Herr Reed, Is there a German spelling for Stella (is this a German name?) spelled Efftla? A German spelling perhaps? I've gotten a relative that has this in an obituary, & finally perhaps you know enough to give me a clue, about it! This was the first born daughter of the family also, if that might mean anything?!!!! Thanks for all this about pronuciation of German too! I'm always interested, because I've got Reeher surname I'm doing & Raber, & think both are German oriented somehow, but don't know for sure anything?! Cathy > [Original Message] > From: Richard Emlin Reed <remlinr@tampabay.rr.com> > To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> > Date: 8/15/2007 9:30:32 PM > Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] German Letter V > > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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