Briefly noted: pronouncing Lutz

A note on the pronunciation of actor/model Kellan Lutz’s family name. This is so uncontroversial that sources seem never to comment on it: it’s /lʌts/, with the vowel /ʌ/ of luck. But where I grew up, in Pennsylvania Dutch (i.e., Pennsylvania German) country, where there were a great many people with the family name Lutz, … Continue reading Briefly noted: pronouncing Lutz