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Old 09-02-2002, 11:05 PM   #6
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Yes, but Hank was pronounced "hunk" - so it never ends.
I'd thought it best not to mention this earlier, but it's actually worse than you think, Tim. At the time of the name change, he had enjoyed several servings of an imported beer popular in the U.S., and he adapted its name, thus creating a "Haanke" spelling. Thereafter debate raged as to whether he was "Honk" or "Honk-eh". Indeed it never does end.

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