Why are typical German-Ashkenazi surnames for example ending in “stein” pronounced differently? For example, Einstein is correctly pronounced “einstain” and not “einstin”. In contrast, however, Weinstein is pronounced “weinstin” and not correctly “weinstain”. I understand that English speakers pronounce it in English, but why did Jews adopt this incorrect pronunciation? Or are Ashkenazi names pronounced German among Jews?
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