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Old 01-16-2006, 10:03 PM   #9 (permalink)
elExtranjero
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Originally Posted by schilke b6
My father, who knew Mr. Benge, told me he pronounced it to him in the German way...

Ben-ge as in Por-she two separate syllables. Ben geh with a hard G on the geh.

But is it important?

-cw-
So it's BenGay like the ointment

And no, it's not important... I had been pronouncing it like 'Bing' Crosby and the local horn shop guys were talking about 'Benj' so I was just curious. Next time I'm there I'll ask David if I can play that 'BenGay' trumpet and see how he reacts
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