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[edX]

dlookus, that's funny. you know Spree was playing with the local Warriors when the choking incident occurred. and for a long time afterwards manypeople whosaw my name written would pronounce it Sprewell.

Personally I like him. I also feel a certain affinity for him as well. and he never gets any respect either

oh, and i completely agree with Fryke. (he slipped that post in while i was composing my last one )

[ulrik]

damnit....

[Ralph J.]

how do you pronounce your last name, ed? i've often wondered about that.

[ulrik]

I've wondered about that one, too. I used to pronounce it in german in my mind...something you don't wanna hear spoken out loud

[edX]

pronounced 'sprool', like a spool of thread with an r in it. don't try to bounce it.

of course it is some sort of germanic name so ulrik's pronunciation might be closer to the original version. rolling the r and making the s into sh is a nice touch for effect

if there is anyone out there who knows another Spruiell, please let me know.

[edX]

testuser - you've been hanging around GadgetLover too much

It is Latrell Sprewell, better known as Spree. no relation. i wish there was.

but if you flip back a few posts, you will see that dlookus started this stuff about my name because he associates it with Sprewell.

but thanks for the geneology stuff. I will go back and really explore some of that. it is something i have been wanting to do. I recognized at least one known relative there.

and i keep hoping someone across the atlantic will recognize it and say something!!