Pronunciation of KNABE?

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Greetings,

             In Ontario, about is prounced "aboooowwt": house; "houwwwuse" 
:town; towwn. I call it the Ontarian "O".

Julia,
Reading, PA

In a message dated 1/16/04 11:46:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, edoss@utm.edu 
writes:

> Hey Terry,
>  It's pronounced "carrrrrrrrrrr" and "termater" in Northwest Tennessee.
>  Elwood
>   
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> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: Farrell 
>> To: Pianotech 
>> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 6:04 AM
>>  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?   ;-)
>>   
>> Terry Farrell 
>> ----- Original Message ----- 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,
>> >
>> >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).
>> >
>> >Hope this contributes something worthwhile to the discussion.
>> >
>> >Jean-Jacques Granas
>> >
>> 
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