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ivstefano · 15 November 2009, 02:43 PM

I think it is not German or Polish - but rather Hungarian!
'SZ' in Hungarian is pronounced as 's' or 'ss' - not as 'sh' for it would be single 's' without 'z'...
Never the less one has to be aware of different spelling used in different countries (even in some German lands at the time you could spell with 24 letter alphabet without letters like 'ö' by changing it to to 'oe' or in K und K letters like 'š' could be changed to 'sh' or 's' depending on the language used)

Even the names would be changed from Johanness Weissmüller - to Janos Weissmüller... (the same guy was famous Johnny Weissmüller in the States)

My Schwabian Kurle was spelled Curle, Kurlle, Kurlin, Kurrle, Curlin and it happened that in the same generation depending on the place of birth or marriage people would be forced to spell their surname in different way...

Cheers!

15 November 2009, 02:43 PM	#26 (permalink)
ivstefano Observer Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: central Europe, ex K und K Posts: 32	I think it is not German or Polish - but rather Hungarian! 'SZ' in Hungarian is pronounced as 's' or 'ss' - not as 'sh' for it would be single 's' without 'z'... Never the less one has to be aware of different spelling used in different countries (even in some German lands at the time you could spell with 24 letter alphabet without letters like 'ö' by changing it to to 'oe' or in K und K letters like 'š' could be changed to 'sh' or 's' depending on the language used) Even the names would be changed from Johanness Weissmüller - to Janos Weissmüller... (the same guy was famous Johnny Weissmüller in the States) My Schwabian Kurle was spelled Curle, Kurlle, Kurlin, Kurrle, Curlin and it happened that in the same generation depending on the place of birth or marriage people would be forced to spell their surname in different way... Cheers! __________________ Gott erhalte, Gott beschütze unsern Kaiser, unser Land!