Pronunciation of KNABE?

[Jean-Jacques Granas]

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Right Terry,

The east coast doesn't begin and end with the Bronx.=20
Just drive down to Sayouth Caaaholyenah to get my drift  ... :-)

Jean-Jacques Granas
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Farrell=20
  To: Pianotech=20
  Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 1:04 PM
  Subject: Re: Pronunciation of KNABE?


  Hmmmm..... On the east coast you say? Did you hear that perhaps while =
driving in your caaaah? Or maybe while eating a tomater?   ;-)
  =20
  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,
  >=20
  > 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).
  >=20
  > Hope this contributes something worthwhile to the discussion.
  >=20
  > Jean-Jacques Granas
  >=20
  >=20
  > ----- 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?
  >=20
  >=20
  > > 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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