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Simple question: Pronunciation of "Wernicke"?

Kenneth Collins k.p.collins at worldnet.att.net
Fri Jul 5 22:09:18 EST 2002


HURRAH!

k. p. collins

Peter Douglas Zohrab wrote in message ...
>As a linguist (in both senses of that term), and as a former teacher of
>German, I can say that words from one language are never pronounced in
>another the language in the same way as they were in the original language,
>so quit worrying !  As long as your colleagues know who you are referring
>to, that's fine.  Even in German-speaking countries the name "Wernicke" is
>pronounced in at least two different ways, as far as the final "e" is
>concerned.
>
>Peter Zohrab
>--
>[...]





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