Thanks, Don, for that paragraph on Lubbers. Very interesting! Carole ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Watson" <dwats@cox.net> To: <baden-wurttemberg@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 3:23 PM Subject: Re: [BW] SORG, SCHNEIDER and Surname Pronunciation Ja ...... Sorg can mean "try carefully". SorgE means an almost constant state of fear. Before you turn off your computer, it also came from a placename, Sorga, in the states of Sachsen and Thüringen. An early entry is 1314. It was also found in Sachsen-Anhalt and Schlesien. SchneiderS is the genitive form of Schneider, a taylor by trade. LubberS is a genitive form, as well. It probably comes from Liutbert (leetbaret), a "called by name" from early times. "Liutbert, I told you not to play with the bears! Now get in this house before you attract the Celts!" It has an amazing variety of forerunners: Leuprecht, Löbbert, Lübbert, Luppert Lübbe, Lübben, Lübbers, Lübcke, Lüpke, Lupp. A surname might be found as Lippert. In German the letter "a" is pronounced "ah". The letter "b" is "bay". "o" is "oh". "u" is as in glue. Two dots over a, o, u changes the pronunciation, sometimes difficult to duplicate. Open your mouth wide (oval) and pronounce the letter "e" well in the back of your throat to get the idea of the change. The letters "b" and "p" were interchangeable in early German. :-) Don ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BADEN-WURTTEMBERG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3774 (20090117) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com