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senseandsensibility

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1. I'm sure you're right about the correct Germanic pronunciation

Reply to FakeNoose (Original post)

Fri Jun 26, 2026, 07:13 PM

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but names can be a little different. For instance, I have an unusual last name that others with the same name (not relatives) pronounce differently than my family does. They are spelled the same but it's another case of vowels being said differently.

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Am I the only person who says EP-STINE not EP-STEEN? [View all] FakeNoose Friday OP

I'm sure you're right about the correct Germanic pronunciation senseandsensibility Friday #1

It took me a long time to get used to the pronunciation PatSeg 15 hrs ago #18

I would go by what people with the name say karynnj Friday #2

OK I'm not arguing with that, but I never knew the man Jeffrey Epstein FakeNoose Friday #4

You are not the only one. DavidDvorkin Friday #3

I pronounce it -STINE as well Gruenemann Friday #5

Good point - Yiddish is a German dialect, not a separate language FakeNoose Friday #6

The sculptor Jacob Epstein (born in the USA, spent most of his adult life in the UK) was Ep-stine muriel_volestrangler 21 hrs ago #7

When names are Americanized, the pronounciation sometimes changes. meadowlander 20 hrs ago #8

Australians pronounce it 'EHPST-eyen' Violet_Crumble 20 hrs ago #9

Most Jewish people with Stein in there name edhopper 19 hrs ago #10

They must be American, yes? FakeNoose 18 hrs ago #12

Yes edhopper 13 hrs ago #24

Gertrude Stein. Ben Stein. Sergei Eisenstein. Are you sure? (nt) muriel_volestrangler 17 hrs ago #13

Most in the Jewish community edhopper 14 hrs ago #21

Of famous "Steins" I found the pronunciation for so far, we have: muriel_volestrangler 14 hrs ago #22

AFAIK edhopper 13 hrs ago #23

It could be a post-war America thing muriel_volestrangler 12 hrs ago #25

Yeah edhopper 9 hrs ago #33

I pronounce it Ep-steen. Either way, Emile 18 hrs ago #11

If the guy called himself steen.... usedtobedemgurl 17 hrs ago #14

My point is that I don't know him personally, I just read the name FakeNoose 17 hrs ago #15

Sure, and your point is valid. usedtobedemgurl 17 hrs ago #16

No, no...it's not pronounced "Franken - Stein" haele 11 hrs ago #29

. Rstrstx 10 hrs ago #31

This message was self-deleted by its author LtTx 16 hrs ago #17

Evidently that's what the child sex trafficker told his students. Kid Berwyn 15 hrs ago #19

You'd be surprised at how many people pronounce it "steen." ananda 15 hrs ago #20

;-{) THIS Goonch 12 hrs ago #26

Awesome! I want one! FakeNoose 12 hrs ago #27

Ep - stein. One does not call the Iconic Austrian-German Tankard haele 12 hrs ago #28

Yes Bayard 11 hrs ago #30

I was a little surprised to hear it pronounced with the "ee" sound fujiyamasan 10 hrs ago #32

The correct pronunciation of a name, is how the person says it themself. RandomNumbers 9 hrs ago #34