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Dowly · 08-06-21, 11:09 AM

Something got me curious about this, I hear a lot of native english speakers (I hear this a lot from North Americans) pronounce for example Goldstein as Goldsteen, but on the other hand Einstein is pronounced correctly with the -stein like in "beer stein".

Where and when did this change occur, and why? Any ideas?

08-06-21, 11:09 AM	#1
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Why -stein ending is pronounced -steen in English? Something got me curious about this, I hear a lot of native english speakers (I hear this a lot from North Americans) pronounce for example Goldstein as Goldsteen, but on the other hand Einstein is pronounced correctly with the -stein like in "beer stein". Where and when did this change occur, and why? Any ideas?