Hi, > With a last name like "fenstermacher," you'd think I'd have this German > thing down...
it's pretty easy really: -ei- is like ice, lice, rice, nice, dice, mice, spice, Zeiss... -ie- is like wiener, as in schnitzel. alles in ordnung! --- Bob Thursday, October 10, 2002, 3:24:00 PM, you wrote: > On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, William Robb wrote: >> foo gee > I knew that one, but it makes me laugh to see it spelled out as foo gee. >> or >> Zise > Aha! I wasn't sure if it was "zice" or "zeeece," and now I know. I asked > one other person awhile back, and he said he's heard it both ways. > With a last name like "fenstermacher," you'd think I'd have this German > thing down...
