The pronunciation guide noted by Karl Schien was so very handy...I have bookmarked that one for sure!!! Now, does anyone know of a similar site where you could put in a surname and listen to how it would sound in English? During some of my successful searches for very elusive relatives, it became obvious that the names were entered phonetically. An example was "Vorgeitz" which was finally found under "Forguites"...I had tried every trick known to find them in the census...until one day I just kept saying the name to myself (MY version of what it would sound like)...and came up with some off-the-wall versions..."Forguites" proved to be the name...in fact that is the name the family continued to use. My newer brick wall is "Radner"...can someone "pronounce" this for me?? Thank you. Virginia
I'm going to take a "stab" at this and guess that one of the pronunciations might be "Ratner". I would like to find that website you mentioned to see how the original name of WATERHOELTER could have been pronounced with a German accent given some of the "manglings" that I've encountered. Pat McCoy, M.S. Addiction Psychology Slow Down and Enjoy Your Garden! ===================================================== ________________________________ From: Virginia Dunham <geistdnham@cfl.rr.com> To: hesse@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, October 15, 2010 11:26:17 AM Subject: [HESSE] Pronunciation guide The pronunciation guide noted by Karl Schien was so very handy...I have bookmarked that one for sure!!! Now, does anyone know of a similar site where you could put in a surname and listen to how it would sound in English? During some of my successful searches for very elusive relatives, it became obvious that the names were entered phonetically. An example was "Vorgeitz" which was finally found under "Forguites"...I had tried every trick known to find them in the census...until one day I just kept saying the name to myself (MY version of what it would sound like)...and came up with some off-the-wall versions..."Forguites" proved to be the name...in fact that is the name the family continued to use. My newer brick wall is "Radner"...can someone "pronounce" this for me?? Thank you. Virginia ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HESSE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Try http://translate.google.com/?hl=en#de|en| Below the box where you put the word to be translated, there is an icon for listening. You click on that. Bobbi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Virginia Dunham" To: <hesse@rootsweb.com> Sent: 15 October, 2010 11:26 AM Subject: [HESSE] Pronunciation guide > The pronunciation guide noted by Karl Schien was so very handy...I have > bookmarked that one for sure!!! > > Now, does anyone know of a similar site where you could put in a surname > and > listen to how it would sound in English? During some of my successful > searches for very elusive relatives, it became obvious that the names were > entered phonetically. > > An example was "Vorgeitz" which was finally found under "Forguites"...I > had > tried every trick known to find them in the census...until one day I just > kept saying the name to myself (MY version of what it would sound > like)...and came up with some off-the-wall versions..."Forguites" proved > to > be the name...in fact that is the name the family continued to use. > > My newer brick wall is "Radner"...can someone "pronounce" this for me?? > > Thank you. > > Virginia
What a wonderful site! Many thanks! Liz in Scotland ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Original Message ----- From: Bobbi To: hesse@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 10:44 PM Subject: Re: [HESSE] Pronunciation guide Try http://translate.google.com/?hl=en#de|en| Below the box where you put the word to be translated, there is an icon for listening. You click on that. Bobbi