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Famous photographer Helmut Newton, 83, who died Friday in Los Angeles after apparently losing control of his brand-new Cadillac and crashing into a wall, had a name that aroused my interest, as "Helmut" is German and "Newton" is English.
He was born in Berlin in 1920 as the son of a wealthy Jewish button manufacturer (German: Knopffabrikant ). I was certain that he changed his German surname after he had fled the Nazis in 1938, which he did indeed a year later while living in Australia.
"Newton" means "new town"; thus his German name probably was the verbatim translation of that, namely "Neustadt" or something close to that. Via Google I found out that his original name was "Neustädter" (lit., a male from Neustadt), "new-towner."
In addition to the mispronounced "Rothschild" and "Florsheim" we discussed short time ago, I just remembered another one, "Susskind" (as in David, the late NYC TV producer). Anglos mispronounce his name /'sVs,kaInd/ (rhyming with "bus" and "mind"). This German-Jewish surname originally was "Süßkind" (lit., 'sweet child'), /'zys,kInt/, pronounced roughly "ZEES-keent."
Which brings to mind:
Where *is* Richard Fontana (né Robert Springbrunnen)?
Reinhold (Rey) Aman
"Like most here, I rarely read Rey. ...
I recommend that you avoid Rey's posts.
They're not worth it."
John Dean, 21 November 2003
He was born in Berlin in 1920 as the son of a wealthy Jewish button manufacturer (German: Knopffabrikant ). I was certain that he changed his German surname after he had fled the Nazis in 1938, which he did indeed a year later while living in Australia.
"Newton" means "new town"; thus his German name probably was the verbatim translation of that, namely "Neustadt" or something close to that. Via Google I found out that his original name was "Neustädter" (lit., a male from Neustadt), "new-towner."
In addition to the mispronounced "Rothschild" and "Florsheim" we discussed short time ago, I just remembered another one, "Susskind" (as in David, the late NYC TV producer). Anglos mispronounce his name /'sVs,kaInd/ (rhyming with "bus" and "mind"). This German-Jewish surname originally was "Süßkind" (lit., 'sweet child'), /'zys,kInt/, pronounced roughly "ZEES-keent."
Which brings to mind:
Where *is* Richard Fontana (né Robert Springbrunnen)?
Reinhold (Rey) Aman
"Like most here, I rarely read Rey. ...
I recommend that you avoid Rey's posts.
They're not worth it."
John Dean, 21 November 2003
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Do you have any ideas about what my original family name may have been? It is my understanding that it arose somewhere in either Ukraine or Belarus. Mike Nitabach
- Do you have any ideas about what my original family name may have been?
- It is my understanding that it arose somewhere in either Ukraine or Belarus.
- Mike Nitabach
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Do you have any ideas about what my original family name may have been? It is my understanding that it arose somewhere in either Ukraine or Belarus.
Mike Nitabach
Mike Nitabach
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[nq:1]Where *is* Richard Fontana (né Robert Springbrunnen)?[/nq]
"Shpritzwasser", as I usually hear the joke told. ("Yeah, well I knew his father when he was just 'Moishe the Pisher'.")
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"Shpritzwasser", as I usually hear the joke told. ("Yeah, well I knew his father when he was just 'Moishe the Pisher'.")
Evan Kirshenbaum + HP Laboratories >Well, if you can't believe what you
1501 Page Mill Road, 1U, MS 1141 >read in a comic book, what can youPalo Alto, CA 94304 >believe?!
(650)857
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[nq:1]In addition to the mispronounced "Rothschild" and "Florsheim" we discussed short time ago, I just remembered another one, "Susskind" (as ... name /'sVs,kaInd/ (rhyming with "bus" and "mind"). This German-Jewish surname originally was "Süßkind" (lit., 'sweet child'), /'zys,kInt/, pronounced roughly "ZEES-keent."[/nq]
I would have said "ZEES-kint". Regional difference?
Skitt (in Haywa
I would have said "ZEES-kint". Regional difference?
