a clue to this might be the French pronunciation of the word for "crane".... hoping along with Isabel that there is a Frenchman out there who can help... I think I'll also send this to my Hotard cousin in France.... maybe he can help! R. Isabel wrote: >Hello fellow researchers,. > >As with any proper name (surname) , the "owner" is free to pronounce it the way he/she desires. Besides, in the past people were never consistent in the spelling, so we may never know what was the "correct" way to pronounce DeGruy back then. > >Growing up in New Orleans, my family always pronounced DeGruy like "degree". Again I do not speak French, so I am not sure if this is correct. I have heard it called "Degrease", but never DeGroo before. Is there a Frenchman out there who could clarify this? Did the name become Americanized over time? >This makes for an interesting discussion. > >Happy Researching, >Isabel >gathrightaw@worldnet.att.net > > > > > > > >

only kids trying to tease us called my brothers and sisters and I degroo (or degrooey) As Isabel says, in New Orleans, the name is pronounced degree - like the temperature celine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Degruy List Admin" <degruylist@earthlink.net> To: <DEGRUY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 8:02 AM Subject: Re: Pronounciation of DeGruy > a clue to this might be the French pronunciation of the word for > "crane".... hoping along with Isabel that there is a Frenchman out there > who can help... I think I'll also send this to my Hotard cousin in > France.... maybe he can help! > R. > > Isabel wrote: > > >Hello fellow researchers,. > > > >As with any proper name (surname) , the "owner" is free to pronounce it the way he/she desires. Besides, in the past people were never consistent in the spelling, so we may never know what was the "correct" way to pronounce DeGruy back then. > > > >Growing up in New Orleans, my family always pronounced DeGruy like "degree". Again I do not speak French, so I am not sure if this is correct. I have heard it called "Degrease", but never DeGroo before. Is there a Frenchman out there who could clarify this? Did the name become Americanized over time? > >This makes for an interesting discussion. > > > >Happy Researching, > >Isabel > >gathrightaw@worldnet.att.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >