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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Is that pronounced “jung” or “yoong?”


91 posted on 02/15/2010 3:02:30 PM PST by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: Petronski

The family name is ‘Yoong’ but we all pronounce it with a hard ‘J’ so people can find us in the phone book and aren’t looking for us under ‘Y’.

No relation to Carl. People named Jung were a dime a dozen ‘back in the day’ of free and easy immigration to America. ;)


94 posted on 02/15/2010 5:10:55 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (Save the Earth. It's the only planet with chocolate.)
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