Re: [Harp-L] Pronounce Yerxa



"Yerxa" is an American spelling; nothing exotic about it. It's designed to be pronounced pretty much the way it looks:

YURK-suh

(though I rather like the way Scots tend to pronounce it: Yehrrrrrrr-xa)

People named Yerxa (or, as it was spelled then, Jurckxsem) were inhabitants of the Dutch colony in old New York (1600's) but I'm pretty sure the name originated in Friesland, a northern part of Holland where people have their own language and surnames.

Winslow Yerxa

Author, Harmonica For Dummies ISBN 978-0-470-33729-5

--- On Tue, 2/17/09, ynfdwas@xxxxxxxxx <ynfdwas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: ynfdwas@xxxxxxxxx <ynfdwas@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Pronounce Yerxa
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 10:58 PM

Winslow,
Love your book "for dummies!"
How do I pronounce Yerxa? What nationality is it?
Thanks, appreciate your frequent posts.

Robert Hale, "the Duke Of Wail"
http://www.dukeofwail.com/
Gilbert, Arizona


 


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