The distinguished German move actor ...

[Wilson Gray]

For what little it may be worth, I know him only as "Curt."

-Wilson

On 8/7/07, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> At 8/7/2007 07:26 PM, Chris Waigl wrote:
> >I'm not sure what you mean by  "three spellings of his first name" -- is
> >this by name or by reference, i.e., are you referring to spellings of
> >the first name of the actor in question, or to spellings of the name
> >"Curd"? If the latter, in German, "Kurt" would be commonest, with "Curt"
> >second, but both "Curd" and "Kurd" exist, which brings us to four.
> >Pronunciation is identical anyway in most dialects (see Auslautverhärtung).
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> It seems he used, or people used for him, three
> spellings - Curd, Curt, and Kurt.  I didn't see Kurd off-hand.
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> Joel
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