm sorry but I have to disagree with you. It is quite possible for names
to have an "h" in it that is not pronounced.

My grandmother's maiden name is Theussert. And that is the way it is
written in the German records. Also think of the name Christof or
Christian. They are also spelled with the letter "h".

Bobbi


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ursula"
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Sent: 20 October, 2011 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: [G-P-L] Off Subject But Genealogy Related


> Karl,
>
> unlike in the English language, in the German any words are pronounced the
> way they are spelled, by that I mean to say that
> the name "Whitten" would first of all not be spelled with an "h" and would
> be pronounced to rhyme with "written", without the "r" of course.
>
> That said, if your ggrandma's maiden name was pronounced to rhyme with
> "Whiting" then the German derivative could have been spelled as
> "Weiting" [rymes with "writing"], or "Weiding" [rhymes with "siding"].
>
> Let's see what Vera can come up with.
>
> Ursula

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