Herhold

Подскажите, пожалуйста, как правильно читается эта фамилия?

I have never heard of this name before. I doubt if anyone I know could say for sure how to pronounce it.

I did a Google on "Herhold" and found that some television news anchors could not pronounce it either but no information on its actual pronouciation.

2DDT

How do you pronounce unfamiliar surnames then? A surname you're looking at for the first time?
How do you write surnames if hearing them via the phone?
Someone calls and tells you: This is Lewis. How do you know it is Lewis, not Louis, not Le... well, you understand me.
:roll:

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Originally Posted by DDT

I have never heard of this name before. I doubt if anyone I know could say for sure how to pronounce it.

I did a Google on "Herhold" and found that some television news anchors could not pronounce it either but no information on its actual pronouciation.

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Thanks for your efforts. I'd like to know first of all, if the second "h" silent or not.

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Originally Posted by Vincent Tailors

2DDT

How do you pronounce unfamiliar surnames then? A surname you're looking at for the first time?
How do you write surnames if hearing them via the phone?
Someone calls and tells you: This is Lewis. How do you know it is Lewis, not Louis, not Le... well, you understand me.
:roll:

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Russian is so much easier in this regard: you'll hardly make mistake wriring Dumas, Vercace, Peugeot or something like that.

I would just have to guess....like everyone else.

Yeah, I was wondering whether or not the second "H" was silent too!

OK, what's about Loeb? :roll:
Please, help.

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Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

OK, what's about Loeb? :roll:
Please, help.

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It looks like a german surname. The german letters with umlaut like [b]