Why is Dirk Nowitzki's name prounounced as "NOVITZKI"?

**picc84** · 02-13-2009, 01:18 AM

Originally Posted by Hammertime

http://www.verwandt.de/karten/absolut/nowitzki.html

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that when there are 1200 people in Germany with that last name, and when they don't speak Polish or Czech, it's a German name.

Right. And 'Jackson' is an African name.

Kids these days, I tell you.

**Hammertime** · 02-13-2009, 01:24 AM

Originally Posted by picc84

Right. And 'Jackson' is an African name.

Kids these days, I tell you.

So an "African" person named Jackson must be a foreigner in Africa?

Nowitzki is a German name. Novicky is a Czech name.

**Alonzo Magic** · 02-13-2009, 01:28 AM

No, Nowitzki is a Polish name.

**picc84** · 02-13-2009, 01:30 AM

Nowitzki is not a German name because its origin is clearly not German. And....thats pretty much end of story. Thanks for playing though.

**Hammertime** · 02-13-2009, 01:33 AM

Originally Posted by picc84

Nowitzki is not a German name because its origin is clearly not German. And....thats pretty much end of story. Thanks for playing though.

So, is Rodriguez not Spanish because Rodrigo is a German name? What about Sanchez?

Furthermore, what about all the English patronymics from clearly Hebrew names? Johnson?

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