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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Isla (EYE-la) I never know if last names ending in "stein" are pronounced "steen" or "stine" and same thing with wiess. Is it "wees" or "wise"? [/quote] Growing up, I knew a lot of people with a "stein" last name (Waldstein, Goldstein), and they all pronounced it "steen"....but Albert Einstein, it's pronounced "stine"...so maybe it depends on what the first syllable is?[/quote]'' I was taught that stien is STEEN and stein is STINE (e.g. ie = long e, ei = long i) and generally use this rule unless the person pronounces it for me.[/quote]
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