From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!LEWIN@CMU-CS-C
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Title: Pronouncing Leibowitz
Article-I.D.: sri-unix.4726
Posted: Wed Dec  8 00:14:01 1982
Received: Thu Dec  9 06:01:45 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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