[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] pronunciation of SGGEE

[Dave Obee]

I agree that the common term has been es-gee. I have also heard it pronounced "soggy."

Dave

----- Original Message -----
From: Jerry Frank <FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca>
Date: Monday, July 25, 2011 12:14
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] pronunciation of SGGEE
To: Dave Obee <daveobee at shaw.ca>
Cc: Ger-Poland-Volhynia <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>

> 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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