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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our Germanic, ‘W’ initial name should be pronounced with a ‘v’ sound. That’s just silly in an English speaking country. [/quote] Another Germanic last name here. It contains a "ch," which when I pronounce it correctly (guttural in the throat sound) simply results in people saying "What? What did you say?" Think Wachs or Schumacher. Why do you think so many people changed these names to Fox or Shoemaker? Therefore, although I in fact know how to pronounce my last name, and do not need a lesson from you or speech therapy, it is 10,000 times easier to go through life pronouncing my last name in a manner in which 99% of the American population is at least capable of basic comprehension of my utterance. [/quote]
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