[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] pronunciation of SGGEE

[Jerry Frank]

Interesting.  I vaguely recall the squeegee reference from many years ago when it was phrased more as a question than a statement.   But the more common usage has been es-gee.  

Makes one wonder how such a reference makes its way to various Internet pages.  The earliest on line source for that list which I could find was in the Desert Dwellers Digest, September 2009, out of Bullhead City, Arizona - quick everyone - where the heck is that?  It is attributed to someone by the name of Diane Haddad who writes for Family Tree Magazine but it was not published in that magazine until July 2010.  

I'm wondering if someone with the initials D.O. didn't have something to do with it.  <grin>


Jerry




----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Obee <daveobee at shaw.ca>
Date: Monday, July 25, 2011 11:53 am
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] pronunciation of SGGEE
To: Albert Muth <albertmuth734 at gmail.com>
Cc: Ger-Poland-Volhynia <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>

> The squeegee pronunciation has been around for more than a 
> decade. I think the first person I heard say it was Dwayne Tiede 
> of Calgary, back in about 2000.
> 
> Dave Obee
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Albert Muth <albertmuth734 at gmail.com>
> Date: Monday, July 25, 2011 10:29
> Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] pronunciation of SGGEE
> To: Ger-Poland-Volhynia <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
> 
> > the april 2011 issue of "The Gladwin County Genealogical 
> Society 
> > FamilySearch Center"  has a list of acronyms that people 
> > frequently come across.
> > I was surprised to see SGGEE on the list, because the list was 
> > not really
> > that long.  Of course, the organization was correctly 
> > identified, but did
> > you know that the acronym is sometimes pronounced “squeegee”?
> > 
> > Who knew?
> > 
> > al muth
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