Yingling

[Beverly Flanigan]

Did anyone watch "Frontline" last night?  Grim--and one of the grimmest
interviewees (on the credit card industry) was a man named Yingling.  The
caption made the spelling clear, and he was definitely not Chinese.

At 07:16 PM 11/23/2004, you wrote:
>>If that's the Penn. version, it wouldn't help with the spelling,
>>which is Yuengling.  Whether it would help with the pronunciation
>>depends on how Fritz renders his "Juengling"; the beer is pronounced
>>"Ying-Ling", which has always reminded me of one of the offshoots of
>>the panda family.
>
>I drink Yuengling Lager 'all the time'. "Yingling" does seem to be the most
>common pronunciation around here (Pittsburgh), although I never had any
>trouble wiith "Yuengling" [with the umlaut] either, and some people around
>here say "Yoongling" or "Yewngling" or so. The nickname (which seems to be
>universally recognized) is of course "Ying Yang". Another popular brand
>around here is Milwaukee's Best [made by Miller], nicknamed "Beast".
>
>-- Doug Wilson