Steve Schwartz wrote:

>Walter Meyer replies to me:
>
>>>When in doubt (almost all the time), I pronounce Russian names as a German
>>>would.
>>
>>And how would the Germans pronounce Ralph Vaughan Williams' first name?
>
>The ones who knew something would pronounce it "rafe."

Just so they don't pronounce it "Raahlf" or, worse, "Rawlf", w/ or w/out
the rolled "r"!

Walter Meyer