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Maxine, good to have you aBoard!
My guess would be that the spelling was changed to try and
match the English pronunciation.
A Jewish lady I used to work with told me that U.S. Immigration officials years ago (possibly during/after WWII)
had so much difficulty with the Polish, etc., Jewish names, that they began arbitrarily assigning names that were more understandable to them. That's why we have a large number
of Goldsteins, Goldblums, Goldbergs, etc.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Foreign city names Maxine 09/04/00 04:56 PM Re: Foreign city names william 09/04/00 05:11 PM Re: Foreign city names Max Quordlepleen 09/04/00 06:15 PM Re: Foreign city names wsieber 09/05/00 05:30 AM Re: Foreign city names Max Quordlepleen 09/05/00 06:42 AM Re: Foreign city names Jackie 09/05/00 02:24 AM Re: Foreign city names RhubarbCommando 09/05/00 04:28 PM Re: Foreign city names TEd Remington 09/05/00 04:58 PM
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