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Gruenemann

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5. I pronounce it -STINE as well

Reply to FakeNoose (Original post)

Fri Jun 26, 2026, 08:02 PM

17 hrs ago

To me -STEEN is like fingernails on a blackboard.

I can't go against my training in German pronunciation.

Furthermore, I've spent seventy years hearing people mispronounce my German surname.

Now, if we're going for the Yiddish pronunciation, wouldn't it something like "Epshtayn" ?

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Am I the only person who says EP-STINE not EP-STEEN? [View all] FakeNoose 18 hrs ago OP

I'm sure you're right about the correct Germanic pronunciation senseandsensibility 18 hrs ago #1

It took me a long time to get used to the pronunciation PatSeg 3 hrs ago #18

I would go by what people with the name say karynnj 18 hrs ago #2

OK I'm not arguing with that, but I never knew the man Jeffrey Epstein FakeNoose 18 hrs ago #4

You are not the only one. DavidDvorkin 18 hrs ago #3

I pronounce it -STINE as well Gruenemann 17 hrs ago #5

Good point - Yiddish is a German dialect, not a separate language FakeNoose 17 hrs ago #6

The sculptor Jacob Epstein (born in the USA, spent most of his adult life in the UK) was Ep-stine muriel_volestrangler 9 hrs ago #7

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

Australians pronounce it 'EHPST-eyen' Violet_Crumble 8 hrs ago #9

Most Jewish people with Stein in there name edhopper 6 hrs ago #10

They must be American, yes? FakeNoose 6 hrs ago #12

Yes edhopper 49 min ago #24

Gertrude Stein. Ben Stein. Sergei Eisenstein. Are you sure? (nt) muriel_volestrangler 5 hrs ago #13

Most in the Jewish community edhopper 2 hrs ago #21

Of famous "Steins" I found the pronunciation for so far, we have: muriel_volestrangler 2 hrs ago #22

AFAIK edhopper 50 min ago #23

It could be a post-war America thing muriel_volestrangler 37 min ago #25

I pronounce it Ep-steen. Either way, Emile 6 hrs ago #11

If the guy called himself steen.... usedtobedemgurl 4 hrs ago #14

My point is that I don't know him personally, I just read the name FakeNoose 4 hrs ago #15

Sure, and your point is valid. usedtobedemgurl 4 hrs ago #16

Well, my name is Elena LtTx 4 hrs ago #17

Evidently that's what the child sex trafficker told his students. Kid Berwyn 3 hrs ago #19

You'd be surprised at how many people pronounce it "steen." ananda 3 hrs ago #20

;-{) THIS Goonch 20 min ago #26

Awesome! I want one! FakeNoose 38 sec ago #27