Pronunciation of name "Beyer"

[nq:1]How would the last name of a person called "Beyer" be pronounced in Britain or in the U.S.?[/nq]
However the person told me to pronounce it..
But in the absence of instruction, I'd rhyme it with "layer".

Cheers, Harvey
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[nq:1]How would the last name of a person called "Beyer" be pronounced in Britain or in the U.S.? Like "byer"? ... spelling variant of "Bayer" (=Bavarian). In German, it is pronounced like English "byer", more the (Old or New) England style.)[/nq]
I know dozens of people named Weier, and Meyer, and Beyers, so I would pronounce the name as you suggest (spelling for the usual sound in USE: the w

[nq:2]How would the last name of a person called "Beyer" ... like English "byer", more the (Old or New) England style.)[/nq]
[nq:1]I know dozens of people named Weier, and Meyer, and Beyers, so I would pronounce the name as you suggest (spelling for the usual sound in USE: the word "buyer").[/nq]
I agree, although I would have used the example "liar".

GFH

[nq:1]pronounce the name as you suggest (spelling for the usual sound in USE: the word "buyer").[/nq]
That's what I had in mind, but for an unknown reason failed to write down.

Helmut Richter

[nq:1]How would the last name of a person called "Beyer" be pronounced in Britain or in the U.S.? Like "byer"? ... "Bayer" (=Bavarian). In German, it is pronounced like English "byer", more the (Old or New) England style.) Helmut Richter[/nq]
I would go with how the person themselves does. In A merica names take funny pronouciations.I've known Katz who were cats and Katz who were kaites . The

[nq:2]How would the last name of a person called "Beyer" ... more the (Old or New) England style.) Helmut Richter[/nq]
[nq:1]I would go with how the person themselves does. In A merica names take funny pronouciations.I've known Katz who were ... The Boston Red Sox recently had a Mueller who called himself miller and a Millar who called himself mil LAHR..[/nq]
What? Not "mew-ler"? How about

Bayer aspirin is pronounced like bare in the U.S.
[nq:2]I would go with how the person themselves does. In ... himself miller and a Millar who called himself mil LAHR..[/nq]
[nq:1]What? Not "mew-ler"? How about those who spell their name "Moeller"?[/nq]
A girl I know was "mole er" mole as in the little creature

Then there is Loeb , some are lowb and some leeb
[nq:1]Of cour

[nq:2]How would the last name of a person called "Beyer" ... more the (Old or New) England style.) Helmut Richter[/nq]
[nq:1]I would go with how the person themselves does. In A merica names take funny pronouciations.I've known Katz who were ... The Boston Red Sox recently had a Mueller who called himself miller and a Millar who called himself mil LAHR..[/nq]
Whether a pronunciation is "fu

[nq:1]Whether a pronunciation is "funny" depends on where you come from, I suppose. One that comes to mind is Mazda, ... TV advertisements, but in Canadian TV ads it's pronounced "maz-da", with the first "a" pronounced like the "a" in "apple".[/nq]
Indeed. I know some Americans whose mobile phones are that famous Japanese brand "know key uh".
I don't know which rubs be up more - the first