And not just Poles...guilty as charged. My family has been
mispronouncing 'Geilfuss' for generations ie. short 'i' sound for 'ei' instead
of the correct long 'i' sound. This was quickly pointed out to me when I was
working in Germany back in the 70's. Just don't ask me to translate it.
Charlie "magical foot" Geilfuss (and that's the better of the two translations
I've heard)
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But it's my experience that most 2nd or 3rd generation Poles in the US
don't have a clue about how to properly pronounce even their own names.
Chuck Norcutt
Geilfuss Charles wrote:
> Reminds me of the first job I had out of residency when I worked at a
> small hospital outside of Niagara Falls, NY. There was a large Polish
> population in the area and trying to dictate names that are 12
> letters long with only two vowels was quite a challege for someone
> who grew up in an area of the US with few Polish immigrants. The
> secretaries got quite a chuckle out of my attempts of pronunciation.
>
> Charlie
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