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Originally Posted by mybuddyinc
Steve,
Speaking of German name pronunciations: How do you pronounce your last name ? Wayl-ful ?
Although Austrian decent, Gross is Gross (as in "eeewww gross  ), not rhyming with cross.
....... and speaking of strident German accents:
Schlei = Schlay
Wiltse = Wilt - za |
I've heard it pronounced a bunch of different ways. In my family, it's always been pronounced "Well-Full".
I once met a German woman who said it would have been pronounced "Volf-Lee", meaning "little wolf", but I've never heard anyone else pronounce it that way. And I think everyone in my family has had the nickname "Waffles" in school at one point in their lives! 
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