"Lehman"

[Mark Mandel]

Also generally /'ley.m at n/ in the NYC area. AFAIK the /'liy.m at n/ pron is
restricted to this firm, and presumably (though not certainly) the family
that founded it.

m a m

On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> As a consequence of the failure of the investment bank, Lehman
> Brothers, I've discovered just a few hours ago, that this surname,
> _Lehman_, is routinely pronounced as though spelled "Leeman," in at
> least some locales outside of the greater Saint Louis metropolitan
> area. In Saint Louis, _Lehman_ is a well-known local surname routinely
> pronounced as though spelled "Layman."
>
> -Wilson
>

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