From: utzoo!decvax!cca!LEWIN@CMU-CS-C@sri-unix
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Title: Pronouncing Leibowitz
Article-I.D.: sri-unix.4650
Posted: Mon Dec  6 13:06:43 1982
Received: Tue Dec  7 04:20:57 1982

From: DAVID.LEWIN  <LEWIN at CMU-CS-C>

The reason Leibowitz is pronounced "Leebowits" and not "Lybowits"
is because it is pronounced in >>Yiddish<<, not German. For example,
actor Ron Leibman ("Leebman"), or (allowing variant spelling) singer
Bruce Springsteen.

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