Proper pronounciation of 'Aldwych'

In article <bfub3q$j26cj$1@ID-73514.news.uni-berlin.de>,
philxxxxdav@ (Redonda) wrote:

> Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
> > In article <62a2134393f386d86b913542898c770a@free.teranews.co m>,
> > paul@cummins.ie.eu.org (Paul Cummins) wrote:
> >
> >> In article
> >> <memo.20030726012408.1904B@a01-09-5548.rosenstiel.cix.co.uk>,
> >> rosenstiel@cix.co.uk (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:
> >>
> >>> ISTR it's not uncommon in Scotland though I can only think of
> >>> place name examples off the top of my head. Given the spelling and
> >>> pronunciation of my (German origin) surname, I have taken a
> >>> slight interest in this rule.
> >>
> >> Row-zen-sh-teal, shirley?
> >
> > Not in the UK. -steel here.
>
> And '-stile' in America.

Not so. My brother, sister-in-law and nephew all live there. The North
Americans seem to have fewer problems with the name than the British.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

"Redonda" <philxxxxdav@> wrote in message
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> Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
> > In article <bfub3q$j26cj$1@ID-73514.news.uni-berlin.de>,
> > philxxxxdav@ (Redonda) wrote:
> >
> <snip>
> >>> Not in the UK. -steel here.
> >>
> >> And '-stile' in America.
> >
> > Not so. My brother, sister-in-law and nephew all live there. The
> North
> > Americans seem to have fewer problems with the name than the
> British.
>
> The Americans I met while living in Berlin (including the 3 I shared
> an apartment with) always pronounced 'ie' as 'eye' for example they
> called Riesling (wine) 'rye-sling'. Maybe it's regional (my American
> friends were mostly from California) or proper names don't follow
> general usage?

Americans have great problems with names such as Cecil ("SEE-sul" rather
than "SESS-ul") and Bernard ("ber-NARD" rather than "BERN-ud"). And then
you've got names like Zellweger which they pronounce as spelled rather than
"TSELL-vayg-air". But I'd have problems with many US names of American
Indian origin, so I suppose we're about honours even!

What's the correct pronunciation of Braun, as in the name of the
manufacturer of kitchen appliances - "Brawn" or "Brown" (the latter being
the German pronunciation).

Being new to this (AND from Germany) I must admit that you're absolutely
right: Vee-Dub sound a lot better than our Fow-Vay (wouldn't have known how
to write this so that everybody know how the Germans pronounce it until I
found it here)... :-)

Lars



"Redonda" <philxxxxdav@> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:bfv94d$j8j5j$1@ID-73514.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Graham J wrote:
> >> What's the correct pronunciation of Braun, as in the name of the
> >> manufacturer of kitchen appliances - "Brawn" or "Brown" (the
> latter
> >> being the German pronunciation).
> >
> > I think it rather depends on where you are. It 'should' be "Brown"
> > but internationally they themselves use the "Brawn" pronunciation
> to
> > go with the flow. Other German brands like Adidas and Volkswagen
> do
> > the same thing.
>
> But 'Vee-Dub' sounds *much* better than 'Fow-Vay' (that's 'fow' as in
> 'how', not 'low') :-)
>
> --
>
> Phil ,,,^.".^,,,

Redonda wrote:
>
> Graham J wrote:
> >> What's the correct pronunciation of Braun, as in the name of the
> >> manufacturer of kitchen appliances - "Brawn" or "Brown" (the
> latter
> >> being the German pronunciation).
> >
> > I think it rather depends on where you are. It 'should' be "Brown"
> > but internationally they themselves use the "Brawn" pronunciation
> to
> > go with the flow. Other German brands like Adidas and Volkswagen
> do
> > the same thing.
>
> But 'Vee-Dub' sounds *much* better than 'Fow-Vay' (that's 'fow' as in
> 'how', not 'low') :-)
>
Spaniards have to cope with (phonetically) oobay oobay-doblay.

Hey - maybe that's why Volkswagen bought Seat.

Colin McKenzie