My dad was first generation American, both his parents came from Germany. He always pronounced 'th' as 't' as in tousand for thousand (spell check keeps correcting me!). I miss hearing him speak. Smiles, Anna -----Original Message----- From: padutch-life-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:padutch-life-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of bubbles531@comcast.net Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 3:20 PM To: PADUTCH-LIFE rootsweb; rvuxta@charter.net Subject: [PD-LIFE] German Letter V Hi Ron, my sister-in-law is German. Her family came to America in 1954. She still pronounces her v's as w's & vice versa. So it's not a speech impediment. It's not as noticible after all this time, maybe it's because we're used to it. Linda ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
The diphthong "th" is very rare in German; and, where it appears, is pronounced "t". The German word for thousand is tausand. Thron is the German word for throne; it is pronounced "trone". Most of the words spelled with the diphthong are of foreign (to German) extraction. Richard Emlin Reed Wesley Chapel, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Del Bristol" <bristol@wcnet.org> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 7:13 PM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] German Letter V > My dad was first generation American, both his parents came from Germany. > He always pronounced 'th' as 't' as in tousand for thousand (spell check > keeps correcting me!). I miss hearing him speak. Smiles, Anna > > -----Original Message----- > From: padutch-life-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:padutch-life-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > bubbles531@comcast.net > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 3:20 PM > To: PADUTCH-LIFE rootsweb; rvuxta@charter.net > Subject: [PD-LIFE] German Letter V > > Hi Ron, my sister-in-law is German. Her family came to America in 1954. > She still pronounces > her v's as w's & vice versa. So it's not a speech impediment. It's not > as > noticible after all this > time, maybe it's because we're used to it. > > Linda > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message