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03-09-2008, 01:15 PM
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The Mueller-Miller thing is because the family, the Muellers, pronounce in Miller, and they're still around to correct people!  |
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03-09-2008, 02:01 PM
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When I first moved here I mispronounced so much that I was hesitant to even try to say some names
I pronounced H-E-B as a word I even tried to sound the "p" in Pflugerville when I spoke..oh to be a transplant newbie  |
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03-09-2008, 02:59 PM
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Mexia (muh-HAY-uh)
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03-09-2008, 03:04 PM
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Yep, the pronunciations here are unique! How about Koenig = (kay-nig) or Buchanan = (buck-cannon).
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03-09-2008, 03:07 PM
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Someone told me that Brodie is pronounced brahdee. Is that true?
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03-09-2008, 03:08 PM
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Real Estate Agent
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Nope. Pronounced as it's spelled.
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03-09-2008, 04:59 PM
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Location: Avery Ranch, Austin, TX
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Great...now you have this soon-to-be-transplant from Uhlanna(Atlanta) worried about one MORE thing!  |
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03-09-2008, 05:23 PM
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HappyTexan...both of those are okay. My friends and I call HEB "the Heeb" and as AustinSteve pointed out, Pah-flugerville is quite common too...especially from Austinites not living there! |
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03-09-2008, 05:55 PM
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Location: London, UK
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The Mueller-Miller thing is because the family, the Muellers, pronounce in Miller, and they're still around to correct people!
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Pronouncing Mueller like "Miller" is probably the closest approximation we (English speakers) have to the original German version of the name, Müller, since we don't really have a ü sound in English.
So unlike most of the other examples in this thread, we're actually getting this one right when we Americanize it. |
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03-09-2008, 07:02 PM
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Mildly off topic...I only recently found out what the B in HEB stands for.  |
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