[Magdalen] RIP Elie Wiesel

[Charles Wohlers]

Yes, but Yiddish is practically a German dialect with similar spelling and 
pronunciation. Unlike Dutch, which is also practically a German dialect, but 
with much different spelling.

My error was due to the fact that David spelled "Wiesel" wrong - with a "z" 
instead of the s. With an "s" it is, of course, pronounced as Scott says - 
VEEZ-l.

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



-----Original Message----- 
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Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2016 11:21 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] RIP Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiezel was Romanian and his name is Yiddish, not German.

Jim Handsfield
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> On Jul 2, 2016, at 11:18 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Really weasel with a v sound at the beginning.
>> On Jul 2, 2016 10:17 PM, "Scott Knitter" <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> VEEZ-l
>> On Jul 2, 2016 9:46 PM, "Charles Wohlers" <charles.wohlers at verizon.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> In German, shouldn't it be VEETS-el?
>>>
>>> Chad Wohlers
>>> Woodbury, VT USA
>>> chadwohl at satucket.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Cantor03--- via Magdalen
>>> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2016 8:37 PM
>>> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>>> Cc: Cantor03 at aol.com
>>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] RIP Elie Wiesel
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In a message dated 7/2/2016 4:11:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>> jhandsfield at att.net writes:
>>>
>>> The  Telegraph is reporting that Holocaust survivor and author Elie 
>>> Wiezel
>>> has  died.
>>>
>>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/02/holocaust-survivor-elie-wiesel-di
>>> es/>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>
>>> May he rest in peace.
>>>
>>> I suspect there is the same pronunciation, roughly, in Yiddish as in
>>> German
>>> for his last name, and which is VEE-zel.  Understandably, he chose  to
>>> say wii-ZEL instead.
>>>
>>> Anyone who survived the Buchenwald camp and is a Nobel Laureate
>>> deserves the right to call himself whatever he wants!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> David Strang.
>>>
>>>
>>>