If you have a last name that is still spelled like how it was in the old country...

[Anonymous]

...do you pronounce it like how it was in the old country or with an american accent?

For example:

if you ahve the last name Vitale...does your family go with:

or

how dick vitale says it:

[Anonymous]

My last name is spelled and pronounced the same here as it was in England

[Anonymous]

Polish name that's Americanized.

[Anonymous]

With an American accent.

[Anonymous]

Spelled the same way, pronounced the American way.

[Anonymous]

My last name is spelled and pronounced as it is in England except no one in England or the USA seems capable of pronouncing it correctly (except me, obviously).

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately, my last name isn't said with the original Norwegian pronunciation OR with American English phonics.

[Anonymous]

I spell it and pronounce it like it was on the old country. But I am an immigrant. My children my pronounce it differently down the road.

[Anonymous]

Mine was Canadianized in two steps.

First, I can tell from letters from my great-grandmother to my grandpa that they dropped a "z"--my GGm actually wrote to her son in Canada with the new spelling (no "z"), and the return address had her original spelling with the z.

Then, my mom's generation Canadianized the name.

[Anonymous]

German name pronounced American.

[Anonymous]

I have an uncommon Italian name. It was never changed (my grandfather emigrated to the US when he was young), but it's very difficult to pronounce even for Italians. I pronounce it the way my grandfather did.

[doodlebug]

Swedish name, dropped the K subbed a C, more or less pronounced the same, but the accent is on the first syllable instead of the last.

[Anonymous]

Polish name with original spelling but American pronunciation.

[Anonymous]

Dutch last name. Dropped a bunch of vowels and Americanized the pronunciation.

[Anonymous]

German/Yiddish name pronounced about four different ways by Americans.