RickenBACKer or RickenBACHer?

[Jeff Scott]

There are many different Swiss dialects, and so in some, the "ch" may also slightly differ from the given example. My wife comes from Bern, and her "ch" is much softer. I, for one, don't use it that excessively at all: As a Czech native, I keep my "ch" rather soft, similar to the German "ch" and very close to the Russian "ch" ("Х" in Cyrillic). Else my throat would start to hurt, haha…

Meanwhile I've looked up a bit more details about A. Rickenbacker:
His registered birth name was Adolf Adam Riggenbacher; the Swiss "gg" is usually pronounced like "ck".
And he was born only 2 km from the place where I currently live.

Actually I kinda like RickenBAKEr. I like cake. Cookies too.

Reflexively, I'm in the Bach camp having grown up around people of the Deutche persuasion.

I suppose I could and probably would change it if I were forced to.

I will cross that bridge when and if that day comes.

Baking and Swiss comes close to my heart. My BIL is from Zürich and is currently a retired baker (not bacher ).

Hungry, yet?

 

[Watchootognbout]

So Anyway, the proper pronunciation makes it sound like you're clearing your throat.
But say it, don't spray it.

The proper pronunciation makes it sounds like you're from the east coast.

 

[loukash]

Hungry, yet?

The cinnamon snails (Zimtschnecken) look tasty to me although it's not necessarily typical Swiss. Similar "snails" yes, cinnamon not so much.
The brotkranz and the mütschli in your last photo are more typical here. And those spinatchüechli in the back look nice!

But I'm not the right person to judge anyway, hehe. Twice a week I'm baking my own rye leaven bread with caraway because that's something you can't buy here. I'm Czech, and I need my daily dose of caraway! (Just about an hour ago I've pulled a fresh one from the oven! )

Back on topic:

As for the original Riggenbacher or Rickenbacher surname, this comes likely from a community named Riggenbach or Rickenbach, where one of Rickenbacker's ancestors probably came from. There are several such villages here in the area, e.g. one in canton Basel-Land, one location in canton Solothurn, and one across the border in Schwarzwald (Black Forest), Baden, Germany.
"Bach" = small water stream, brook
"Rickenbach" could be etymologically related to "Reichenbach" (remember Sherlock Holmes vs James Moriarty?) which translates as "rich brook".

 

[Jeff Scott]

The cinnamon snails (Zimtschnecken) look tasty to me although it's not necessarily typical Swiss. Similar "snails" yes, cinnamon not so much.
The brotkranz and the mütschli in your last photo are more typical here. And those spenatchüechli in the back look nice!

But I'm not the right person to judge anyway, hehe. Twice a week I'm baking my own rye leaven bread with caraway because that's something you can't buy here. I'm Czech, and I need my daily dose of caraway! (Just about an hour ago I've pulled a fresh one from the oven! )

Kurt added American-oriented items to his repertoire after working at La Brea Bakery with Nancy Silverton in the late '80s.

 

[Arthur U. Poon]

I’ve heard it pronounced either way. I bought my 4001 in 1980, and I pronounced the name as a RickenBACHer for decades.

For whatever reason, I’ve pronounced it: RickenBACKer for the last 20 years or so.

 

[skycruiser]

So how do you guys who say "RickenBACHer" pronounce the name "Bach"? Do you say it properly like you're clearing your throat at the end?

 

[loukash]

I have a hypothesis why Rickenbacher may have changed the spelling to Rickenbacker:
Could be that he got annoyed by people who had mispronounced it, saying "ch" as in "butcher" or "bachelor".

I'm experiencing that 1st hand: my surname also contains "[…]ach[…]", as every so often in Slavic surnames, but way to many people here are attempting to get it "right" by pronouncing it as "atch" as if it were a Spanish name, rather than pronouncing it exactly as spelled and according to the German orthography.

 

[woodyng2]

The description of the zimptblatt sounds delicious.

 

[dje31]

When I heard Chris Squire talk about them saying "...back..." I figured if anyone would know, it would be him.

That, and calling the company up on the phone, as was mentioned.

But who the hell talks on the phone anymore? That's its weakest, least important function.

 

[devnulljp]

How do you pronounce this guy's name?

Charles Rennie Mackintosh ... like the coat (do people really say Mc'INtosh or something?)