<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Hmmmm..... On the east = coast you say? Did you hear that perhaps while driving in your caaaah? Or maybe while = eating a tomater?   ;-)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- <DIV>From: "Jean-Jacques Granas" = <<A href="mailto:jjgranas@zigzag.pl">jjgranas@zigzag.pl</A>></DIV> <DIV>To: "Pianotech" <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>></DIV> <DIV>Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 6:39 = AM</DIV> <DIV>Subject: Re: Pronunciation of KNABE?</DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV>> 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 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Farrell" <<A href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A>> > To: "Pianotech" <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>> > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 3:21 AM > Subject: Re: Pronunciation of KNABE? > > > > THAT is my question - why is the = "K" pronounced? > > > > Terry Farrell > > > = > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Phillip Ford" = <<A href="mailto:fordpiano@earthlink.net">fordpiano@earthlink.net</A>> > > To: <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>> > > 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. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > = pianotech list info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</A> <FON= T face=Arial size=2>> > > > > > > > = > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech = list info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</A> <FON= T face=Arial size=2>> > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list = info: <A href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</A> <FON= T face=Arial size=2>> </BODY></HTML>