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Places

Worms—pronounced “Vormce”

Mainz—rhymes with “pints” (Two pints make a quart.)

Speyer—pronounced “Shpire”

Rhein (River) —pronounced “Rine”

Troyes—pronounced “Twah”

Poitiers—pronounced “Pwah-tee-ay”

Köln—vowel sounds like “ea” in learn

People

Mutti—rhymes with “sooty” (The fireplace is sooty.)

Mosche—pronounced “Moy-sha”

(Rabbi) Scholomo—pronounced “Shol-oh-moe”

Joakim—pronounced “Yo-ah-keem”

Eliel—pronounced “El-ee-el”

Frieder—rhymes with “leader”

(Bishop) Ruthard—pronounced “Roo-tard”

Ehud—pronounced “Eh-hood”

(Rabbi) Shmaya—pronounced “Shm-eye-ah”