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Old 9th August 2009, 00:53
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Re: Wolfdieter Huy

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... because you find the word "Huy" in German language too. It's the word for "Höhe" (height) in the language "Althochdeutsch" speaking in Middle age. There was spoken as "hüh".
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Interesting! I have since found a source that gives the correct pronounciation for English language speakers:

Huy \ü’wē\ pronounced: oo’wee. The “oo” sound is as in the English word “loot”.


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