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Morry
03-27-2003, 07:56 PM
I've heard them pronounced keel-werth and kile-werth...which is correct?
CodyW
03-27-2003, 08:36 PM
i like calling it keelwerth, but technically, in german it would be Kile-vart.
stitch
03-27-2003, 11:00 PM
umm, bit of deja vu here guys - see a similar topic in the Buescher thread - there was a long and entertaining discussion of this on the old board ...
singlereed
03-28-2003, 09:20 PM
I think the Germans wouls day 'kilevurt' or 'kilevairt' - mine is too rusty. My German, not my JK!
Pete
03-28-2003, 09:57 PM
http://www.saxpics.com/sotw_archive/keilwerth/11-3-02/thread-19-spec-4571932.html
Morry
03-29-2003, 12:29 AM
Man, it's like those Germans have a different word for everything!
wsgreen5
03-30-2003, 07:44 PM
Man, it's like those Germans have a different word for everything!

Hey, so do we! :wink:
singlereed
04-06-2003, 01:46 PM
At least, unlike the French, Mr Bush, they probably have a word for 'entrepreneur'.
Chris
04-06-2003, 02:06 PM
Keilwerth can you speak in english like kylwerth!

I come from germany.
gary
04-07-2003, 01:41 PM
Man, it's like those Germans have a different word for everything!

LOL. Yeah. Everybody knows München is pronounded Munich and Köln is pronounced Cologne! Crazy Germans can't even get their own language right.

By the way, Chris (Christian?), "th" in English is not "th" auf Deutsch. Therefore: "kylewert"...nicht wahr?

Grüß
coufplayer
04-08-2003, 01:42 AM
Somewhat related question - is "couf" pronounced "cuff" or "coof" or something else?
alyankee
06-01-2003, 06:00 PM
I got it from the horse's mouth, having been fortunate enough to visit with Herb Couf and others at Armstrong in Elkhart many years ago. He pronounced his name "Cuff" and the instrument manufacturer as "Kyle-worth" so that's good enough for me. But even if someone wants to say Coof and Keel-wart, they're still great axes.