How would you pronounce the surname "Theurer", if it belongs to an American? I'm going with a lisping "Sawyer", but maybe you know better. (Hmm, a Google-found page suggests "Tyrer".)
In my experience Americans pronounce all names roughly phonetically with no regard to the language of origin. Weirdly, so do Canadians, at least in the West. I knew a guy in the army whose name was Guy Desnoiers, which would properly be pronounced Gi Deh-noy'-ay, but who was always called "Guy" (as in guy-wire) Des'-noy-ers.
According to ancestry.com Theurer is of germanic origin, so a lisping "Sawyer" ought not to be too far off. Dunno how anyone could get "Tyrer" out of it unless it's Welsh or Gailic, in which case all bets are off.
I was googling my family and came across this... my name is Theurer. we have long since lost the german pronounciation i believe, but we just say "Thur" like thursday.
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In my experience Americans pronounce all names roughly phonetically with no regard to the language of origin. Weirdly, so do Canadians, at least in the West. I knew a guy in the army whose name was Guy Desnoiers, which would properly be pronounced Gi Deh-noy'-ay, but who was always called "Guy" (as in guy-wire) Des'-noy-ers.
According to ancestry.com Theurer is of germanic origin, so a lisping "Sawyer" ought not to be too far off. Dunno how anyone could get "Tyrer" out of it unless it's Welsh or Gailic, in which case all bets are off.
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