[FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce German names, part 1: Joerg?

2008-05-05 Thread cardemaister
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you thinking it sounds like jerk only with a y-sound at the beginning? Yeah, something like that. I guess quite a lot of people don't take into account that in German voiced stops lose their voicing at the end

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to pronounce German names, part 1: Joerg?

2008-05-05 Thread Angela Mailander
You are correct in your conjectures regarding Zeegmoont Froit. --- cardemaister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you thinking it sounds like jerk only with a y-sound at the beginning? Yeah, something like