In a message dated 6/29/2004 6:42:21 PM Central Standard Time,
Rena@rena24.fsnet.co.uk writes:
, of Schloss
Ricklingen, I assumed his surname was pronounced "BUH fer".
Last fall I met one of the American descendants of Anton BÖFER, Alan BOEFER,
and was surprised to learn his family pronounces their surname "BAY fer".
Can someone tell me if the Plat Deutsch pronunciation of "ö" is "ay", or if
this is just an American aberration ?
My mothers name is Schröder. We pronounce it schrader (long a) when we do the
German pronunciation and schroder (long o) when we pronounce English.
Viele Grüße aus Illinois
John Rodenburg
Werner, Brunkhorst, Steinke, Krause
Schröder, Meyer, Zum Mallen, Röhrdanz