Posted by Rick Denney on February 19, 2002 at 13:23:55:
In Reply to: Re: Pro-nun-see-ay-shun posted by Any votes on this one? on February 19, 2002 at 12:31:09:
As with Beuscher, this is an anglicized umlaut. I would pronounce it BUR-ma, but without making the R sound. Likewise, the tuba maker Boehm and Meinl should be pronounce BURM, against without the R sound. We write it Boehm just because nobody wants to fool with their character map to find Böhm. But I usually hear Bome (as in Rome), and have also heard Beem.
Rick "who once caused parxysms of laughter from native Germans with an on-stage greeting in their language" Denney