Wednesday, March 09, 2005

Rutes

"Froese" n. (fr-a'-z)
1. family name of Mennonite derivation, meaning simply
   "from Frieseland" (region in the Netherlands).

2. commonly mis-pronounced in the anglicized manner, "fr-o'-z".
   (pronunciation of "oe" vowel subject to traditional Mennonite
   phonetics rather than common English)