<<<I used to know a young lady who had that last name and pronounced it
in the
Dew Boyce manner.
Among my relatives, some pronounce the family name as Foreman. A
reaction
to anti German sentiment during World War I. They also changed it from
Fuhrmann to Fuhrman so it wouldn't look German. My father and his
brother
put the second n back when they got back from WW2.
I wonder if that is why the people in Berlin, WI put the emphasis on the
wrong syllable.>>>
Yeah, but the question we are all wondering is if you are related to
Mark Furhmann... ;-)
When I moved to Atlanta the first time to attend Georgia Tech I asked
for directions to a store from a local. He told me to turn left at Ponce
De Leon but he pronounced it without any Spanish accent. I went by it 3
times before I realized what he meant...
Paul Foster
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