On Thursday, October 14, 1999 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Michael E. Kotler wrote:
Anyone know for certain what's the correct way to pronounce "Goethals",
as in the bridge between Staten Island and New Jersey? I've heard four
ways of doing so:
1. <Gethals>, where only the E is pronounced, as in that menace or hero (depending on your point of view) of the NYC Subway, Bernard Hugo Goetz.
2. <Geethals>, same as above, but with a long E, as in Goetze's Caramel Creams
3. <Gothals>, short O like in gothic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxqUi1ZZTkc
4. <Go-thals>, long O pronunciation.
As for Staten Island's other bridges, Bayonne and Outerbridge Crossing
are pretty much unambiguous. For Verrazanno Narrows, however, I have
heard the Z pronounced either as a Z or as a TS, like in pizza.
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