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11. I pronounce it Ep-steen. Either way,

Sat Jun 27, 2026, 07:05 AM

4 hrs ago

pretty sure people will know you're talking about Trump's pedophile best friend.

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Am I the only person who says EP-STINE not EP-STEEN? [View all] FakeNoose 16 hrs ago OP

I'm sure you're right about the correct Germanic pronunciation senseandsensibility 15 hrs ago #1

It took me a long time to get used to the pronunciation PatSeg 1 hr ago #18

I would go by what people with the name say karynnj 15 hrs ago #2

OK I'm not arguing with that, but I never knew the man Jeffrey Epstein FakeNoose 15 hrs ago #4

You are not the only one. DavidDvorkin 15 hrs ago #3

I pronounce it -STINE as well Gruenemann 15 hrs ago #5

Good point - Yiddish is a German dialect, not a separate language FakeNoose 14 hrs ago #6

When names are Americanized, the pronounciation sometimes changes. meadowlander 5 hrs ago #8

Australians pronounce it 'EHPST-eyen' Violet_Crumble 5 hrs ago #9

Most Jewish people with Stein in there name edhopper 4 hrs ago #10

They must be American, yes? FakeNoose 3 hrs ago #12

Gertrude Stein. Ben Stein. Sergei Eisenstein. Are you sure? (nt) muriel_volestrangler 2 hrs ago #13

Most in the Jewish community edhopper 2 min ago #21

I pronounce it Ep-steen. Either way, Emile 4 hrs ago #11

If the guy called himself steen.... usedtobedemgurl 2 hrs ago #14

My point is that I don't know him personally, I just read the name FakeNoose 2 hrs ago #15

Sure, and your point is valid. usedtobedemgurl 2 hrs ago #16

Well, my name is Elena LtTx 1 hr ago #17

Evidently that's what the child sex trafficker told his students. Kid Berwyn 24 min ago #19

You'd be surprised at how many people pronounce it "steen." ananda 23 min ago #20