If the press is spelling it that way, it's a misspelling. It's Jurgen Schremp (with Juergen as the no-umlaut alternative).
Possibly Deutsche Welle's English announcers say yoorgen. However, in German, it's pronounced yewrgen. (The u is pronounced the same as the French u in, for example, tu.) Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of M R Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 12:52 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:18986] Fwd: RE: Fwd: RE: Fwd:Short unit names To Bill & John Jeurgen Schremp is the Chief of Daimler Chrysler and his name is written as 'Jeurgen' in English media and is pronounced as 'Joorgen' in DW-TV's (German TV) English news. Rgds Madan --- kilopascal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [USMA:18967] RE: Fwd: RE: Fwd:Short unit > names > Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 18:22:48 -0500 > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Jeurgen is Yoorgen in German. > > > > No such name. Juergen, however, is pronounced > yewrgn. > > > > I've never seen the name spelled as Juergen, but > always as J|rgen. > > > > > > > > So any SI unit using 'J' may be wrongly > pronounced in > > > other languages. > > > > Not if the speaker has been taught (in school, for > example) the correct > > pronunciation. In Germany, for example, people > seem to have no difficulty > > pronouncing Joule as Joule himself would have > pronounced. > > > I've heard it pronounced as "Yool" > > > John > > > > > > > > 1 more question ? does other European languages > use > > > the letter 'W' and if so, how do they say kWh. > > > > Some European languages have no W in their > alphabet (e.g., Italian) or > vary > > rarely use W (e.g., Spanish). However, their > dictionaries include words > > (borrowed from other languages) starting with or > including W, so it's no > > mystery to them. And, of course, W is included on > their typewriter and > > computer keyboards. > > > > Kilowatt hour is chilowattora (ch pronounced as k) > in Italian (plural is > > chilowattore) and kilowatt hora (h not pronounced) > in Spanish. > > > > Bill Potts, CMS > > Roseville, CA > > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards. http://movies.yahoo.com/