Skitt (in Haywa
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[nq:1] Do you have any ideas about what my original family name may have been? It is my understanding that it arose somewhere in either Ukraine or Belarus.[/nq]
When I first saw your name pop up in AUE, my immediate thought was that it's a German place name, perhaps in Franconia (north of Nürnberg and Würzburg), possibly a variant of "Niederbach" (lit., 'lower creek').
"Nita" is not G
When I first saw your name pop up in AUE, my immediate thought was that it's a German place name, perhaps in Franconia (north of Nürnberg and Würzburg), possibly a variant of "Niederbach" (lit., 'lower creek').
"Nita" is not G
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[nq:2]In addition to the mispronounced "Rothschild" and "Florsheim" we discussed ... originally was "Süßkind" (lit., 'sweet child'), /'zys,kInt/, pronounced roughly "ZEES-keent."[/nq]
[nq:1]I would have said "ZEES-kint". Regional difference?[/nq]
Yours is better. I wanted to indicate that the is half-long and doesn't rhyme with "pint."
Reinhold (Rey) Aman
[nq:1]I would have said "ZEES-kint". Regional difference?[/nq]
Yours is better. I wanted to indicate that the is half-long and doesn't rhyme with "pint."
Reinhold (Rey) Aman
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[nq:2] I would have said "ZEES-kint". Regional difference?[/nq]
[nq:1]Yours is better. I wanted to indicate that the is half-long and doesn't rhyme with "pint."[/nq]
Right it rhymes with "mint".
Skitt (in Hayward, California)
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[nq:1]Yours is better. I wanted to indicate that the is half-long and doesn't rhyme with "pint."[/nq]
Right it rhymes with "mint".
Skitt (in Hayward, California)
www.geocities.com/opus731/
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[nq:2] Do you have any ... understanding that it arose somewhere in either Ukraine or Belarus.[/nq]
[nq:1]When I first saw your name pop up in AUE, my immediate thought was that it's a German place name, ... name. I tried these Websites but had no luck: http://www.genealogytoday.com/surnam
[nq:1]When I first saw your name pop up in AUE, my immediate thought was that it's a German place name, ... name. I tried these Websites but had no luck: http://www.genealogytoday.com/surnam
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[nq:2] I would have said "ZEES-kint". Regional difference?[/nq]
[nq:1]Yours is better. I wanted to indicate that the is half-long and doesn't rhyme with "pint."[/nq]
In NY David Suskind was often called 'Suss-kynd' but was just as often known as 'Suss-kin' with the final 'd' swallowed. I can't really recall how pronounced it on his TV show.
Brian Wickham
[nq:1]Yours is better. I wanted to indicate that the is half-long and doesn't rhyme with "pint."[/nq]
In NY David Suskind was often called 'Suss-kynd' but was just as often known as 'Suss-kin' with the final 'd' swallowed. I can't really recall how pronounced it on his TV show.
Brian Wickham
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[nq:2]When I first saw your name pop up in AUE, ... http://www.surnamefinder.com/search/N025089.html Sorry I can't help you with a definitive answer.[/nq]
[nq:1]Herr Professor Doktor, could it be that Nitabach is the Americanized Swiss surname Nietlisbach? The Twixtel phone book of Switzerland has 78
[nq:1]Herr Professor Doktor, could it be that Nitabach is the Americanized Swiss surname Nietlisbach? The Twixtel phone book of Switzerland has 78
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[nq:2]Herr Professor Doktor, could it be that Nitabach is the ... athlete by the name Franz Nietlisbach: Just a hunch.[/nq]
[nq:1]My father's family came from Ukraine and Belarus, so I consider this unlikely. This is, however, the closest European name to my own that I have seen.[/nq]
There is also Raissa Nitabuch, the name of a German physician of the 19th century. He seems to be of Rus
[nq:1]My father's family came from Ukraine and Belarus, so I consider this unlikely. This is, however, the closest European name to my own that I have seen.[/nq]
There is also Raissa Nitabuch, the name of a German physician of the 19th century. He seems to be of Rus
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