Pronunciation of KNABE?

[Farrell]

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Hmmmm..... On the east coast you say? Did you hear that perhaps while =
driving in your caaaah? Or maybe while eating a tomater?   ;-)

Terry Farrell=20
----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Jean-Jacques Granas" <jjgranas@zigzag.pl>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 6:39 AM
Subject: Re: Pronunciation of KNABE?


> Hello there,
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> It is strange that no one seems to have mentioned it (maybe I missed =
it...),
> but the word Knabe is a German word meaning "boy". Ttherefore, the way =
it is
> pronounced (and by "it is" I don't mean that it's Holy Writ) derives =
from
> the German pronounciation which, at least in this particular case, =
seems
> like something we can manage. That explains why the "K" is pronounced, =
and
> also why the final "E" is made to sound like "UH" or "EH"-like. That's =
how I
> always heard it pronounced (on the east coast at least).
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> Hope this contributes something worthwhile to the discussion.
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> Jean-Jacques Granas
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 3:21 AM
> Subject: Re: Pronunciation of KNABE?
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> > THAT is my question - why is the "K" pronounced?
> >
> > Terry Farrell
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Phillip Ford" <fordpiano@earthlink.net>
> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 5:31 PM
> > Subject: Re: Pronunciation of KNABE?
> >
> >
> > >
> > > At 07:14 AM 1/15/2004, you wrote:
> > > >We say KUH-NAH-BEE, but I've heard the German pronuciation as
> > KUH-NAH-BUH.
> > > >What does everyone here say?
> > > >
> > > >John Minor
> > > >University of Illinois
> > >
> > > These derned foreigners.  Why don't they change their names to =
something
> > we
> > > Amuricans can pronounce?  Knabe ist ein deutsches Wort for boy or =
lad.
> > Why
> > > didn't he change his name to Mr. Lad or Mr. Boy or something?
> > >
> > > Anyway, since he didn't, and since the pianos were made in =
Baltimore,
> I'd
> > > say that makes it an American name by default, so why are we =
worrying
> > about
> > > how they pronounce it in some other god forsaken country.  So, =
this
> makes
> > the
> > > K silent and the e on the end an indication that the a ought to be =
long.
> > So it should be
> > > pronounced NAYB (rhymes with ABE, as in Lincoln - a real Amurican, =
gosh
> > > darn it, with a name everyone can pronounce).
> > >
> > > anon.
> > >
> > >
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