Fries

[Wilson Gray]

Not to mention that, FWIW, there's a street named "Fries Avenue" in
Wilmington, CA, one of the three districts that, with Harbor City and
San Pedro, make up Los Angeles Harbor.

-Wilson

On 9/13/07, Montgomery Michael <ullans at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> It's /friz/.  His son was also a linguist (Peter) and
> for many taught at Central Michigan University.
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> Michael
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> > Can someone tell me how Charles Fries pronounced his
> > last name? Is it /i/ or
> > /ay/?
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> > - Matt Gordon
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