[Leica] Voigtlander question

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

I beg to differ, Didier,
here in Hannover, the recognised centre of "Hochdeutsch", the 
pronunciation is with a softened g (aspirant, not guttural) and the "oi" 
is simply pronounced as "o"
As  close as we can get is the   sound of the  English  "foe", then a 
sound a little like the noise you make breathing on to your lens to 
clean it,then a "t" and  finishing off with "lender" Foe- g -t- lender.
My secretary Frau Voigt would, and does, get annoyed at people who 
pronounce her name "foicht",foiGt or "foischt".
She'll accept  "fohscht" but only from people originating from the 
depths of southern Germany, Austria or Switzerland.
cheers
Douglas (with a hard gaelic g)

Didier Ludwig wrote:

>Bob
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>By the way, the "g" in Voigtl?nder ist not spoken in german (more like 
>"Voit-land-ah"); this could be a reason for the confusion how it should be 
>spoken in other languages. 
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