Re:   "What I have wanted to know for years is the correct pronunciation of the double "i's"."

Good luck,  I can't even get a consensus from my Finnish speaking friends on the correct pronunciation of my last name, Tuovinen. It seems that everybody I have asked comes from a different region of the country and each has their own dialect.

Mark in AK

----- Original Message -----
From: George Goff <THX0001@AOL.COM>
Date: Thursday, September 23, 2004 9:34 pm
Subject: Re: pretend it's already Friday (was RE: Spare-tire Pan Bolt Spec

> In a message dated 9/24/04 12:47:22 AM, jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU writes:
>
> << Where on earth does the name Hakkapelliitta come
> from??? >>
>
> Joy,
>
> It's Finnish.  What I have wanted to know for years is the correct
> pronunciation of the double "i's".
>
> George
>