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Default You're doing it wrong!

On Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:03:24 -0600, John Kuthe >
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> Coo'-thee. That ending 'e' is pronounced long, like in Goede or Witte.
> It's a German name, and I can't for the life of me figure out why they
> don't call them PorshcEEs!! ;-)


Well, I got that one wrong. My last name ends with and e too and is
pronounced the same way. I didn't realize pronouncing e as E at the
end was a German inflection, so I guess it was Americanized by a
German.


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