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How do you pronounce Wienke

1 Wee-en-ke
- 14 (29.8%)
2 Veenka
- 9 (19.1%)
3 Whine-ka
- 3 (6.4%)
4 Vink
- 0 (0%)
5 Wink
- 1 (2.1%)
6 Something else
- 20 (42.6%)

Total Members Voted: 0


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Jonathan Wienke

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« Reply #20 on: July 15, 2005, 01:38:57 pm »

The Americanized pronunciation is "wing-key". My great-grandfather was an immigrant from Germany who arrived in the USA about a century ago, so the speculation about the name being related to Vienna (Wien) is fairly plausible, though I don't know for sure.
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« Reply #21 on: July 21, 2005, 12:24:22 am »

It's gratifying to see "something else" now surging into the lead, especially as Jonathan has now given us the answer.  
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« Reply #22 on: July 01, 2005, 08:44:20 pm »

I was going to say "hamster stew", but then I saw Jonathan's reply. Actually, I think the poll should also have allowed more choices, such as:

0     Win-ky
0     Ween-kie
0     Smith


And when you've all voted on Jonathan, you might want to try a poll on my last name: "Myrvaagnes". Try to guess (1) origin, (2) what it means, and (3) pronunciation.

(I often tell people that I will answer to anything that starts with M and goes on for a few syllables.)

Eric "M"
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« Reply #23 on: July 02, 2005, 12:00:31 pm »

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And when you've all voted on Jonathan, you might want to try a poll on my last name: "Myrvaagnes". Try to guess (1) origin, (2) what it means, and (3) pronunciation.
Here's my guesses:
1. Dutch
2. No idea
3. "meer-vog-nees" or something along those lines

I must confess I did a Google search in an attempt to cheat, but other than finding an interesting article on a photo exhibition by one Eric Myrvaagnes of the math and science department of Suffolk University, found nothing relevant.
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« Reply #24 on: July 02, 2005, 11:15:48 pm »

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And when you've all voted on Jonathan, you might want to try a poll on my last name: "Myrvaagnes". Try to guess (1) origin, (2) what it means, and (3) pronunciation.
Can Scandivegians play, too? (That double a is really archaic.) :cool:
Sure. Actually, the name dates from before the A with the little circle over it (which is pretty hard to spell on Ikonboard anyway.)

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« Reply #25 on: July 04, 2005, 08:43:26 am »

Fascinating... how about "languillier"?

Hint, that won't help much non French speaking contenders, it has to do with some fishy business...

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« Reply #26 on: July 10, 2005, 07:44:20 pm »

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Fascinating... how about "languillier"?

Hint, that won't help much non French speaking contenders, it has to do with some fishy business...
I guess it'll be "LANGUE-EE-ï-e", where "A" is like in "arm", " ï " stands for very short alphabetic "e", and "e" is pronounced as in "bed".

The fish is very delicious. They prepare it beautifully at Myako japaneese restaurant in Geneva, on a bed of rice with an extraordinary dark soya sauce.
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« Reply #27 on: July 11, 2005, 11:06:28 am »

Eric,

You are so very right.  Funny how one can forget about the real problems (oops... issues).

Cheers,
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« Reply #28 on: July 15, 2005, 01:50:37 pm »

Patently clear to me it is German, probably originated in Frankfurt...  

I surmise it is a derivation of the lost (8th) dwarf from the brothers Grimm -- and henced correctly pronouced "Winky"

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« Reply #29 on: July 21, 2005, 03:15:38 am »

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They call it unagi in Japanese by the way.
I don't remember, is that fresh water or sea eel?

Paul
Unagi is a river fish as far as I know.

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Bernard

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« Reply #30 on: July 25, 2005, 03:37:48 am »

Yes, in Germany, you pronounce it "Veenkeh" !

Have a nice Day !

Thierry (from Belgium, but at just 18 miles from Germany)
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