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Over the years, I have developed my own version of Phonetics which (for no particular reason) I call PHOEN.
It has aided me in finding countless surname permutations and related families. I took into account variations of Celtic, French, Swiss, Dutch and German pronunciations and their Anglicized counterparts to come up with a 9-letter alphabet.
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Rules:
Before you arrive at the PHOEN spelling of a surname, you must apply some rules.
- 1. Merge double letters
- 2. Eliminate Particles
- 3. Replace certain combinations
- 4. Delete “vowels” and "Eu" exceptions
- 5. Replace Consonants
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Examples:
N
- Knee
- Hene
- Henn
- Hahn
- Hoehn
- Hanna
- Hennah
NZ
- Nice
- Neese
- Nash
- Hance
- Newhouse
- Yans
- Yonce
NDN
- Henton
- Handon
- Newton
- Neudin
- Enden
- Andon
- Anthony
Z
- Hughes
- Hews
- Hess
- House
- Schu
- Zoo
ZR
- Star
- Sauer
- Heister
- Howser
- Shower
- Van der Schure
ZRD
- Sherritt
- Shartz
- Sioerdts
- Sowards
- Straight
- Stroth
KBRD (This was an “aha” spelling for me as they are all the same family)
- Gabbard
- Gybert
- Kephard
- Keiphart
- Gebhart
- Geiphart
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