Dave Lampson wrote: >A linguist at the BBC whose job it is to research pronunciations has >contact me (of all people!!) asking how to pronounce the last name of >Frederick Stock, the conductor of the Chicago Symphony from 1905 to 1942. Well, Dave, you remember that I live with Gairt Mauerhoff, the owner/manager (until he left Ann Arbor in 1978) of the highly successful Liberty Music Shop in Ann Arbor. Gairt is German-born, and he well recalls radio performances of the CSO with Stock. He calls him Stock. And why not you? Look at your resources! Best, Jane