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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

10 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 11 hrs ago OP

I'm sure you're right about the correct Germanic pronunciation senseandsensibility 11 hrs ago #1

I would go by what people with the name say karynnj 11 hrs ago #2

OK I'm not arguing with that, but I never knew the man Jeffrey Epstein FakeNoose 10 hrs ago #4

You are not the only one. DavidDvorkin 11 hrs ago #3

I pronounce it -STINE as well Gruenemann 10 hrs ago #5

Good point - Yiddish is a German dialect, not a separate language FakeNoose 10 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 1 hr ago #7

When names are Americanized, the pronounciation sometimes changes. meadowlander 1 hr ago #8

Australians pronounce it 'EHPST-eyen' Violet_Crumble 42 min ago #9