Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 13:14:07 GMT

From: "Warren A. Brewer" NCUT054[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]TWNMOE10.BITNET

Subject: Is this the Hoar house?



Had an uncle surnamed Hoar. Insisted on pron. like oar . All his

sons (now fiftyish or older) namechanged to Oarre.



Knew a Fuchs once. Insisted on [fju:ks]; rarely got it from strangers.



Know of three Kochs who've done interesting things with their names.

One ran into trouble with corporate lawyers when he tried to change his

name to Mr. Coke-Is-It (sp?) several decades ago. Another was a

building contractor in Santa Rosa, CA, whose business card spelled

Koch with a macron over o and insisted on a rhyme with coach .

And then there's the former mayor of New York City, Ed Koch. (kotch,

rh.w/ Scotch).



At least with Fuchs or Koch, we could say it's interlingual tabu

avoidance; Mary Haas's idea?