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"The War"--a complaint...

Posted by C.B. on October 9, 2007 at 07:10:24:
The narrator (?same one Burns used in "Jazz") butchers many of the German names.

Two examples--Dönitz becomes Donitz (no attempt to pronounce the Umlaut)

Torgau an der Elbe (where the Russian and American armies meet at the end of the war)--the final syllable of "Elbe" is dropped. No one, not even the parochial British, pronounces it this way.

I realize that the narrative is "filtered" through American eyes and ears somewhat, but couldn't Burns have picked somebody who has a little familiarity with these names? The guy has obviously never seen these names before in his life, or at least had to pronounce them.