FA: 1837 Feuchtwanger Cent

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 16:06:41 -0500, James Higby
heezerbumfrool[at]hotmail[dot]com wrote:

Now, let's have a discussion as to how to pronounce "Feuchtwanger." I go
for FOYSHTVONGGER. What say the rest of you?

The problem is that the ch sound isn't readily translatable into English
other wise Foy-ch-t-vanger (long a)

Chrysta Wilson wrote:

In article , "James Higby"
heezerbumfrool[at]hotmail[dot]com says...
Now, let's have a discussion as to how to pronounce "Feuchtwanger." I go
for FOYSHTVONGGER. What say the rest of you?

I say I wouldn't try to ask for it by name. ;o)

Heh, when I first saw that name in a "coins" context, I wondered what
Lion Feuchtwanger had to do with coins ;-)

Tschüs,
Chris-"you-simply-pronounce-it-Feuchtwanger"-tian
(duck)

I am not an expert on the history of this coin, but I thought it was made in
the US by an American who happened to be of German descent. Moreover, it
was made in the 1830's, which was an era of wild anglicization. Thus my gut
tells me it is unlikely his name was pronounced as though he still lived in
Germany. (Not really sure... never met the guy.)

That logic, though, leads me to

FOOCHWANGER

where the oo is pronounced like foot, and the rest of it is pretty much
pronounced like any other english word.

Using it in a sentence, one might say "I hit my Feuchtwanger on the door
getting into the car."


-P

Ooo, I bet that smarts!

"Papito" wrote in message
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I am not an expert on the history of this coin, but I thought it was made
in
the US by an American who happened to be of German descent. Moreover, it
was made in the 1830's, which was an era of wild anglicization. Thus my
gut
tells me it is unlikely his name was pronounced as though he still lived
in
Germany. (Not really sure... never met the guy.)

That logic, though, leads me to

FOOCHWANGER

where the oo is pronounced like foot, and the rest of it is pretty much
pronounced like any other english word.

Using it in a sentence, one might say "I hit my Feuchtwanger on the door
getting into the car."


-P

OOOoooo! Tuck it in next time.

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"Papito" wrote in message
...
I am not an expert on the history of this coin, but I thought it was made
in
the US by an American who happened to be of German descent. Moreover, it
was made in the 1830's, which was an era of wild anglicization. Thus my
gut
tells me it is unlikely his name was pronounced as though he still lived
in
Germany. (Not really sure... never met the guy.)

That logic, though, leads me to

FOOCHWANGER

where the oo is pronounced like foot, and the rest of it is pretty much
pronounced like any other english word.

Using it in a sentence, one might say "I hit my Feuchtwanger on the door
getting into the car."


-P

(Ankaaz) wrote in news:20040812190314.16411.00001264
@mb-m14.aol.com:

I wrote:

"FOYSHTWAHNGER -or- FOYHTWAHNGER (my phonetic spellings)"


So much for my phonetic spellings! What I meant was:

FOYSHTVAHNGER / FOYHTVAHNGER



Anka



Foikt-wayngerr

--
Joecoin

Copper is as copper does.

Joecoin wrote:

"Foikt-wayngerr"


Is the original spelling "Feuchtwänger"? A with an unlaut?

If so, you're right.



Anka ---- does anyone care? ;-)

Oooops.

Umlaut, I mean.

"Ankaaz" wrote in message
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Joecoin wrote:

"Foikt-wayngerr"


Is the original spelling "Feuchtwänger"? A with an unlaut?

If so, you're right.



Anka ---- does anyone care? ;-)

A little.
Shouldn't the "w" be "v" ?

--
Jeff R.

Jeff wrote:

"A little.
Shouldn't the 'w' be 'v' ?"


Geez. Yes, you're right. Didn't catch that.


Anka ---- ;-)